Georgia has a rich history of movie production, having created some of the most popular films in post-Soviet countries. Georgian cinematography started in 1908 and has since produced many movies that received worldwide recognition and even won different international awards at various film festivals. However, the collapse of the Soviet Union has affected the industry, and the road to contemporary cinematography has been hard and stressful.

Georgian cinema was a reflection of the country’s history, and it continues to show its current reality. Here are Where.ge's top picks of well-known Georgian contemporary films you might want to discover!

Gaseirneba Karabaghshi (Journey to Karabakh)

Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, it tells the story of a drug purchase gone wrong in the Caucasus. TRAILER

Simindis Kundzuli (Corn Island)

A new island pops up in the middle of the river between Abkhazia and Georgia proper. It is a piece of land which has no owner and is ripe for growing corn. If the soldiers don't intervene. TRAILER 

Quchis Dgeebi (Street Days) 

Set during a time when drug addiction rates were at a high in Tbilisi. TRAILER  

Grdzeli Nateli Dgeebi (In Bloom)

Newly independent, Georgia is riddled with violence, including a war in Abkhazia and a society taking matters into its own hands. TRAILER  

Mandarinebi (Tangerines)

After the outbreak of war in Abkhazia, most people leave the town and go back to Estonia, except for Ivo and Margus. TRAILER 

Chemi Bednieri Ojakhi (My Happy Family)

Manana, 52, decides to move out of her parents’ house, leaving her family, including her husband, and live on her own. TRAILER