PANDAwomen #2: Georgia

Programme:

Opening Speech + Reading
Nino Haratischwili
One of the most important voices in contemporary Georgian and German literature, author of Das achte Leben (Für Brilka), opens the evening with reflections on art and language in exile.

Poetry Readings
with Ana Tcheishvili, Eka Kevanishvili, and Kato Javakhishvili
Three Georgian poets share their work — texts that navigate intimacy, silence, revolution, and transformation.

Film Screening
Anka Gujabidze – “BAKHMARO 2025”
A documentary essay about identity and fracture, navigating the blurred lines of post-Soviet and post-war legacies.
A poetic visual work that reimagines place, memory, and time

Anna Dziapshipa – “SELF-PORTRAIT ALONG THE BORDERLINE”
A documentary essay about identity and fracture, navigating the blurred lines of post-Soviet and post-war legacies.

Concert
Nini Nutsubidze
Soul and R&B woven with Georgian folk harmonies

nana.ios
Minimal synth-pop with poetic Georgian lyrics

Nestan Bagration-Davitashvili
Contemporary classical piano, emotional and expansive



This event is part of the PANDAwomen 2025 Festival.

About PANDAwomen 2025

Seven Fridays – seven mini-festivals

Since 2018, the PANDAwomen Festival has been celebrating women's voices every autumn. In 2025, a new PANDAwomen format will be launched: seven mini-festivals on seven Fridays, each dedicated to a different country. In 2025, these will be Georgia, Iran, Estonia, Belarus, Yemen, Poland and Turkey. Traditional and experimental contemporary music will be accompanied by performances, readings, artist talks and film screenings, a rich supporting programme and culinary surprises.