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Review | Adibas — a Georgian war novel without the war
Zaza Burchuladze’s war novel is not an easy book to love — but in 2026, it is an uncomfortably easy book to recognise.
Tamar Agatha Kapanadze
Tamar Agatha is a human rights defender and civic activist from Tbilisi. Her main interests are women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. When not working on advocacy and justice, she can be found leading walking tours through Tbilisi’s winding streets, reading obsessively, or catching the latest performance at the theatre.
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Review | My Happy Family — what passes for women’s joy in Georgia
My Happy Family is a portrait of a middle-aged Georgian woman who dares to get a room — and a life — of her own.
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Review | Salt for Svanetia — Kalatozishvili before Kalatozov
Long before Mikheil Kalatozov became a master of Soviet cinema, he made a Georgian film the regime could not forgive.
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Review | A Room of My Own — queerness and constraint in Georgia
A Room of My Own is an intimate but unfinished portrait of female friendship, desire, and self-discovery in contemporary Tbilisi.
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Review | A Dog in Georgia — a journey that never finds its way
While promising a story of self-discovery amidst Georgia’s political turmoil, this novel instead makes Georgia feel more like a convenient backdrop.
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Review | Hotel Metalurg — illustrating the loss that never fades
The quiet and compassionate documentary Hotel Metalurg is less about losing a home than about learning, painfully, how to live without one.
