A delightful comedy about Georgian wine drowning in Soviet bureaucracy: “Falling Leaves” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Tbilisi International Film Festival held a special screening of the Soviet-Georgian classic Falling Leaves by Otar Iosseliani, showing a marvellously restored version of this cinema classic.
Azerbaijani integration and education in Georgia: “Hey, Gunesh!” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Maja Soomägi dives deeper into the integration of the Azerbaijani ethnic minority in Georgia in her review of the short film "Hey, Gunesh!"
“A large family with conflicts is still 1,000 times better than loneliness”: “The Northeast Winds” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Alexandra Kuenning reviews "The Northeast Winds," a moving and diverting examination of Stalinist nostalgia in Georgia.
Learning English for expatriates: An interview with Georgy Slavin-Rudakov and Evgeniia Dudnikova
Katherine Leung in an interview with the founders of the English Speaking Club, an immigrant-led volunteer-run English teaching organisation.
War in Ukraine Awakens Georgian Trauma
The ongoing crimes against Ukrainians committed by Russian forces have awakened memories of brutality against Georgians in wars with Russia during previous decades. Over the last 30 years, [...]
A View from the Streets: what the war in Ukraine means across the South Caucasus
The recent invasion of Ukraine has sent ripples throughout the globe, with hundreds of thousands protesting against the horrific actions committed in the country in the name of Vladimir Putin’s [...]
Internally Displaced and Isolated: the failings of IDP integration in Georgia
Rhiannon Segar on the dire living situation of thousands of internally displaces persons (IDP) in Georgia, highlighted by recent protests and a suicide in one of the country's IDP camps.
3 + 3 = ? A Neighbourhood with Differing Visions: prospects for regional integration in the Caucasus
Attempts at regional cooperation initiatives are far from new phenomena within the South Caucasus. However, each new format consistently fails to take ground in the region and appears destined to [...]
The Unsentimentality of Childhood: reviewing The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili
Katherine Leung reviews the debut novel by Georgian director and filmmaker Nana Ekvtimishvili and is overcome by sadness as she finishes the last pages of a powerful and moving story set in a [...]
