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  1. YA VIZHU SOLNTZE poster
    YA VIZHU SOLNTZE (1965)
    Lana Gogoberidze · 1 critic vote
    In Georgia during WWII Zurikela, an orphan boy, meets Khatia, a blind girl, and vows to help her to see again.
  2. Feola poster
    Feola (1970)
    Baadur Tzouladze · 1 critic vote
    A man is put in charge of organizing a children's soccer team, but he doesn't know anything about the sport.
  3. Pastorale poster
    Pastorale (1975)
    Otar Iosseliani · 1 critic vote
    In the mountain village comes a group of young musicians in Tbilisi. Here they are going to relax and rehearse. Sad story about the final rupture occurred, the peasants do not sing beautiful old songs, the musicians play music incomprehensible to them ... Far from the idyllic image of rural life.
  4. Love at First Sight poster
    Love at First Sight (1977)
    Rezo Esadze · 1 critic vote
    Murad Rasulov, a simple 16-year-old Azerbaijani, raised in Tbilisi, and a passionate fan of football, falls in love for the first time in his life with Anya, a Belarusian girl who is studying at the same institute in Baku, two years older than him. The difference in age and the conflict of cultures becomes an obstacle in the way of a young man whom no one helps, in a hopeless, desperate struggle for love.
  5. Shepherds of Tusheti poster
    Shepherds of Tusheti (1978)
    Soso Chkhaidze · 1 critic vote
    The film is a documentary. The characters, with the exception of the main character, are local residents. The daily existence of Tushi shepherds based on documented material, is poetically interpreted in the film and shows the moral harmony, spiritual purity, and fortitude of the characters of the film.
  6. The Way Home poster
    The Way Home (1981)
    Alexander Rekhviashvili · 1 critic vote
    The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.
  7. Tangerines poster
    Tangerines (2013)
    Zaza Urushadze · 1 critic vote
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    War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
  8. Beginning poster
    Beginning (2020)
    Dea Kulumbegashvili · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    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.
  9. April poster
    April (2024)
    Dea Kulumbegashvili · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Metrograph
    Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.
  10. Crossing poster
    Crossing (2024)
    Levan Akin · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
    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.
  11. Dry Leaf poster
    Dry Leaf (2025)
    Aleksandre Koberidze · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on MUBI
    Lisa, a photographer, has gone missing. The last known detail is that she had been photographing rural football stadiums in villages across Georgia. Her father, Irakli, sets out to search for her, traveling from place to place. Levani, Lisa's best friend – and an invisible person – also sets off to help.
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