Berta Khapava

Nina (2023)

Nina is barely 40, she is attractive and successful: a stable marriage, a trusting relationship with her husband, a little son, a favorite job. The idyll of pleasant stability is broken by a call from the past - Nina's ex-lover Ruslan is dangerously ill an ...

My Happy Family (2017)

In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents' home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unk ...

Tbilisi-Tbilisi (2005)

A young filmmaker named Dato has no money to make a movie, so he hangs out drinking and brooding all day in the capital of the former Soviet republic, Georgia. He is also writing a screenplay. Excerpts from his script, shot in black-and-white, are cut into ...

Empty Space (2001)

The main character of the film is a participant of The Abkhazian War, who, instead of protecting the integrity of Georgia, made profit from the war, then took refuge in Russia and returned to Tbilisi after three years... ...

Doves of Paradise (1997)

An educationalist priest's attempt to promote literacy in a mountainous village is challenged by a brigade leader who views learning as a waste of time and a means to avoid actual work. ...

I, Godfather of Pele! (1991)

A comedy film about the fantastic adventures of Lado, a simple electrician from Tbilisi, who finds himself transported from the real world into the mesmerising world of soccer. The film is filled with vivid moments from the history of world soccer champion ...

Children of Sin (1989)

A man prays in a forest to mourn over the recent death of his wife. He is kidnapped by an enemy tribe, leaving his children completely alone. The enemy tribesmen demand payment for his release. Will the man live? ...

Gypsy Aza (1988)

Gypsy Basil has fallen in love with beautiful Galya. He has forgotten his nomadic life, his own mother and gypsy girl Aza; he decides to stay in village with Galya. She has left a blacksmith Philip. She doesn't listen to her father, and gets married with B ...

And So It Happens (1988)

Three novels about human relations and interactions: Trousers, Luisa, Benefactor ...

Grandma for Everybody (1987)

Chegemian Detective (1986)

A story about a countryside detectivean his hunt for the kolkhoz money thief. Based on the Fazil Iskander's novel. ...

Some of the Troubles are Beneficial (1985)

A poor, fatherless young man loves the daughter of a wealthy family, the woman's parents are opposed to their marriage. When the village was threatened by cholera, the couple managed to sneak away from their parents at night and marry. ...

The Night Illusion (1985)

A group of young people wants to settle in an abandoned village and revive it ...

Spring (1985)

Lazar helped grandma Varo, who came to the city from the village, fill out a sports lotto ticket. A few days later, the young man discovered that this particular ticket was the winning one. Without thinking twice, he went in search of grandmother... ...

Georgians in the Sky (1984)

The Messenger of God appears to the passengers of the plane and asks each of them about their sins. An extreme situation reveals the hidden nature of people. ...

Three Days Of The Hot Summer (1981)

Sulkhan Iberieli, the famous scientist and the head of the excavation of the desert monastery complex, does not have the funds to finish his work. He is forced to turn to different authorities and people for help. He is supported by a young archaeologist, ...

Come on, Grandpas! (1981)

Old people from a small village in Guria, renowned for their love and knowledge of folk songs, will be performing at a folk song festival in a Bulgarian seaside resort. Their Guria songs will delight the audience, making them many good friends and embarkin ...

Sisters in Gloom (The House of Bernarda Alba) (1981)

A domineering and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. ...

Everyone Needs Love (1980)

A graduate of a sewing school arrives in a Kakhetian village. Insisting on opening a fashion house there, the energetic and good-natured Makvala makes the life of the villagers much more lively. ...

The Hole (1979)

A man digs a hole in his yard while everyone is against him. ...

Samanishvili's Stepmother (1977)

Impoverished old nobleman Bekina insists on marrying a wife, but his son Platon does not want to have sharer in father's inheritance. Platon finds two times widowed and childless bride for Bekina, but a fate makes fun of him. ...

The Wishing Tree (1976)

Marita arrives at a small village in Georgia to live with her aunt. She meets a poor young lad, Gedia, and falls in love with him. ...