Country: Georgia

Direction George Ovashvili

Cast Lia Abuladze · Nika Alajajev · Tedo Bekhauri · Galoba Gambaria

Synopsis A young refugee and his mother flee ethnic cleansing in the Georgian region of Abkhazia, leaving his father behind. After arriving in the Georgina capital of Tbilisi, the young boy encounters difficulties with his mother, and begins a lonely journey...

Direction George Ovashvili

Cast Ilyas Salman · Mariam Buturishvili · Tamer Levent

Synopsis The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the...

Direction Nana Ekvtimishvili · Simon Groß

Cast Ia Shugliashvili · Merab Ninidze · Berta Khapava · Tsisia Qumsishvili

Synopsis In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents' home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey...

Direction Zar Amir-Ebrahimi · Guy Nattiv

Cast Arienne Mandi · Zar Amir-Ebrahimi · Jaime Ray Newman · Nadine Marshall

Synopsis Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an...

Direction Elene Naveriani

Cast Eka Chavleishvili · Temiko Chichinadze

Synopsis Etero runs a modest convenience store in a Georgian backwater. Still a virgin at 48, she is constantly the subject of gossip and mockery about her situation. She couldn’t care less, but suddenly discovers love, first love, and though it...

Direction Salomé Jashi

Synopsis A powerful man, who is also the former prime minister of Georgia, has developed an exquisite hobby. He collects century old trees along Georgia’s coastline. He commissions his men to uproot them and bring them to his private garden. Some...

Direction Temur Babluani

Cast Elgudzha Burduli · David Kazishvili · Lia Babluani · Eka Saatashvili

Synopsis Dr. Gela (Elgudzha Burduli) is obsessed with coming up with a cure for cancer, to the point that his researches have taken over every aspect of his life and he has been fired from the hospital he worked in. Now,...

Direction Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Cast Misha Gomiashvili · Dachi Orvelashvili · Guja Burduli · Ia Sukhitashvili

Synopsis A dictator's final days in a country taken over by revolutionists. Great Iranian director Moshen Makhmalbaf filmed this provocative and disquieting parable about a deposed president.

Direction Elene Naveriani

Cast Gia Agumava · Eka Chavleishvili · Zaal Goguadze · Kakha Kobaladze

Synopsis A village on the Georgian Black Sea is full of friendly people convinced they know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged. His granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and...

Direction Levan Koguashvili

Cast Andro Sakvarelidze · Ia Sukhitashvili · Archil Kikodze · Vakho Chachanidze

Direction Tinatin Kajrishvili

Cast Giorgi Bochorishvili · Ia Sukhitashvili · Jano Isoria · Ioseb Gogichaishvili

Synopsis Giorgi and Ana, in their late 30s, is in the difficult process of separation, which goes quietly without attracting attention of others. Affect and shock seems to be passed, but getting used to new way of life lasts long and...

Direction Ana Urushadze

Cast Nato Murvanidze · Dimitri Tatishvili · Ramaz Ioseliani · Avtandil Makharadze

Synopsis A 50-year-old housewife, Manana, struggles with her dilemma - she has to choose between her family life and her passion, writing, which she had repressed for years - she decides to follow her passion and plunges herself into writing, sacrificing...

Direction Rati Oneli

Cast Archil Khvedelidze · Zurab Gelashvili · Mariam Pkhaladze · Irina Pkhaladze

Synopsis A cinematic vanitas about a dying town in Georgia, a formerly vibrant centre of industry where the monotonous sound of the manganese mines has been replaced by a silence rarely interrupted. The film’s crystal-clear style, in which each shot is...

Direction Alexandre Koberidze

Cast Ani Karseladze · Giorgi Bochorishvili · Oliko Barbakadze · Giorgi Ambroladze

Synopsis A chance encounter on a street corner has Lisa and Giorgi fall in love at first sight, but an evil spell is cast on them. Will they ever meet again?

Direction Mariam Khatchvani

Cast George Babluani · Natia Vibliani · Girshel Chelidze · Nukri Khachvani

Synopsis It’s 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Is it possible to defy the firmly established order? And, if it is, what price must a person pay for doing...

Direction Mariam Khatchvani

Cast Vakho Chachanidze · Nutsi Khaptani · Keta Lortkipanidze

Synopsis In the harsh mountainous countryside of Svaneti (Georgia) . Happiness is brief and the love of life of the Dina dies. Tradition says she must marry to the first man who offers his hand and leave her child...

Direction Nana Djordjadze

Cast Nutsa Kukhianidze · Shaco Iashvili · Evgeniy Sidikhin · Levan Uchaneishvili

Synopsis The summerly adventures of teen Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father, while being romanced by the his teen son.

Direction Nana Ekvtimishvili · Simon Groß

Cast Lika Babluani · Mariam Bokeria · Zurab Gogaladze · Data Zakareishvili

Synopsis Early nineties, in Tbilisi, the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The country is facing violence, war on the Black Sea coast (Abkhazia) and vigilante justice that plague society. But for Eka and...

Direction Tamta Gabrichidze

Cast Gela Kolochovi · Datuna Davladze · Dato Gorgadze · Lika Tavartqiladze

Synopsis A traveling trader provides a window into rural life in the Republic of Georgia, where potatoes are currency and ambition is crushed by poverty.

Direction Zaza Khalvashi

Cast Aleko Abashidze · Ramaz Bolkvadze · Mariska Diasamidze · Ednar Bolkvadze

Synopsis Ali's family has inherited a mission - taking care of a local healing water and curing sick fellow villagers with it. Three sons are skeptical and only the young daughter Namme stays as the guardian of family traditions. In parallel,...