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Review | Prisoners of Conscience — Georgian filmmakers tell the stories of detained protesters
The short documentaries were screened at the London Georgian Film Festival the same day as Georgia’s controversial municipal elections.
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Review | My Grandmother — portraying the well-choreographed chaos of Soviet bureaucracy
Kote Mikaberidze’s 1929 slapstick satire My Grandmother is a brilliant piece of Soviet Georgian cinema still relevant today.ag
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Review | Exploring five shorts at the 2025 London Georgian Film Festival
From stop-motion animation to documentary footage of Georgia’s ongoing anti-government protests, these films show off Georgia’s cinematic diversity.
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Review | Imago — Exploring Chechen identity in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley
This impressive feature-length documentary debut shows a diverse Pankisi Valley rarely explored in Western media.
London Georgian Film Festival
The 9th London Georgian Film Festival: Vision and diversity amidst political hostility
In the view of most independent commentators, Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party is heading to govern in full authoritarian mode and continuing to undermine European democratic values.
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Review | And Then We Danced — Georgian dance as queer resistance
Levan Akin’s 2019 queer love story feels as urgent as ever under Georgian Dream’s homophobic laws.
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Review | Crossing — Levan Akin takes the queer road movie beyond expectations
Levan Akin’s road movie about an odyssey from Georgia to Turkey is notably more authentic than his internationally acclaimed And Then We Danced.
