Georgia in the early 20s. Following the establishment of the Soviet regime and collectivization social conflicts start brewing in a small village. The main female character of the movie, who left the village in those difficult years and became a famous surgeon, comes to the kolkhoz to celebrate the 30th anniversary…

An eccentric tragicomedy. A writer wrote a story and took it to a publishing house. The summer had passed, the autumn was in full swing… Finally, the writer mustered his courage and went to the publishing house only to find out that no one had read his story yet. Moreover, his work had disappeared, without leaving any trace…

A poetic chronicle of the events that occurred in a certain Georgian village in the late 19th century. A few intellectuals managed to rally the villagers and rise against the manufacturers in an attempt to save the forest.

In the winter of 1924 the Bolshevik Stepan Petrov together with his wife Varvara and daughter Olga set out to Moscow on foot. They must hand their fellow countrymen’s letter over to Lenin. In the steppes they are overtaken by a gang of kulaks. Stepan is killed and Varvara and her daughter walk on alone. Together with other pilgrims they get to Gorky where they learn about Lenin’s death. They head for Red Square. Stalin ascends the rostrum and vows faith to Lenin’s ideas. After that Varvara Petrova hands him the letter. When the war breaks out Varvara Mikhailovna will send her children off to defend the Motherland. After the war in the Georgievsky Palace Petrova will meet Stalin for the second time. Gold Medal at the Venice Film Festival, 1946

A leisurely paced narration about a film actress’s family: a husband, a charming child, a cozy household. Many seemingly good-natured friends. Discovering the depth of interrelations, losses, bereavements, the camera destroys the lyrical mood and recreates the portrait of the contemporary epoch.

Lyrical comedy about the first love of the 16-year-old Azerbaijanian football fan Murat Rasulov for the Russian girl two years his senior. This seemingly minor circumstance and the customs of the young man’s family are a serious but short-lived obstacle on the path of the young couple. The atmosphere of the Georgian town inhabited by people of different nationalities is created by the good-natured Georgian humor.

Dato, Shalva, Vazha and Tsitsino live in one of the houses in one of the courtyards in Tbilisi. They have just finished school, a whole life lies ahead of them, and like all 17-year-olds they have tremendous plans for the future and no desire to say good-bye to the carefree youth.

Georgian kolkhoz farmer Georgy Makharashvili goes to visit his wounded son. When he arrives his son is not at hospital, so he sets off looking for him. Having witnessed military action, the old man manages to convince everybody and is allowed to fight at the front. During one of the battles the father meets his son. But their meeting is a short one, the son is killed by a shell fragment. Prize for the best male role (S. Zakariadze) at the MIFF in 1965.

An observation, an ironically sad story about the trip of a band of musicians to a mountain village, where young men from Tbilisi intend to relax and rehearse. FIPRESCI Award at the Berlin Film Festival, 1982

This film is about the great Georgian painter – primitivist Niko Pirosmanashvili (1862-1918). An unknown, self-taught painter roams the streets of a city, painting his pictures. The local people only know that his name is Nikola Pirosmani, that he is a kind and honest person, but nobody takes his painting seriously. To make his living and be able to buy paints, Nikola opens up a food shop. But very soon he goes bankrupt, for he is giving away butter and cheese to anyone who got no money. Already gravely ill, he paints his last picture, imbued with light, joy and love for life.

A parable about those who overcome insurmountable difficulties or 22 short stories about swimmers. A movie is being filmed about Durmishkhan Dumbadze’s unknown swimming record when he crossed the distance twice the width of the Strait of Dover and thus beat the record of the famous English sportsman Thomas Winston. The story of the Durmishkhan family continues and now his son and grandson have a chance to cross their Strait of Dover.

This last Tenghiz Abuladze film is crowning the trilogy started by the motion pictures «The Plea» and «The Wishing Tree». The film’s structure is somewhat whimsical: the action develops, as it were, outside the time framework, with no specified indication to the 1930s. In the character of dictator Varlam Aravidze, the traits of Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Beria are equally recognizable. Three generations of one family are paying for the sins of their fathers. In a totalitarian society, the first to perish are the artists, like Sandro Barateli and his wife. Years later, their daughter, Keti, avenges the death of her parents…

Tragicomedy based on D.Kldiashvili’s play with the same name. A mountain village in pre-revolutionary Georgia. The hard laborer Anton, a kind-hearted man, suddenly falls to the ground for no apparent reason. Villagers and people from nearby settlements come to his mother to express their condolences. They don’t know the reason and are scared about their relatives: what if a similar misfortune befalls them. A fierce dispute ensues followed by a scuffle. Old Maya tries to calm down the people and in the morning Anton appears on the doorstep. He has recovered and is ready to work in the fields.

The story of young orphan Sosiko, born prince Cholokashvili, who challenged his family by returning from Paris, where his prosperous uncle had sent him to study at Sorbonne, not as a lawyer but as the first Georgian cameraman and director. Because of his misdemeanor his beloved Nutsia left him and his relatives disowned him.