DEEPLY HIDDEN IDEA OR LACK OF IDEA?

2023 year, Gvantsa Nozadze, September 2023, Student Film /

Fog Curtain" (2019) is Tinatin Emiridze’s short student film. When it comes to this kind of work, the director can be forgiven for some mistakes because professional experience eases him over time and his subsequent works gradually improve, although there are issues that stand out as glaring ones in this particular film. All types of cinema have their own distinct characteristics, including documentary film. There are many difficulties in working with it. First of all, it means unforeseen ...

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AN UNATTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUDIENCE

2023 year, August 2023, Tamar Zandukeli, Student Film /

The phenomenon of falling in love at first sight, how it changes the course of life forever, and the monotonous, unbearable existence of a person affected by the loss of this love - these are the topics that have attracted the interest of filmmakers from the beginning, and have captured the hearts of readers for centuries. It is a difficult task to create a plot and characters that will attract the attention of the audience since love plays such a conceptual, irreplaceable role in human life and readers and viewers have seen and imprinted in their minds a whole cascade of diverse stories about typical lovers.

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FOR US AND ONLY FOR US

2023 year, August 2023, Gvantsa Nozadze, Student Film /

Nikoloz Gabunia's student film "For the Motherland and Stalin" (2019) describes the events unfolded during one day, where the key figure is the main character, grandfather’s foot. It is a kind of attribute for the director to juxtapose two worlds, World War II era and modern Georgia or society. The film does not teach any moralistic, “smart” lessons. Nikoloz Gabunia simply reflects the events, chooses neutrality, does not favor any side, does not try to romanticize anything or offend anyone. He only tells stories.

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SMALL SACRIFICE FOR PERSONAL PARADISE

2023 year, Elene Tsagareishvili, July 2023, Student Film /

Human life is full of many obstacles, hopelessness, difficulties and frequent ups and downs. Throughout our existence, each of us strives to create something worthwhile, or even to achieve success, or perhaps, just to live happily. The world is very diverse, so are people, with their individual character, individual desires and aspirations. Everyone's attitude towards goals and plans is also different. We all have a dream, but each of us looks at it differently. Some people hope to make their...

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LIFE AS SEEN FROM THE ELEVATOR

2023 year, Eter Parchukidze, June 2023, Student Film /

From the very first days of its birth, cinema has always tried to realize its main "task"- to tell a story in an interesting way with independent and original audiovisual methods. Logically, the methods, forms and content of cinematic narration and delivery have undergone large-scale development and transformation during its existence. Neither is it unusual that the main characters of films, who are not only in the center of attention but also become "narrators" themselves, are not directly human, but also other spiritual or non-spiritual beings.

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IN THE CAPTIVITY OF HIS OWN DREAM

2023 year, Elene Tsagareishvili, June 2023, Student Film /

A rather strange story is shown depicted in David Chadashvili's short student film, "Sam" (2021). The main character, Sam (Vakhtang Vakhtangadze), whose name we learn from his wife (Maria Giorgobiani), is in great trouble - he cannot wake up. He does it several times but none of them are real because each one is a dream. Initially, these dreams are relatively short and then the duration of the "mirages" increases.

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CHOICE OF “THE KILLER”

2023 year, Tamar Zandukeli, May 2023, Student Film /

რეზო ხობუას მოკლემეტრაჟიანი სტუდენტური ფილმი, „ქილერი“ (2018) გადმოსცემს ამბავს დაქირავებულ მკვლელზე, რომელიც დაქირავებული ნამდვილად არის, თუმცა მკვლელი, როგორც ჩანს, არა. სიუჟეტი მთავარი პერსონაჟის ფსიქოლოგიას ეხება, მაგრამ იმდენად ზედაპირულია, რომ 10-წუთიანი ფილმის ბოლოს პასუხზე მეტი კითხვა რჩება და არც ეს კითხვებია ისეთი, მაყურებელს პასუხების პოვნის სურვილი ან საშუალება რომ მისცეს. ფილმის მთავარი ხარვეზი დრამატურგიაა. როდესაც ისეთი …

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FAMILY PORTRAIT IN PREPARATION FOR BIRTHDAY

2023 year, April 2023, Eter Parchukidze, Student Film /

A future film directors’ workshop led by Merab Kokochashvili brought together young people with interesting potential, in whose works we can read the attempt to see the spark, aesthetics, beauty, and even value in everyday, seemingly banal stories and spaces, which will make us think about the events around us and show us their meaning. It might as well give us a small piece of life advice. Ilia Asitashvili's film "Preparation" offers just that – a delicate, aesthetic, somewhat humorous, and familiar observation of the problematic relationship between a father and his teenage son in a modern family.

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