Anna Sarukhanova

Film speaks about the reality that exists in Georgia in parallel with the other, the one that is in plain sight. The main character, trying to find and realize himself, loses the line between reality and illusion and loses an alter ego. After a desperate attempt to somehow realize his plans, he again "finds himself." This is a tender portrait of identity shot in a subtle mix between documentary and fiction.

Film speaks about the reality that exists in Georgia in parallel with the other, the one that is in plain sight. The main character, trying to find and realize himself, loses the line between reality and illusion and loses an alter ego. After a desperate attempt to somehow realize his plans, he again "finds himself." This is a tender portrait of identity shot in a subtle mix between documentary and fiction.

Film speaks about the reality that exists in Georgia in parallel with the other, the one that is in plain sight. The main character, trying to find and realize himself, loses the line between reality and illusion and loses an alter ego. After a desperate attempt to somehow realize his plans, he again "finds himself." This is a tender portrait of identity shot in a subtle mix between documentary and fiction.

Right after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russians who openly opposed the regime fled to other countries. More than 30,000 have found themselves in Georgia as they sought to avoid political pressure and sanctions. Their arrival, however, has not been universally welcomed as Russia occupies 20 percent of their host country's territory. Mitya, a young Russian activist, provides insight into a newly formed Russian community in the Georgian capital that is trying to establish itself during these uncertain times. Mitya and his friends have to prove they are victims of the Russian government, not aggressors...

What do children do when the whole world is in isolation due to the coronavirus and they have to spend all their time at home? Do they go to online classes? Do they call friends? Improvise on the piano? Sunbath on the balcony? Do they easily adapt to their isolation? This film follows the lives of two small dreamers, stuck in isolation in Tbilisi during the spring of 2020, the spring of the coronavirus.

What do children do when the whole world is in isolation due to the coronavirus and they have to spend all their time at home? Do they go to online classes? Do they call friends? Improvise on the piano? Sunbath on the balcony? Do they easily adapt to their isolation? This film follows the lives of two small dreamers, stuck in isolation in Tbilisi during the spring of 2020, the spring of the coronavirus.

Spring is a time of love, lightness and endorphins. But the spring of 2020 turned out to be very different, isolating us from each other. The Vesna project tells 14 stories about people who, like all of us, found themselves in quarantine, but were able to learn something important and valuable from this experience. Moscow promoter Andrey Algorithmik, who self-isolated himself in the Powerhouse club he founded; Tbilisi gallerist Giorgi Rodionov, who started recording a podcast about dreams; sex blogger Alina Shikut, who launched an online course about accepting your body; a Director who went to a remote village, and a famous photographer who takes pictures of empty Moscow-14 documentary sketches add up to a General portrait of an optimist in quarantine: after all, spring is also a time of renewal.

Five different stories about women - their loved ones, passion, family and what they really want in life.

In a post-soviet republic of Georgia, in South Caucasus where religious and folk traditions are still the main authority, new generation of pro-western youth tries to build their own future. The protest of 10 000 young Tbilisi citizens turns into 2 day massive rave at the Parliament of Georgia.

Mariam is a 22 years old actress, she works in a cafe, where customers can order any companion they wish. Any can have a dinner with a best friend, a cup of tea with a grandfather, or coffee with a lover. One day she meets Levan in the cafe, a nature defender, who tries to change her point of view about the cafe she's working in.

Lena gets mixed up in an adventure of her girlfriend and agrees to participate in an exhibition. Unexpectedly she becomes a living statue: before hundreds of long- ing eyes, deprived of the possibility to move or speak – everything that remains is to meet herself and her inner enemies.

Two sisters bring a parcel to the grandfather’s house. The door is open and he is away. And because of that they have to make a choice.

They’ve grown up and are ready to enter into a new world, in the anticipation of the exam to get in the Architectural Institute. The rest of life goes on in parallel, everyone has their own problems, their reasons to cry, to choke on grief. The line, which they have to cross, looms ahead.

In the flow of ordinary days and thoughts trying to outrun the wind, sometimes there is a situation when it is necessary to make a choice and give up your sincere loneliness.

Set in Tbilisi, the film’s protagonist walks through the city’s streets as he contemplates whether to accept a job abroad or to stay at home with his family and girlfriend.

Set in Tbilisi, the film’s protagonist walks through the city’s streets as he contemplates whether to accept a job abroad or to stay at home with his family and girlfriend.

The project of Olga Zhirova and Julia Vorobieva