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Always 5-1

Rusa's childhood dream has always been becoming famous. In her teenage years she imagined her future in a completely different way. However, at the age of 21, she realizes that achieving success in life is not as easy as it seems.

Apathy kills suppresses her desire to achieve the goal. She decides to talk to her friends and ask for help.

The first person she goes to is her sister. Their relationship is frozen. Her sister doesn't care about anybody, but her job. This struggle of hers affects her as badly as it does for Rusa. Trying to talk to her ends in failure. Rusa needs to talk to another friend.

The second person the main character meets is her old friend, Tata.

Tata works in a cafe as this job is the only source of income for her family. Rusa's plan to share her feelings with her friend will be forgotten on the spot, as Tata will start talking about her own problems first.

Rusa becomes delusional, still trying to find a solution to somebody's wise words. She runs to the car, starts the engine and drives without any direction, ending up at the place where she and her childhood friend used to share their problems. She meets her again. Her name is Mea. Rusa soon realises that her friend is suffering from lack of love, just like she is suffering from her problem.

It's evening when Rusa sits in the car again and returns home. She decides to stop and watch the sunset in a desert-like place. Thoughtful, she won't even notice that the last character of the film, Tatuka, is coming towards her.

Once they were closest friends, but then they ended their relationship without even saying a word. Since then, Tatuka has never found anybody to be friends with.

Out of nowhere she saw 4 different problem types in a day: bad relationship with family, poverty, lack of love, having no friends at all...

Finally, she realizes that there is no unsolvable problem for her and there are no people who don't struggle on their own. The greatest treasure she could possibly possess wouldn't pass her by. She smiles for the first time, she has found the answer.

  • Rusudan Kvarelashvili
    Director
  • Rusudan Kvarelashvili
    Writer
  • Giorgi Amiranashvili
    Producer
  • Rusudan Kvarelashvili
    Key Cast
    "Rusa"
  • Dea Mgaloblishvili
    Key Cast
    "Dea"
  • Tatiana Gelashvili
    Key Cast
    "Tata"
  • Mea Melkadze
    Key Cast
    "Mea"
  • Tamar Gelashvili
    Key Cast
    "Tatuka"
  • Giorgi Amiranashvili
    Director of Photography
  • Ani Chkhaidze
    Clapper
  • Gvantsa Meshvelashvili
    Sound
  • Jesse Gallagher
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ყოველთვის 5-1
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 5, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    150 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Georgia
  • Country of Filming:
    Georgia
  • Language:
    Georgian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Georgian institute of Public Affairs
  • Tbilisi
    Georgia
    July 28, 2023
    Amirani cinema: one time screenplay
Director Biography - Rusudan Kvarelashvili

Rusudan Kvarelashvili (born December 6, 2001) is a Georgian Actress, filmmaker and screenwriter.

She dedicated her life studying audio visual and media arts.
Since the age of 16, she has been actively developing online businesses, while also continuing writing scripts, shooting short movies and vlogging for her YouTube channel.

Her debut short movie "Always 5-1" was shown at the local cinema called "Amirani" in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Director Statement

During a difficult period of my life, out of nowhere, unknown people came to me to talk about their personal problems. Problems that I never understood, because I had never experienced them.
Elderly people often worry about what benefit they have brought to this world and, with this thought, I struggle now too. The fear that I won't be able to reach the goal in my youth... that everything will be devalued if I don't succeed soon.
The problems of those around me were always different from each other. Everyone around me is presented as a different superhero, who has hidden weaknesses and deep hurts, whether it's a career, family, love, friendship or money.
My aim is to dissolve all these feelings through this short film, to expand and show the audience from the POV of the characters what it means to be missing a specific thing that you feel strongly about.
The audience will definitely find themselves in this film just like I did.