Crossing

Crossing 2024

7.70

Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city.

2024

And Then We Danced

And Then We Danced 2019

7.40

A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.

2019

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry 2023

6.26

In a small traditional Georgian village, Etero, the owner of a housekeeping shop, is a forty-eight-year-old spinster. She cherishes her freedom, as much as her cakes, and is preparing for a peaceful and comfortable retirement away from gossip. But a fiery affair with her delivery man could derail all her plans.

2023

My Happy Family

My Happy Family 2017

7.30

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 into the unknown begins.

2017

Corn Island

Corn Island 2014

7.28

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 belief of an old peasant, whose sunburned face resembles the landscape he has trodden for dozens of years.

2014

A Chef in Love

A Chef in Love 1996

4.50

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.

1996

Citizen Saint

Citizen Saint 2023

7.00

On the main square of a mining town stands a cross depicting a saint, regarded by the local miners as their protector. One day, the cross is taken down for repair and the statue of the saint suddenly vanishes. When a mysterious stranger subsequently appears among them, the residents put two and two together…

2023

Repentance

Repentance 1987

7.00

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

1987

In Bloom

In Bloom 2013

7.00

Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.

2013

A Fold in My Blanket

A Fold in My Blanket 2013

4.90

Dmitrij has recently returned to his small Georgian hometown after graduating from a university abroad. His monotonous days drag on, between working and the solitary rock-climbing excursions.

2013

The Legend of Suram Fortress

The Legend of Suram Fortress 1985

6.90

A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces.

1985

Fisherman's Burden

Fisherman's Burden 2024

1

A father-and-son fishing duo find a briefcase of criminal money in a river and are chased by both the police and the criminals.

2024

Melodies of the Vera Quarter

Melodies of the Vera Quarter 1973

5.80

This musical is based on old Georgian vaudevilles and plays. The early 20th century. Old Tiflis is in confusion and turmoil. A mysterious fairy is helping the poor Pavle’s family: real wood is burning in his old, neglected fireplace, wherein a pot with meat would suddenly appear. The good fairy is impersonated by laundress Vardo who helps not only the poor Pavle, but other families in this quarter as well. Vardo is known to many people in the town, but no one ever suspected that she was capable of performing miracles. The film’s colorful folk melodies, merry songs and fiery dances leave no viewer indifferent. Starring in the leading role is the great Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli.

1973

Don't Grieve!

Don't Grieve! 1968

6.20

Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love with a beautiful Manette who is also crazy about him but is being watched closely by her father who called his daughter "his small capital" and is determined to protect her virginity until the moment the marriage contract has been signed...

1968

The Trader

The Trader 2018

6.70

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

2018

Lift Lady

Lift Lady 2024

1

When Mzia was younger, and Georgia had just gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, she fought as a sniper against Russian aggression in Abkhasia. Now in the autumn of her life, she manages an elevator in a Brutalist-style apartment block in Tbilisi. The elevator is there to serve the residents, but others can use it to access a labyrinthine construction and skybridge leading to a higher part of the neighborhood.

2024

Safe Corridor

Safe Corridor 2019

6.20

Shindisi tells the story of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war through the fate of 17 Georgian soldiers who died during the Shindisi battle. The script was written by Irakli Solomanashvili based on real facts and the cast includes Georgian actors as well as real Georgian soldiers with combat equipment.

2019

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? 2021

7.00

In the Georgian riverside town of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken magically transformed with no way to recognize each other.

2021

Beginning

Beginning 2020

6.10

In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is under attack from an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict is Yana, the wife of the community leader, whose familiar world is slowly crumbling around her. Meanwhile, a detective intrudes on her home with devastating consequences.

2020

Mameluke

Mameluke 1958

6.20

In Arabic, “mameluke” means a white slave, a prisoner. In Egypt, this name was given to prisoners of war who had been sold into slavery from Georgia and other countries of the Caucasus. The action of this drama starts in Georgia in the late 18th century. Two friends are abducted and sold into slavery. One ends up in Egypt, the other - in Venice. Years later, they meet by the ancient pyramids, in the desert where a battle is going on between the armies of Bonaparte and Ali-bey, the ruler of Egypt. In a combat with a French officer, the Mameluke injures him. Falling from his horse onto the sand, the officer exclaims in Georgian: “Vai, nana!” (“Oh, mother!”). And the Mameluke recognizes in him a mate of his childhood games.

1958

Georgia's Got Talent!

Georgia's Got Talent! 2010

1

Georgian version of the Got Talent series. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of the show receives 500,000 laris.

2010

Artificial Respiration

Artificial Respiration 2016

8.00

Georgian TV show about a doctor, named Shota and his daughter, Melano.

2016

Hot Dog

Hot Dog 2003

7.00

Two detectives Bidzina Tabagari and Lekso Nizharadze try to investigate murder cases connected to the influential businessmen, politicians and members of national security.

2003