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Anna Sarukhanova
Born December 16, 1994 · Tbilisi, USSR (Georgia) (age 31)
Anna Sarukhanova is a Georgian film director whose works have been featured at renowned international festivals, including Locarno, Sarajevo, and Doclisboa. In 2017, she was selected as a Berlinale Talent. Her filmography includes the feature film "Inconceivable Light" and several documentaries, as well as "In One Year", a short film created for the German TV series Ab 18 (broadcast on the 3Sat c…
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Raving Riot · 2019Raving Riot
2019
MovieDocumentary
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.
Dry Leaf · 2026Dry Leaf
★ 7.32026
MovieDramaFantasy
Lisa, a photographer, has gone missing. The last known detail is that she had been photographing rural football stadiums in villages across Georgia. Her father, Irakli, sets out to search for her, traveling from place to place. Levani, Lisa's best friend – and an invisible person – also sets off to help.
Yes & Yes · 2014Yes & Yes
★ 3.82014
MovieDrama
Sasha is a young girl living in a block flat with her family in Moscow. Once she falls in love with Antonin, a bohemian artist and hard drinker. Their short love affair is pulling her down, to the bottom of her subconscious. Overwhelmed with beautiful and frightening visions, she starts to paint - violently, until she can stand on her feet.
Landscape from a Window · 2020Landscape from a Window
2020
MovieDocumentary
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.
Inconceivable Light · 2022Inconceivable Light
2022
MovieDramaFantasy
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.
The Project «Spring» · 2020The Project «Spring»
★ 7.02020
MovieDocumentary
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.
Holy Electricity · 2025Holy Electricity
★ 8.52025
MovieDrama
When young Gonga and his cousin Bart find a suitcase full of rusty crosses in a scrap yard, Bart gets the idea to turn them into neon crucifixes and sell them door-to-door to the gullible inhabitants of Tbilisi. Their crusade through the suburbs of the city becomes a quest for love and friendship.
The Flight 2022 · 2022The Flight 2022
2022
MovieDocumentary
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...
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