Part of Georgian culture and heritage, cinema is an integral part of self-expression and story-telling. This section overviews the film collection available at Harvard. Please consult the Harvard Film Archive for detailed guidelines on how to search for film-related materials through HOLLIS. The Harvard Film Archive, a repository of 35mm films, is where Georgian movies may be screened publicly. Lamont and Widener libraries as well as The Fine Arts Library’s Media Collection includes CDs, DVDs, and VHS tapes. Harvard also has access to streaming video resources, particularly Alexander Street. For a more comprehensive overview of the film collection at Harvard and for additional cinema resources on Georgia and the region, contact Reed Lowrie, Head of Research Services for FAS Libraries, at lowrie@fas.harvard.edu.
Collection of Georgian Movies 15 movies, mainly from the Soviet era.
The machine which makes everything disappear [New York?] : Icarus Films [012] Presented by Icarus Films with the support of Georgian National Film Center and Geothe Institut Georgia, “The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear” is a film about growing up in Georgia, and finding commonalities across social and ethnic lines.
Tangerines Urushadze, Zaza ; Felt, Ivo ; Ulfsak, Lembit ; Nüganen, Elmo ; Nakashidze, Giorgi ; Meskhi, Mikhail ; Trass, Raivo ; Diasamidze, Niaz / Widescreen. 2015. In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, two Estonian immigrant farmers decide to remain in Georgia long enough to be able to harvest their tangerine crop. Tangerines was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.
Pirosmani Standard version. / Moskva : RUSSICO, (Grand Rekords Pablishing) c1999, 2005. A dramatic, visual meditation on the life of Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani. The film is structured as a series of impressionistic episodes from the artist's life, leading up to his tragic demise from alcoholism and starvation in 1919.
And then we danced Akin, Levan ; Dedye, Mathilde ; Danelia, Ketie ; Gelbakhiani, Levan ; Valishvili, Bachi ; Javakhishvili, Ana ; Tsereteli, Giorgi ; Gogidze, Kakha ; Fridell, Lisabi ; Carlgren, Simon ; Jincharadze, Nini ; Baramidze, Teo 2020. A passionate tale of love and liberation set within the conservative modern society of the Republic of Georgia, the film follows Merab, a devoted young dancer who, with his partner Mary, has been tirelessly training to land a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. Braunschweig International Film Festival Best Feature Film LQBT and a Cannes Film Festival Nominee in 2019.
Taming the garden: Panopto [2021] Documentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country's former prime minister.
Suggested guidelines when searching for Georgian cinema through HOLLIS:
- In Advanced search, in the first line enter: film OR movie OR cinema OR "motion picture" OR "motion pictures" OR "moving picture" OR "moving pictures" OR disc OR tape OR laserdisc OR video OR videodisc
- In the second line change what you're searching for from 'Keyword anywhere' to 'Place' and enter Georgia
- Run the search. You should get 450 results. This will include books, so choose the Videos/Film filter. Now you should have 158 results.
- In this instance we need to get rid of the films that are about, or take place in, the state of Georgia in the US, so you'll want to use the Place filter to choose "Georgia (Republic)", "Georgia (Republic) T'bilisi" etc. You may want to choose Soviet Union, Israel, and any other country that might have made a film involving Georgia.