GEORGIA EFFECT

The Ruler

Year
2014
Country
Georgia
Duration
53’
Director
Shalva Shengeli

Should a monument to Stalin be left in the nunnery’s yard? The main question of the film became the cause of a conflict among the population in a little Georgian village. The 7th-century nunnery at the Savior’s Temple at one side, and the leader’s monument on the other: is it possible for them to co-exist? How did the church become a shelter for the leader whose name was associated with the fight against religion? What kind of ideological conflicts are typical for 21st-century Georgia? The authors of the film are looking for answers to these questions.

Production and Sales
Georgian Public Broadcaster, 68 M. Kostava, Tbilisi, Georgia, Elene Gabashvili, [email protected], +995577109933, 1.tv.ge
Director
Shalva Shengeli

Shalva Shengeli, born in 1966, graduated from the architecture department of the Georgian Technical University. In 1998 he graduated from the Rezo Esadze studio of the Georgian State University of Theatre and Film’s directing department.

Selected Filmography

Baza # 62 (2003), Baza # 1 (2004), Brigade (2005), Unknown Soldiers (2008), The Stadium (2010), The Ballet in Georgia (2013)

Big Hall
Kinopanorama
vul. Shota Rustaveli, 19
Q&A with producer. Moderator – Oleksiy Bobrovnikov, journalist. Program presented by Artchil Khetagouri and Ileana Stanculescu, organizers of CinéDOC-Tbilisi festival
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
English Teacher
GEORGIA EFFECT
English Teacher
Year
2012
Country
Georgia
Directors
Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Arsenishvili
Duration
56’
GEORGIA EFFECT
The Domino Effect
GEORGIA EFFECT
The Domino Effect
Year
2014
Country
Germany, Poland
Directors
Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski
Duration
76’
GEORGIA EFFECT