Georgian cinema is alive, independent and political and it exists in new dimensions judging from few films out of several that have been shot in recent years. Of course, there might have been more, but we cannot replace desire and reality with illusions. Reliable "prolapses" can be taken as a sign of (part of) the new generation of directors – non-banal, not stereotypical, free thinking ...
Georgian cinema has become much more interesting, refined and versatile. Many young and talented directors joined it. Dark, depressive films of the same topic, created at the end of the last century and the beginning of the new one, have moved back. The screen lit up, got colored, the image became sharper, the number of films also increased and they started marching upright in the international arena...
Several quite good documentaries were screened at the 24th Tbilisi International Film Festival. By the jury's decision, Giorgi Parkosadze's film "Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer" (2023) became the winner in the full-length documentary nomination. I will not hide that I was dissatisfied with such a decision. The duration of this movie is 74 minutes, but its director spared no talent and effort to make this time hellishly ...
Dito Tsintsadze is one of the best directors of modern Georgian cinema (despite the fact that he lives in Germany, he makes films in Georgia too). Each of his films is met with special interest by both filmmakers and film lovers. The film "On the Edge" (1993) turned out to be a milestone, very successful one for him, which was invited to various international screenings. At the Locarno International Film Festival, this film was awarded ...
The time is out of joint and so are all other bonds but he was not born to set them right. The "laws of the genre" are also broken and the story falls into a different scheme. Not only were all bonds broken but also the seemingly solid ground was shaken, everything was destroyed; in the country that dreamed of freedom and a bright future, the smell of death slowly ...
აზარტული თამაშები თავს აკარგვინებს ადამიანს. ის აჩრდილივით უკან დასდევს მას და ამოსუნთქვის საშუალებას არ აძლევს. ნარკოტიკივით არის, ერთხელ თუ გასინჯე და მიეჩვიე, მერე გადაჩვევა შეუძლებელია. ლევან კოღუაშვილის ფილმი, „მეოთხე ბრაიტონი“ (2021) გადარჩენისათვის ბრძოლას ჰგავს. თითოეული პერსონაჟი ცხოვრებისა და მისი სირთულეების წინაშე გამართულ რინგზეა, იბრძვის და ცდილობს, თავი გადაირჩინოს. რიგ შემთხვევაში იმარჯვებს, მაგრამ უფრო ხშირად მარცხდება. …
„სამოციანელები“ ეწოდება რეჟისორთა ერთ თაობას, რომლის წარმომადგენლებმაც ყველაზე მეტად მოახერხეს დაპირისპირებოდნენ „მამებს“ თავიანთი ეროვნული, დემოკრატიული ღირებულებებით, თავისუფლებისაკენ სწრაფვითა და ინდივიდუალიზმით. ფაქტობრივად, ქართული კინოს განვითარების შემდგომ ეტაპებზე ვერც ერთმა თაობამ ვერ მოახერხა მათი ჩანაცვლება, მათთან დაპირისპირება, პირიქით, სწორედ „სამოციანელების“ ხელოვნებამ „ასაზრდოვა“ შემდეგი თაობების კინო. ლანა ღოღობერიძე იმ რეჟისორთა რიცხვს მიეკუთვნება, რომლებმაც საბჭოთა კავშირში არსებული ძლიერი ცენზურის …
Georgian society has been living with ready-made schemes tested and verified by generations for a long time; the schemes precisely determined how you should look at what age, what you should be interested in, what you should strive for and what duties you should have. These unwritten scheme-laws are especially ruthless towards women, whose life path is strictly determined by age. Almost every unmarried woman over 30 is familiar ...
As interesting and different as it is to depict existence while focusing on the realistic origins of cinema, so different is the essence of detailed existence for any director. It might turn into an effect of delight or at least a desire to comprehend a new world – that's how it might appear from the director's viewpoint... However, this is only a supposition. Plot motifs of the desire to perceive oneself, which are the concern of filmmakers of all generations ...
In the recent period, Georgian and world cinema have seen the cases of turning to renewed forms of parables, to fable narration. An atmosphere is created, which is based on convention and subtexts, contains a system of messages for the audience and reveals the author’s clear position. It hints, but does not explain. It has a hidden meaning conveyed by a system ...