Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Georgian war film causing controversy at home

Andy Garcia in the role as Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in the Hollywood film Five Days of War.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A movie about the Russo-Georgian war in 2008 is causing controversy among film critics and on social media in Georgia.

The film “5 Days of War” premiered last summer with much fanfare. The film tells a personal story against the backdrop of the war

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Azerbaijani cinemas boycott Russian war movie

In spite of their project being 88% government funded, producers say "August. Eight" is not political. Commentators in Georgia call it pro-Kremlin and criticize the portrayal of Georgians as aggressors.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Just days before the premiere, two cinemas in Azerbaijan have decided not to show a new Russian movie set during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.

Much of the new movie “August. Eight” was shot in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the backdrop to the story

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