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Review | Scary Mother — the horror of a Georgian woman’s intellect
Ana Urushadze’s 2017 debut film follows a Tbilisi housewife whose secret manuscript unravels the fragile architecture of family life.
Mariam Shonia
Mariam studied digital media and worked as a journalist for several years, mostly covering politics. Before moving into social media management at OC Media, she reported for Netgazeti, where she discovered a love for fast-paced newsrooms. She’s passionate about filming and editing, which remain her favourite parts of storytelling.
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Review | Panopticon — coming-of-age in the shadow of the sacred
George Sikharulidze’s feature debut explores the fractured dual life of a Tbilisi teenager caught between religious surveillance and repressed desire.
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Review | The Pear Field — a look at life in Tbilisi’s ‘school for idiots’
Nana Ekvitimishvili’s debut novel is a short, intense work that confronts society’s silence and ethical blind spots.
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Review | Nothing Political — theatre in resistance and the anxiety of what remains
Nothing Political examines life inside Georgia’s protest movement through documentary footage and live performance.
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Review | Chiaroscuro: Following the Shadow — watching the filmmaker watch himself
Georgian director Aleko Tsabadze’s latest film explores authorship, control, and moral ambiguity through a film-within-a-film structure.
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Review | Pathetic Monologues — Georgian theatre that finally laughs at itself
In a country where cultural prestige is often performed, this play dares to laugh at the performance itself.
