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Tbilisi in the beginning of the 20th century . Emigrants who moved from Tbilisi to Paris for various reasons cannot resist the feeling of nostalgia and decide to return to their homeland by air balloon .
The story is based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel and depicts the social and political changes taking place in Soviet Georgia in the 1930s through the line of the main characters: Tarash Emkhvari and Arzakan Zvambaya.
The revolutionary struggle of the Georgian proletariat is the central theme of this story. The narrative follows the life and fate of a young revolutionary named Mito. After the Mensheviks disrupt a railway strike, Mito is sentenced to three years in prison, and his father is executed. During his time in prison, Mito shares a cell with an old Bolshevik, which transforms the hot-headed and unstable young man into a conscious Bolshevik. Soon, World War I begins, and Mito, who has just been released from prison, is sent to war.
Gogi is on his way to celebrate the New Year. On the snowy road, he meets a beautiful girl whose car broke down. Gogi gives the tire of his car to beautiful stranger, and he himself, fascinated by his own behavior, meets the New Year alone in the car on a deserted road.
This touching comedy follows a poor soldier who is mistaken for Jesus Christ in a poor village. The film tells the story of a quick-witted and resourceful soldier who uses this misidentification to outsmart rich merchants, the mayor, and finally Father Ambrose, the local priest, who is known for being a glutton and womaniser.
Soviet border guards detained a suspicious individual who claimed to be a lost archaeologist. However, the soldiers were alarmed by the radio transmitter and code he possessed. The case was handed over to the KGB, who were tasked with tracking down and neutralising the foreign intelligence agent the detainee had been in contact with.
The film is about a young Georgian poet Mirza Gelovani, who died in WWII. It also tells the story of Mirza Gelovani’s contemporaries who sacrificed their youth to their homeland
A comedic novella about an elderly woman named Dudukhani. A wise and exceptionally kind person, she has preserved the youthfulness of her spirit, but no one, except for her nephew Nikusha, is able to appreciate her inner qualities.
A firm Stalinistic statement on the value of sports, making one molly-coddled bear a bit stronger.
Poor brothers, Ali and Hussain, support their family through the dangerous and hard work. Once, while being in the open sea, they were attacked by a shark. Instead of his older brother, who died in the fight with the shark, from now on the younger one has to carry the heavy burden of the family, but he believes that when he groes up, he will escape from the poverty.
XIX century peasants' revolt and the life story of bandit Arsena Odzelashvili.
Shadiman Chavchavadze and Shalva Gedevanishvili's animation short about vocation.
Using a marriage broker, a Prince in dire financial straits plans to marry the wealthy daughter of a merchant, The girl is in love with the nephew of the prince. Forced by her father into the unwelcome match, she finds a friend in another matchmaker. They arrange it so that the prince will not like the girl when he meets her.
Friends Niko and Siko leave the old painting that depicts them and embark on a journey to find their own home. However, they are disoriented by the unfamiliar city, its new highways, and cheerful, intelligent inhabitants. Instead of the narrow, poor streets and huts they remember, they find themselves in a vastly different landscape. By morning, Niko and Siko return to the museum, their quest for home still ongoing.
Jointly a turtle, a sparrow and a mouse stand up to a fox
A modern interpretation of a folk tale about a golden-haired beauty abducted by a monster.
An animated film about a kid goat who ignores his mother's advice and runs away from home. But he has no idea that a wolf is about to find him and eat him! At the very last minute, the kid goat's mother learns of the wolf's intentions and asks a brave dog for help. Will they manage to save the kid goat?