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Avtandil Makharadze
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Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. The film's title is taken from the book of the same name by Miguel Unamuno.
Archangel
Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.
Migrations
Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.
A Fold in My Blanket
Dmitrij has recently returned to his small Georgian hometown after graduating from a university abroad. His monotonous days drag on, between working and the solitary rock-climbing excursions.
Hostages
Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
Repentance
The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.
The Way Home
The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.
Scary Mother
A 50-year-old housewife, Manana, struggles with her dilemma - she has to choose between her family life and her passion, writing, which she had repressed for years - she decides to follow her passion and plunges herself into writing, sacrificing to it mentally and physically.
Like a Morning Mist
A lonely provincial man asks his childhood friends to come to his hometown. He is forced to explain the reason for their gathering to his surprised friends by the unexpected invitation.
National Bomb
In capital city Baku, eminent editor Yusef Abranov and director Mehmet are determined to get their latest movie made by any means necessary, after being shut down by the bankrupt national studio. Following various schemes, the only way left to raise the cash is to marry off Yusef’s son to the daughter of the rich guy who’s bought Yusef’s bizarre, mirror-filled house.
Children of Sin
A man prays in a forest to mourn over the recent death of his wife. He is kidnapped by an enemy tribe, leaving his children completely alone. The enemy tribesmen demand payment for his release. Will the man live?
Adventures of Lazare
An orphaned boy, Lazare, follows a wandering blind man from village to village to find the daily bread. Despite the extreme hardships, their relationship becomes a kind of moral support for the child.
Spring
Lazar helped grandma Varo, who came to the city from the village, fill out a sports lotto ticket. A few days later, the young man discovered that this particular ticket was the winning one. Without thinking twice, he went in search of grandmother...
Lantern in the Wind
The film tells the story of a chess coach who establishes a strong women's chess school in Georgia. The film is not biographical, although the prototype of the main character is the famous coach Vakhtang Karseladze.
Nakas
This story is about a person who dosen’t have a life of his own, but lives the life of others. His own individuality is lost, making him a misfit.