The First Swallow

📅 March 15
🎬 Director: Nana Mchedlidze
📽 1975 | 75 minutes

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Proektsia 24 presents a new program titled “Origins of Contemporary Georgian Cinema.” The program introduces audiences to the path taken by Georgian filmmakers, their artistic perspectives, and their perception of the social and cultural environment of their time.

The journey through the films begins in the late 1970s, a period when the foundations of Georgian cinema of the 1980s were being formed. In the works of representatives of the so-called “lost generation,” it becomes possible to observe shared artistic language, cinematic forms, and reflections on the surrounding world.

Of course, each director presents a unique perspective and narrative. However, viewing these films together allows audiences to discuss the common characteristics and artistic approaches that unite this generation of filmmakers and, more broadly, define Georgian cinema of the 1980s.

The program aims to follow Georgia’s path toward independence and to examine this story both as a journey from point A to point B and as the evolution of artistic forms and cultural context that later shaped contemporary Georgian cinema.

We believe that revisiting and reinterpreting this period is an important step toward better understanding the present forms of Georgian culture and film art, their contexts, and the shared challenges they address.

The program begins on Sunday, March 8, featuring special guests and an opportunity to watch and discuss both well-known and lesser-known films together.