Lia Kapanadze
2021
Big Green Valley
Merab Kokochashvili
Dodo Abashidze, Lia Kapanadze
A group of geologists discover oil under the fields where Sosana, the aged and anachronistic father, raises his herd with his unhappy wife, her friend and his growing boy with whom he displays a wonderful rapport. The land is invaded by big machinery that feels remarkably alien to the serene and natural aesthetic of the valley. The family all enjoys the pleasures and storytelling capacity a slide projector grants them, but it too feels distinctly out of place in a town with no plumbing.
Great Green Valley
Luka
Giorgi Barabadze
Lia Kapanadze, Nino Kasradze
A custody battle goes awry for mother Lile when her son is sent to live with her mother-in-law, Nina. Time passes and Lile eventually hears that her son, Luka, has been killed in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict. It's now 1993 and the war is drawing to an end. Lile travels back to the village where Luka was raised to collect his body for burial.
Luka
The Step
Aleqsandre Rekhviashvili
Merab Ninidze, Irina Chichinadze
Alexi leaves the house of his father and stepmother and rents an apartment. He wants to be independent and find his place in the world. But no basic changes ensue – he has the same friends, with the same trivial conversations and the same inactivity. Only the death of his favorite teacher, to whom the young man felt very close, really changes his habitual way of life. Alexi makes a decision: he refuses a place at a research institute and leaves for a teaching job at a village school, the same school his mentor used to work at.
The Step
When Almonds Blossomed
Lana Gogoberidze
Zura Kipshidze, Goga Pipia
Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards him from the bike tournament. Nevertheless, Zura’s father manages to persuade her to allow his son to participate and even succeeds in bribing his championship. Zura’s classmates know that he became a champion undeservedly but can’t do anything about it. Only Khatuna, his alleged girlfriend, and Lexo, Zura’s friend, dare to protest against it. Their lack of loyalty enrages Zura and in the rush of the blood he crashes his father’s car. The accident takes Laxo’s life. Zura’s father does his best to save his son from deserved punishment but the first one against his decision is Zura himself.
When Almonds Blossomed
