HOPE | FOMO Secret Cinema Tbilisi

IMPORTANT: Please note HOPE is starting at 16:00, one hour earlier than the advertised 17:00 start time on Instagram.

Guests are invited to stay after HOPE for a special VFX short film "SYMBIOSIS" and Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. FREE Entry from 18:30.

HOPE

Na Hong-jin | 2026 | South Korea | 2h36m | Presented in the original Korean and English audio with English subtitles.

Ten years after THE WAILING, Na Hong-jin returns with an alien-invasion epic full of high-speed pursuits, monstrous creatures and spectacular destruction. With Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Taylor Russell joining its Korean cast, HOPE takes on the scale of a Hollywood blockbuster while retaining the brutality, dark humour and abrupt changes of mood that make Korean genre cinema so exciting.

Something has arrived near a remote South Korean village, and the local police and hunters are badly outmatched. The action spreads across wrecked streets, dense forests and winding mountain roads.

The action sequences are the main attraction. A police-car escape becomes an extended creature pursuit, while gun battles and horseback stunts turn the forest into a battlefield. Na keeps introducing complications, making each desperate escape more difficult.

Behind the digital creatures is substantial physical filmmaking. Na staged stunts in front of the camera wherever possible. Hong Kyung-pyo, the cinematographer behind PARASITE and BURNING (which we screened last week and the week before), captures the vehicles, horses and destruction with precision.

Hwang Jung-min, Hoyeon and Zo In-sung lead the local resistance. Their predicament leaves plenty of room for absurdity: people swear, bicker and try to assert authority while everything around them falls apart. Thankfully, there are periods in-between the elaborately staged set pieces that allow you time to catch your breath before Na ramps up the action again.

10% OFF FOOD, PLUS GROUP DEALS

Dinner before a film at FOMO is now sorted! We’ve arranged special offers with our two favourite places to eat in Bazari Orbeliani, both right next door to FOMO:

• 10% off at La Focacceria

• 20% off at Potato Factory

• Potato Factory 2+1: buy two and get one free

• Potato Factory 3+2: buy three and get two free

Simply show your Fienta ticket when ordering.

You’re welcome to eat in the Sherekilebi Bar at FOMO Secret Cinema or upstairs at FOMO Open-Air Cinema. Tell them where you’ll be sitting and they’ll bring your food to you.

FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: SHEREKILEBI Bar in FOMO Cinema opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 01:30, serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol or drinks from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!

LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.

HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMzMTA2Mjk0MDI5MjM1

REFUND & CREDIT POLICY: If FOMO cancels a screening, all ticket holders will receive a full refund. If your plans change and you can no longer attend, we’ll issue you a credit for the value of your ticket, which can be used for any FOMO film screening within the following 30 days.

TICKETS are also available to purchase over the bar if not sold out.