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The Stage Lacks Warmth (2021)

Village Kvemo Machkhaani is located in Sighnaghi Municipality, at the southeastern end of the Gombori Range. The village was the cultural and economic center of Kiziki in the 19th century. People from the village built the theater as they were logging in for cultural education. According to history, villagers tell, People collected money in their community to build the theater by themselves. The theater is connected to the local school, and they are both old buildings in need of reconstruction. Near the new school is being built, both theaters stay the same. The film follows the stories of the young and old generations of villagers, who live near the theater. It showed the problems of the village and how people lost connection with once-beloved theater. 

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Directing, Camera, and Editing:
Niniko Lekishvili and Mariam Kobalia
The Stage Lacks Warmth (2021)
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