Latest Past Events

VIRTUAL EVENT. Georgian Election 2020: What to Expect and Why It Is Important

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Harriman Institute for a panel discussion about the 2020 parliamentary election in Georgia. On October 31, 2020, Georgia will go to the polls to elect a new parliament.…

Film Screening. Comets

Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria

Please join the Museum of the Moving Image and the Harriman Institute for the U.S. premiere of the 2019 Georgian film Comets, directed by Tamar Shavgulidze. This event is part of the First Look 2020 festival. Tickets available on the Museum of the Moving Image website. Film runtime: 71 minutes. In Georgian with English subtitles. Dir. Tamar Shavgulidze. Georgia. With Nino Kasradze, Ketevan…

$15

And Then We Danced Screening With Levan Akin

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City

Director Levan Akin joins us to discuss his new film And Then We Danced, which has recently been selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. In this passionate tale of love and liberation set against the backdrop of Georgian traditional dance, ambitious young Merab has been training from an early age…