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Review | Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story — a satirical Georgian masterpiece
Eldar Shengelaia’s 1983 film, one of the sharpest satirical critiques of Soviet bureaucracy in existence, is a cinematic masterpiece
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Review | The Eccentrics — a goofy Georgian ode to freedom
The Eccentrics is by far Georgian director Eldar Shengelaia’s most absurdist and outright comedic film.
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Review | An Unusual Exhibition — a tragi-comedy on artistic individuality in Georgia
Eldar Shengelaia’s 1968 film is a layered parable on artistic individualism in the collectivist Soviet Union.
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Review | The White Caravan — Georgian pastoralism clashes with modernity
Eldar Shengelaia’s 1963 film is a visually alluring and emotional exploration of the age-old conflict between tradition and modernity.
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Review | People and Trees: A Trilogy — exploring boyhood in rural Soviet Azerbaijan
A collection of three novellas, People and Trees encapsulates the experiences of a boy growing up in post-World War II Azerbaijan.
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‘A new language for living’ — Nana Zaalishvili on Soviet bus stops and Georgian architecture today
Georgian architect Nanuka (Nana) Zaalishvili has spent the last ten years documenting Soviet bus stops, their designs influencing her own work.
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Review | A State in a State — sabotage and comradeship on the South Caucasus railway
This ambitious documentary uses the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway to delve into political schemes and cross-border solidarity in the South Caucasus.
