Georgia

  • Dea Kulumbegashvili – Beginning (2020)

    2011-2020ArthouseDea KulumbegashviliDramaGeorgia

    In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, the familiar world of Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana’s inner discontent grows as she struggles to make sense of her desires.Read More »

  • Elene Naveriani – Me Mzis Skivi Var Dedamicaze AKA I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth (2017)

    Drama2011-2020Elene NaverianiGeorgiaRomance

    Original title: მე მზის წვეთი ვარ დედამიწაზე (Me Mzis Skivi Var Dedamicaze)

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    Tbilisi, Georgia, nowadays. April aged 34, just spent a night in jail for prostitution. She is now resuming her work in the run down night life hub in the underground of a luxury hotel. There she meets Dije, a young Nigerian immigrant. He entrusts her his journey to Tbilisi. Originally, believing he was headed for Georgia, USA, he finds himself trapped in an extreme alienation in a country offering no perspective. An odd love emerges between these two human beings while they try to survive together on the margins of society.Read More »

  • Aleksandre Koberidze – Lass den Sommer nie wieder kommen AKA Let the Summer Never Come Again (2017)

    2011-2020Aleksandre KoberidzeDramaGeorgia

    A young man leaves his village to go into the city to audition to enter a dance company. He then is involved in illegal activities such as boxing and sleeping with men for money. Unwillingly, he falls in love with a man and suddenly is accepted in and starts dancing in the company. But his life will turn upside down when his lover goes to war and he returns to his village.Read More »

  • Nana Dzhordzhadze – Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti aka A Chef in Love aka 1001 retsept iz menyu vlyublyonnogo povara aka Les mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux (1996)

    Drama1991-2000ComedyGeorgiaNana Dzhordzhadze

    A comically accented historical drama with culinary appeal, this film introduces us to Pascal Ichac (Pierre Richard), a French chef with a nose so sensitive that he can decipher the ingredients in a sauce with a single sniff. A true renaissance man, Pascal is a genius in the kitchen and a trained operatic vocalist and former gigolo. When he decides that he’s beginning to tire of his surroundings in France, he heads for Russia to find new challenges and tastes in Georgia. En route to the Georgian capitol of Tbilisi, Pascal meets Cecilia Abachidze (Micheline Presle), a princess who is charmed by the suave chef; although he is in his 50s and she in her 20s, love is soon in the air. Read More »

  • Mohsen Makhmalbaf – The President (2014)

    2011-2020DramaGeorgiaMohsen MakhmalbafPolitics

    The President is the story of a dictator of an imaginary country in the Caucasus, who is forced to escape following a coup d’état, and begins a journey to discover his country in the company of his five-year-old grandson. The two travel across the lands that the President once governed. Now, disguised as a street musician to avoid being recognized, the former dictator comes into contact with his people, which he comes to know from a different point of view.Read More »

  • Merab Kokochashvili – Didi mtsvane veli AKA Big Green Valley (1967)

    Arthouse1961-1970ClassicsGeorgiaMerab Kokochashvili

    Sosana is a shepherd and lives the livelong days with his herd. He decides to bring his family to the field and teach his son how to take care of the herd. Unexpectedly, a group of geologists discover the oilfield in the pasture, meaning that there would be oil wells set up right there were Sosana’s herd was. the collective farm demands that Sosana hand over his herd to the farm. sosana’s private life is also in disarray. His wife leaves. The shepherd cannot come to terms with the changes. He wants to live the way his ancestors did and wishes to be buried by their side. with no family and with no herd Sosana is wandering in the snowy field in quest of the lost herd.Read More »

  • Aleqsandre Rekhviashvili – Gza shinisaken AKA The Way Home (1981)

    1981-1990Aleqsandre RekhviashviliDramaGeorgia

    The film is set in southern Georgia, which until the end of XIX century was dominated by
    the Ottoman Empire. Tragic times gave rise to people of high spiritual strength, such as
    Antimoz Iverieli – the philosopher-educator. Having experienced as a child cruelty and
    injustice, it becomes the path of public service. Having been removed by the Turks in
    Romania, a hero by all means wants to return home. Sentenced to death, Antimoz
    remains in the memory of his countrymen a champion of justice.Read More »

  • Mariam Khatchvani – Dede (2017)

    2011-2020DramaGeorgiaMariam Khatchvani

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    Based on true events that took place at the outset of the Georgian Civil War, Dede takes place in the high mountainous community of Svaneti, where there live a people far removed from the modern world. A purely patriarchal society that revolves around forced marriages, pride and tradition dictate the code of daily life. Dina is a young woman promised by her draconian grandfather to David, one of the soldiers returning from the war. Once a marriage arrangement is brokered by two families, failure to follow through on the commitment is unthinkable. Read More »

  • Nikoloz Sanishvili – Chermeni AKA Chermen (1970)

    1961-1970AdventureArthouseGeorgiaNikoloz SanishviliUSSR

    The film’s main hero is Chermen. An illegitimate son, Chermen is striving to assert his dignity. He is opposed by Dacco, the elder of the Aldar clan, in whose village Chermen lives. Guided by mercenary motives, Dacco strikes a deal with Prince Tsarai. Together, they rob people and then divide the loot between themselves.
    By some chance, Chermen learns of the deal and informs his friends about it. At first, he thinks that no one in the Aldar village would believe him, the bastard, and that the plot would remain unexposed. But the friends accept the challenge.Read More »

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