The Bridge

The performance is presented as part of the digital theatre festival “MOOZ-ART”, organized by the digital theatre “Avnevi”.

The Department for the Study of Conflict Zones in the South Caucasus convenes a focus group as part of its research into the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. The department’s director, Levan, and his deputy, Maria, invite two young people to take part in the study: Nino, a Georgian, and Arslan, an Abkhaz.

The meeting initially appears to be a routine research procedure. The participants are expected to speak about the war, the past, family memory, and their perceptions of one another.

But as the conversation unfolds, an unexpected truth emerges: there is no conflict between Nino and Arslan. They do not see each other as enemies. For them, the war is not a personal experience, but a painful memory inherited from an earlier generation.

For Levan, however, this revelation poses a serious problem. If the younger generation no longer carries the divisions of the past, the very purpose — and perhaps even the necessity — of the department itself may be called into question.

“The Bridge” is a thought-provoking exploration of inherited trauma, collective memory and the possibility of reconciliation, asking whether a new generation can build a bridge where previous generations built a wall.