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Browse 23 movies from Studio of popular scientific and documentary films
Amidst the hills of the ancient city of Mtskheta, an aging man nearing his hundredth year is forced to make way for a new road being paved through the blossoming garden of floral delights that he loves and cares for.
Feb 1959
Short film from Sergei Parajanov, a personal view of the director on the spectacular heritage of Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), a Georgian primitivist painter.
Oct 1985
Jan 1963
Under the premise of documenting for the sake of preservation the various forms of Georgian religious chanting, a distinct kind of sonorous psalmody passed over from generation to generation, what Otar Iosseliani captures in reality is the snapshot of a not-so-distant past that coexists with the world we might know yet transports us to what used to be.
Jan 1969
A documentary about the short lives of Pacific salmon. In the autumn, salmon born in the pond have a single path and destiny. In the spring, those that have wintered in the river move downstream to adapt to brackish water before heading to the depths of the Pacific Ocean. When it’s time to reproduce, an instinct drives them back to their birthplace, where they must spawn in their native waters. There, in a final act of creation, they release the next generation, Both male and female find their end after spawning, leaving the cycle to begin anew.
Jan 1979
Dec 1968
Documentary of the Rustavi Metal Works, in the country of Georgia.
Jan 1964
Jan 1965
Jan 1966
Jan 1959
The film was shot at the opening ceremony of the Georgian Partisan Memorial in Italy and tells the story of the hero Fore Mosulishvili.
Jun 1980
Jan 1958
Jan 1960
Jan 1967
Film comprised of footage of the works of art created by Russian-Georgian artist, Zurab Tsereteli.
Jan 1972