In Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the battles of WWII are being refought on the big screen multiple times a year – all this fighting coming with the support of and often even at the behest of the state. In Poland, WWII films have come to dominate cinematic output to such an extent that the...
Raykova explains how she found her film's setting and themes, how she settled on its aesthetics, and what it is like to film a predominantly male environment as a woman.
Maria Kuvshinova reflects on the bar set by Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov for measuring dignity. Sentsov recently went on a hunger strike demanding the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, where he himself is serving a 20-year sentence.
In his essay on the Polaroids of Andrei Tarkovsky, Gawan Fagard draws parallels between the ontology of the medium and the work of the Russian director.
EEFB's Věra Chytilová issue features our first photo-essay. Made by Indian filmmaker Jessica Sadana, it is a meditation on themes from Chytilová's seminal Daisies.
