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Bassiani: Before the City Returns
Bassiani: Before the City Returns by Elene Datusani After moving to Paris, I’m rarely in Tbilisi, though I still return during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Shortly after arriving this time, I saw that Bashkka, a DJ I deeply like, was playing at Bassiani in Horoom, under Hydrash, a queer-led event promising intensity, dizziness,…
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It Was Just an Accident: Footsteps of Fear and Power in Iran and Beyond
It Was Just an Accident: Footsteps of Fear and Power in Iran and Beyond by Sopho Kharazi Note. If you are reading this, be prepared for spoilers. That said, I highly recommend stopping here, watching the movie, and then coming back. I recently watched Jafar Panahi’s new film It Was Just an Accident. It left me…
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We Bleed Glamour: Inside the Georgian Drag Ball
We Bleed Glamour: Inside the Georgian Drag Ball by Sopho Kharazi Note: My writing style in this article is influenced by Chuck Palahniuk. Inspired by his raw, fragmented storytelling, I consciously echo his novels’ rhythm and intensity, letting the text move the way the night itself moved during the Ball. Prologue Give me lust, baby.Flash.Give…
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To Those Who Care More Easily – Margaret (2011)
To Those Who Care More Easily – Margaret (2011) by Leo Mikaia Have you ever felt like you are the only one in the world blessed with having consciousness? That your arguments are indestructible, that you possess the rarest skill, the ability to feel and distinguish right from wrong, only for everything to come crashing…
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From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia
From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia by Sopho Kharazi © Sharaf Naghiyeva Interest in the rituals, hierarchies, and cultural codes embedded in everyday life led a Sicilian-born designer Matteo Guarnaccia to create Cross Cultural Chairs (CCC), a project that explores social and cultural differences by examining how people sit, gather,…
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Khma: The Voice, the Journey, and the Theatre of Anna Kobakhidzé
Khma: The Voice, the Journey, and the Theatre of Anna Kobakhidzé In this editorial, we talk with Anna Kobakhidzé – an actress, director, and founder of the theatre company Khma. Her life has unfolded between Tbilisi and Paris, two places that have shaped her in profoundly different ways. Georgia grounds her, Paris challenges her, and…
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The Strange Machinery of the Self
The Strange Machinery of the Self by Gvantsa Garmelia I’ve always been fascinated by dreams. As a child, dreams felt like small riddles, left on the bedside table of my unconscious mind for the morning version of me to decipher. I’d lie there, trying to solve them, not because I thought they carried messages from…
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Films You Should See at TIFF 2025
Films I’m Going to See at TIFF 2025 (And why you should too) by Leo Mikaia It’s the most wonderful time of the year for cinephiles in the capital. Tbilisi International Film Festival 2025 opens on the first day of December and will bring film lovers to Amirani Cinema for a whole week. The program…
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Fearless, Bold, and Radiant: Reflections on Georgian Drag
Fearless, Bold, and Radiant: Reflections on Georgian Drag by Sopho Kharazi Note: This is a personal reflection. While I am aware of the many challenges faced by drag performers in Georgia, my focus here is not on hardship but on empowerment, admiration, and the transformative joy of witnessing their art. Sexiness, comfort, safety, love, and…
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Detour Toward Fulfillment: A Night at Essaim
Detour Toward Fulfillment: A Night at Essaim by Elene Datusani There are nights that begin by accident. The kind that are not planned or anticipated. They simply arrive because something in you refuses to go home yet. Essaim happened like that for me. I was at the dinner, having conversations around life, satisfaction with it,…
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