„Fragile freedom“

The “Fragile freedom” program curated by Salomé Jashi and DOCA – Documentary Association Georgia, also explores conscience and rupture — looking particularly at young people, women and family. Gaitsanit Chveni Shvilebi (Meet Our Children, Omar Gvasalia, 1988) depicts teenagers torn between the fun of skateboarding and the search for social morality; Kalebi Kvis Ghobis Mighma (Women Behind a Stone Wall, Tengiz Malania, 1990) portrays the subtle (women’s) struggle for independence; the lighthearted 2001 collage ZAHESI 708 by Tamuna Karumidze, who was a student at the HdK in Berlin at the time of making, offers diverse insights into daily life and politics, fashion and music, becoming a record of the “wild” period of transformation between the quest for freedom and the ABCs of capitalism.

Films: Mzia – Mzia Amaghlobeli
Salomé Jashi Georgia 2025 Digital file georg. OmeU 6 min.
Gaitsanit Chveni Shvilebi Meet Our Children
Omar Gvasalia Georgian SSR 1988 DCP georg. OmeU 24 min.
Kalebi Kvis Ghobis Mighma Women Behind a Stone Wall
Tengiz Malania Georgian SSR 1990 DCP Russian dubbed version with Engl. ST 20 min.
Zahesi 708 Tamuna Karumidze Georgia 2001 DCP georg. OmeU 48 min.