Georgia

From Soviet-era gems from Otar Ioseliani and Tengiz Abuladze, to the feminist trailblazer Lana Gogoberidze and 21st-century auteurs, explore our collection of classic and contemporary films from Georgia.

‘Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. It has everything that can make me cry.’
Federico Fellini

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Films from this region

Keto and Kote
Keto and Kote
The Chair
The Chair
Eccentrics
Eccentrics
The White Caravan
The White Caravan
An Unusual Exhibition
An Unusual Exhibition
A typically playful and melancholic work from one of Georgia's best loved directors.
Salt for Svanetia
COMING SOON
Salt for Svanetia
Mikhail Kalatozov’s groundbreaking ethnographic documentary is a masterpiece of the Soviet avant-garde.
Scary Mother
Scary Mother
Ana Urushadze’s portrait of a middle-aged woman on the edge of creative breakthrough and nervous breakdown.
Some Interviews on Personal Matters
Some Interviews on Personal Matters
A journalist is torn between work and family in this pioneering Georgian film.
There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
A young musician struggles to hold his life together in this celebrated Georgian dramedy.
My Grandmother
My Grandmother
This absurdist satire of bureaucracy is an under-appreciated gem of the Georgian avant-garde.
Magdana’s Donkey
Magdana’s Donkey
A poor family chance upon an abandoned donkey, but their luck does not last.
Look at These Young People!
Look at These Young People!
A group of Georgian students are sent to war in this beautifully composed coming-of-age tale.
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree
A tragic and richly-woven love story set in pre-revolutionary Georgia from Tengiz Abuladze.
Falling Leaves
Falling Leaves
An idealistic young technician struggles to toe the line at a state-run winery.
Repentance
Repentance
The first Soviet film to tackle Stalin’s purges: a powerful and poetic act of cinematic testimony.
The Plea
The Plea
A Christian soldier is shunned by villagers when he refuses to cut off his enemy’s hand.
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains
Soviet bureaucracy is skewered in this Georgian gem about the frustrations of a young novelist.
April
April
A pair of young lovers drift apart as their furniture accumulates.