The Way Home – Speaking Openly. The Young Generation and Filmmaking in Georgia and Uzbekistan.

"The Way Home – Speaking Openly” is a two-part panel discussion in the framework of the Forum Special “Open Wounds, Open Words”. The first part, "Filmmaking under precarious political conditions”, deals with the current situation in Georgia, where the pro-Russian government is dismantling political and individual freedoms and using massive violence against its own population. Discussion with Tiku Kobiashvili (director of Shinagani gazapkhulebis q'vaviloba, Forum Special 2025), Salomé Jashi (filmmaker and curator of DOCA, Documentary Association Georgia) and Zaal Andronikashvili (literary scholar and publicist) and screening of the film Gza Shinisaken – Merab Mamardashvili (Nikoloz Drozdov, Georgian SSR 1990). The second part, “Grassroots, Movement, Workshops”, introduces the Tashkent Film School. Sabina Bakaeva (director of Nagota, Forum Special 2025), Mikhail Borodin and Yulia Shaginurova (Tashkent Film School) will talk about the characteristics of this initiative and what their work can achieve. Moderated by Heike Winkel and Barbara Wurm. The event is part of the “Up to East” program of the bpb.