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129 articles available in total starting from 13/02/2013. Last article published on 08/08/2025.

Review: Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

Review: Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

Giorgi Parkosadze’s debut feature is a slice-of-life documentary set in the Georgian mountains, but there’s plenty of room for more audacity  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

Interview: Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

“People act selfish and fearful, and this can be applied to both society and individuals”

The Georgian director dives right into our beliefs and hopes in her latest, touching film set in a mining community  

12/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Luka Beradze • Director of Smiling Georgia

Interview: Luka Beradze • Director of Smiling Georgia

"I would like politicians to understand what these false promises do to the common people and change their attitudes"

The Georgian director breaks down his debut feature, which paints a delicate portrait of a part of his home country that is very beautiful but profoundly lonely  

11/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt  • Directors of Magic Mountain

Interview: Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt • Directors of Magic Mountain

“In Georgia, we believe that if we don't talk about the unpleasant past, it will disappear”

The directorial duo reveals the personal motifs behind their captivating documentary, as well as some of the parallel plots lurking under its surface  

11/07/2023 | Golden Apricot 2023

Review: Smiling Georgia

Review: Smiling Georgia

In his debut feature, Luka Beradze takes a surreal and darkly funny story as the starting point for a moving portrait of bitterness and alienation in the Georgian countryside  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Review: Citizen Saint

Review: Citizen Saint

Georgian director Tinatin Kajrishvili departs from her earlier style with this black-and-white allegory that combines religion and superstition to strange and intriguing effect  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Review: Magic Mountain

Review: Magic Mountain

Mariam Chachia and Nik Voigt's documentary is set in the Abastumani tuberculosis sanatorium, which serves as a nightmarish microcosm of Georgia's difficult history and often-absurd present  

05/06/2023 | DocsBarcelona 2023

Elene Naveriani  • Director of Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Interview: Elene Naveriani • Director of Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

“I hope her character is empowering for others”

CANNES 2023: The Swiss-based director with Georgian origins speaks about their portrait of a mature woman that knows what she wants  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors' Fortnight

Review: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Review: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

CANNES 2023: Elene Naveriani’s third feature follows a 48-year-old single woman who falls in love for what seems like the first time  

22/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Georgian documentary filmmakers join forces to fight the government's culture crackdown

Georgian documentary filmmakers join forces to fight the government's culture crackdown

Taming the Garden director Salomé Jashi details how the volatile situation led to the formation of the Georgian Documentary Association, DOCA Georgia  

04/04/2023 | Industry | Market | Georgia

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