Film Adaptations
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion
Adapted from the novel by Nodar Dumbadze. A warm comedy about family life in Georgia.
Data Tutashkhia
Based on Chabua Amirejibi's novel. Adventure and morality tale set in Georgia.
Hellados
Tells the story of a Greek boy departing for his historic homeland. At the last moment, however, he lacks the strength to part with the town of Sukhumi and the friends he has made there. In order to get back to Sukhumi, he jumps off the steamship and dies in the sea.
Tetri bairagebi
Follows the fate of a man convicted of a murder he did not commit. Many of the characters were criminals, who struggled with their relationship with society and themselves.
Eliso
Historical drama inspired by local stories, exploring human struggle and culture.
I See the Sun
Sosoia, the teenage protagonist, was a teenager who loved the blind Khatia. Khatia's blindness, however, was cured at the end of the novel.
Hostages
A few years before the collapse of the Soviet Union, seven youths from the nation of Georgia attempt to escape from the USSR by hijacking a plane.
Keto and Kote
Comedy adapted from Vazha-Pshavela’s play. A humorous look at love and society.
The Right Hand of the Grand Master
The Right Hand of the Grand Master, also published as The Hand of the Great Master is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine Mnatobi.
Kristine
Based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia’s work. Early silent film adaptation of literature.