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- DirectorRezo GigineishviliStarsIrakli KvirikadzeTinatin DalakishviliAvtandil MakharadzeThe movie describes real events that took place in 1983, when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attempted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently convicted and executed.
- DirectorGeorge OvashviliStarsIlyas SalmanMariam ButurishviliIrakli SamushiaThe river creates and the river destroys in an eternal cycle that even man can't escape.
- DirectorGeorge OvashviliStarsTedo BekhauriTamar MeskhiArchil TabukashviliA young refugee and his mother flee war and ethnic cleansing in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, leaving his father behind. After arriving in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, the young boy encounters difficulties with his mother, and begins a lonely journey back to Abkhazia to find his father.
- DirectorSalomé AlexiStarsNino KasradzeZanda IoselianiAna KacheisviliA young woman, whose family is slowly losing everything, starts to take out loans from a bank in order to keep appearances, but things get out of control.
- DirectorNana EkvtimishviliSimon GroßStarsLika BabluaniMariam BokeriaZurab GogaladzeSet in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in 1992. Friends Eka and Natia look to leave childhood behind as they ignore societal customs and work to escape their turbulent family lives.
- DirectorChris BirkmeierStarsKyle WigentTanner RittenhouseAdam FaneTwo young men experience the pain of separation and broken hearts after an unexpected breakup during a restless Chicago summer.
- DirectorLevan KoguashviliStarsGela ChitishviliGogita ChitishviliNunu ChitishviliAfter 14 years in prison, the time has come for Gogita to return to his normal life. He's longing for a home of his own and to marry a nice woman. But who would be interested in a poor farmer and ex-con who still lives with his mother? Then he meets Maka on the internet. She's not that young anymore, and she's not the prettiest girl in the world, but she can bake delicious cakes. They're soon making grand plans without even having met. What unfolds is a tragicomic tale of a simple man and woman looking for love in a world that's placing high demands on them, a tender and humorous glimpse into the life of a Georgian man.
- DirectorTinatin KajrishviliStarsSergo BuiglishviliAnuka GrigoliaLevan KajrishviliNutsa lives with her two small children in suburb of Tblissi, Georgia. With her Goga, they would bee today a regular family if he hadn't been arrested. Between the wedding in prison and the monthly visits, a routine sets in. Wil they be able to overcome this double reality?
- DirectorLevan TutberidzeStarsAni BebiaPaata InauriJano IzoriaMamuka is released from prison and tries to take care of his disabled father and younger brother.
- DirectorGeorge OvashviliStarsHossein MahjoubQishvard ManvelishviliNodar DzidziguriAfter being deposed in coup, the president of a newly independent country flees to mountains with a group of supporters sure that he will regain the power to lead his people.
- DirectorRussudan GlurjidzeStarsSalome DemuriaIa SukhitashviliOlga DykhovichnayaTwo families have physically survived the 'real' war, but are incapable of building a new life in peace: war continues in everyday life because the chaos is inside human beings.
- DirectorRusudan ChkoniaStarsIa SukhitashviliGia RoinishviliOlga Legrand10 women, seven of them belonging to the poorest population, are desperately trying to win a beauty contest for mothers who have more than 3 children. The winner will get an apartment and $25000.
- DirectorNika AgiashviliIrakli ChkhikvadzeLevan GlontiStarsMalcolm McDowellRon PerlmanGeorge FinnThis collective feature-film is made of 10 stories written and directed by natives of Tbilisi, Georgia and takes on a personal narrative about the republic's capital city.
- DirectorLevan TutberidzeStarsCrystal BennettTornike BziavaMikheil GomiashviliAmy, a young British girl travels to Caucasus Georgia in the hope of saving her doomed relationship with her boyfriend, only to pit her fiery brand of idealism against a mountain village and their mysterious local myth.
- DirectorAnuna BukiaA young woman decides to find her house that she has been deprived of at the age of 4 due to the war. The only chance to get to the occupied area is to cross the border secretly. The border barrier, the natural dividing line, the river Enguri, all add up to the artificially-created wire line by Russian Soldiers. In search of her house, the protagonist explores lives of internally displaced persons for 24 years after the war and sinks into the art of existence that seems to be war, rather than peace. In the process, she meets with so-called 'connectors', who help her get to the occupied territory. The story portrays everlasting estranging damage occupation can bring: how it can eradicate the concept of ' home' and the comforting feeling of safety.
- DirectorOtar IosselianiStarsDato TarielachviliTamuna KarumidzeFanny GoninNicolas, a Georgian filmmaker who wants nothing more than to express himself. He leaves his country for France.
- DirectorNatia NikolashviliStarsTina BabakishviliIn the magic forest it is dark and cold; the fog so thick that not a single ray of sunlight shines through. The plants are withered and the lakes frozen, with nothing stirring anymore. A lone girl and a deer are wandering through this icy landscape. What are they looking for? Natia Nikolashvili has created a fantastical world as backdrop for a tale as fascinating and enigmatic as a dream, in atmospheric water colour.
- DirectorMariam KhatchvaniStarsVakho ChachanidzeNutsi KhaptaniKeta LortkipanidzeIn 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..
- DirectorTinatin KajrishviliStarsGiorgi BochorishviliIa SukhitashviliJano IzoriaGiorgi and Ana, in their late 30-s, once a loving couple 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 seems endless. Giorgi can't get used to it. The pain of being rejected from the beloved, closest person doesn't allow him to start new life. He isolates himself from the rest of the world, moves far, near the sea, settles in abandoned place surrounded with lonely people. Ana waits for all to pass, but the end turns to be unexpected for both of them, leaving Ana in guilt and vagueness.
- DirectorLevan TutberidzeStarsLevan DoborjginidzeMisha MeskhiNutsa KukhianidzeA group of teenage boys from Tbilisi take a trip to Azerbaijan to buy drugs, and end up fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, when they are captured by Azerbaijani militants, with one subsequently being captured by the Armenians. During the course of events, the main character has flashbacks to his relationship with his father, as well as a depressive prostitute.
- DirectorZaza UrushadzeStarsKakha AbuashviliZura BegalishviliTinatin DalakishviliGogliko has just served 16 years in jail. Upon his release, he realizes that the world as he knew it doesn't exist any more, and the people who set him up are now government officials.