On the initiative and organization of the National Cinema Center, from November 8 to December 24, 2023, the Blue Cinema Hall of the Cinema Academy is hosting the retrospective “Modern Georgian Cinema”.
This time, the audience saw director Otar Shamatava’s film “Ursus”, after which a discussion was held with the participation of the members of the film’s creative group.
The Retrospective opened on November 8, 2023, with Levan Zakareishvili’s film “Tbilisi-Tbilisi” was recently completed, and the restored version was seen by viewers on the big screen for the first time. The director’s short film “Father” was also featured.
The goal of Retrospective is to popularize modern Georgian Cinema. This is why it’s free to attend the movie screenings. The film screening is in the Blue Cinema Hall of the Georgian Cinema Academy from Monday to Friday at 19:00 and on weekends at 17:00.
The program features 36 Georgian films created between 2005 and 2023.
In addition to film screenings, after weekend sessions, there are discussions with the participation of members of creative groups.
Movies will be shown during the retrospective:
- “Three Houses” (2008) – dir. : Zaza Urushadze
- “Gaghma Piri” (2009) – dir. : George Ovashvili
- “Jako’s Chiznebi” (2009) – dir. : Dato Janelidze
- “Rene Goes to Hollywood” (2010) – Dir. : Aleko Tsabadze
- Street Days (2010) – Dir. : Levan Koguashvili
- Shantrapa (2010) – Dir. : Otar Ioseliani
- “The Mandarines” (2013) – dir. : Zaza Urushadze
- “Casual Dates” (2013) – dir. : Levan Koguashvili
- “Brother” (2013) – dir. : Tea Mghvdeladze
- Luke (2014) – Dir. : Gia Barabadze
- Brides (2014) – dir. : Tinatin Kajrishvili
- “I am Beso” (2014) – Dir. : Lasha Tsqvitinidze
- Corn Island (2014) – dir. : George Ovashvili
- Moira (2015) – Dir. : Levan Tutberidze
- “The Goddess of Happiness” (2015) – Dir. : Dito Tsintsadze
- Solomon (2015) – Dir. : Zaza Khalvashi
- “Someone else’s house” (2016) – dir. : Rusudan Glurjidze
- “Mother” (2017) – Dir. : Mariam Khachvani
- Name (2017) – Dir. : Zaza Khalvashi
- The Chair (2017) – dir. : Eldar Shengelaya
- Charm (2017) – Dir. : George Ovashvili
- “Horizon” (2018) – Dir. : Tinatin Kajrishvili
- “Villain” (2018) – dir. : Dimitri is a homeland
- “From Life to Life” (2019) – Dir. : Beqa Sikharulidze
- “Shindisi” (2019) – dir. : Dito Tsintsadze
- “Negative Numbers” (2019) – Dir. : Utah is a monk
- The Beginning (2020) – dir. : Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Ursus (2020) – dir. : Otar Shamatava
- “The Fourth Brighton” (2021) – Dir. : Levan Koguashvili
- “Late Autumn” (2021) – Dir. : Gia Barabadze
- “Beautiful Helen” (2022) – dir. : George Ovashvili
- “Samurai at the break” (2022) – Dir. : Levan Tutberidze
- “Winter Depression” (2022) – dir. : Tazo Narimanidze
- “Citizen Saint” (201) – dir. : Tinatin Kajrishvili
The Georgian National Cinema Center thanks the Georgian Cinema Academy for supporting and cooperating with the project.
