საქართველო 2025 წლის ბერლინალეზე
- Doca
- Feb 14
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 28
World premiere:
Inner Blooming Springs
Shinagani gazapkhulebis q'vaviloba
შინაგანი გაზაფხულების ყვავილობა
documentary by Tiku Kobiashvili
43' Georgia 2025
Thu Feb 20 15:30 Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
Fri Feb 21 16:15 Arsenal 1
It’s 2024. Tens of thousands protest on the streets of Tbilisi against the so-called “Foreign Agents” law. The previous year, pressure from the street made the government withdraw its draft law. Now it’s back on the agenda. Tina, Luka and director Tiku Kobiashvili and their friends are in the thick of it, but they don’t see themselves as belonging to clear camps. They’re shaping their futures for themselves instead, trying to find out who they are and what they can do. Tina and Luka are studying acting and fighting the dos and don’ts of the profession: the more standardised you look, the more opportunities you have. Who do I want to be? Who are we? The camera, that “strange animal” forms part of this intimate friendship. Tiku isn’t an observer, but rather a friend and part of things when the group’s boisterous games show how tightly knit the group is. If anyone from the circle is arrested at a demo, she’s supposed to film it. The friends share an approach to life whose political nature stems from prioritising being there for each other and avoiding creating leaders even in the midst of protest. Together, they gather courage for what is coming. As fire they burn.
Tiku Kobiashvili, 22 years old, is a photographer, film student, and filmmaker. She holds a bachelor of Audio-Visual Arts from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. She is currently training as a camera technician and assistant camera operator, and aspires to build a career as a cinematographer in the future.
Discussion:
The Way Home - Speaking Openly
The Young Generation and Filmmaking in Georgia
filmmaking under precarious political conditions
Thu Feb 20 18:30 Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
DOCA Georgia has recently put together a program of Georgian documentaries from 1900s and 2000s, curated by Lika Glurjidze and Luka Bedoshvili. One of the films from this collection will open this discussion at Berlinale Forum Special.
screening: The Way Home – Merab Mamardashvili
(Nikoloz Drozdov, Georgian SSR 1990. 20 min)
Set at the turning point of history, just before Georgia's independence, the film features an interview with the prominent Georgian philosopher Merab Mamardashvili reflecting on the state of the nation and its people during this pivotal moment.
discussion: The Way Home – Speaking Openly is a two-part panel discussion in the framework of the Forum Special “Open Wounds, Open Words”. The first part, "Filmmaking under precarious political conditions”, deals with the current situation in Georgia, where the pro-Russian government is dismantling political and individual freedoms and using massive violence against its own population. Discussion with Tiku Kobiashvili (director of Inner Blooming Springs, Forum Special 2025), Salomé Jashi (filmmaker and chairperson of DOCA - Documentary Association Georgia) and Zaal Andronikashvili (literary scholar and publicist). The second part of the discussion introduces the young generation of filmmakers from Uzbekistan.
Georgian Film Institute at EFM
Feb 13-19, 2025
Innovations & Producers HubMartin Gropius Bau, 2nd Floor
The Georgian Film Institute (GFI) will represent independent Georgian filmmakers at the European Film Market.
GFI stand will also highlight actor Andro Chichinadze, who was arrested by authorities for his involvement in protests against Georgia's non-democratic government. Chichinadze is currently a political prisoner, along with 53 others, including journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, who has been on a hunger strike for over a month in protest against injustice.