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Editorial While studies on Balkan cinema have often looked into the Black Wave, the role of Roma culture in Yugoslavia, and the trauma of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990, the question of experimental cinema in the Balkans is a salient yet unsung part of the cinematic history of the region. Furthermore, the specificities of the... Continue Reading Vol. 136 (Summer 2023)
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Women Amateur Films from Yugoslavia

Vol. 136 (Summer 2023) by Anna Doyle
Anna Doyle reflects on the marginalization of women filmmakers in the alternative cine-club culture of Yugoslavia.
Interview

Interview with Adrian Paci

Vol. 136 (Summer 2023) by Ana Grgić
We met with Albanian visual artist Adrian Paci to discuss the aesthetics and themes of his work.
Review

Marina Gržinić and Aina Šmid’s Early Videos

Vol. 136 (Summer 2023) by Isabel Jacobs
Isabel Jacobs recounts the early stage of Marina Gržinić and Aina Šmid’s 40-year-long collaboration.
Essay

Ivan Martinac’s Monolog on Split (Monolog o Splitu, 1961) & Lordan Zafranović’s People (Passing) II (Ljudi (u prolazu) II, 1967)

Vol. 136 (Summer 2023) by Frédéric Tachou
Experimental filmmaker Frédéric Tachou revisits two works from the Kino Klub Split through the prism of space.
Review

Spotlight on Adrian Paci at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2023

Vol. 136 (Summer 2023) by Ana Grgić
Ana Grgić reviews a recent spotlight on the work of Albanian visual artist Adrian Paci.
Photo: Srdjan Veljovic
Interview

Interview with Aleksandra Sekulić

Vol. 136 (Summer 2023) by Anna Doyle
On the occasion of our Balkan Experimental Issue, we sat down with Aleksandra Sekulić to speak about women experimental films from Yugoslavia.
Essay

Wojciech Has: The Silent Rebel

Vol. 46 (October 2014) by Pau Bosch Santos
Pau Bosch Santos places some of Polish director Wojciech Has' artistic approaches in a biographical context.
Essay

The Philosophical Farce of Daisies

Vol. 88 (October 2018) by Daniel Brennan
Daniel Brennan brings out neglected aspects of Věra Chytilová's 1966 masterpiece through a reading that focuses on its use of farce.
Essay

The Polaroids of Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979-1983

Vol. 17 (May 2012) by Gawan Fagard
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.
Essay

Symbol and Tradition in Parajanov’s Caucasian Trilogy

Vol. 58 (October 2015) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer discusses the symbolic tradition of the pomegranate in the Caucasus and in Parajanov's films.
Essay

Srđan Spasojević’s A Serbian Film (Srpski Film, 2010)

Vol. 78 (October 2017) by Anna Batori
What is the intent and potential rationale behind Srdjan Spasojević's willingly degrading film?
Essay

Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (Sedmikrásky, 1966)

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Patricia Bass
Patricia Bass compares aspects of Věra Chytilová's Daisies to the American TV-Series The Jersey Shore.
Review

Jan Komasa’s Suicide Room (Sala Samobojcow, 2011)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Konstanty Kuzma
Jan Komasa enters into the lives of suicidal people who meet online to share their feelings with fellow-minded souls.
Essay

How a Ukrainian Computer Game Transfigured Folkloric Processes of Remembering

Vol. 65 (May 2016) by Daniel Fuller
Daniel Fuller looks at the way a Ukrainian computer game transfigured folkloric processes of remembering, drawing parallels to Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker.
Review

Kornél Mundruczó’s Delta (2008)

Vol. 29 (May 2013) by Konstanty Kuzma
In this film by Hungarian helmer Kornél Mundruczó, a young man returns to his hometown to settle down.
Review

Jan Hřebejk’s The Holy Quaternity (Svatá Ctverice, 2012)

Vol. 23 (November 2012) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
Jan Hřebejk’s new film examines the endeavors of two couples to spice up their sex lives.
Interview

Marta Prus on Over the Limit

Vol. 81 (January 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer
We met Polish filmmaker Marta Prus to speak about her intimate peek beyond the facade of competitive gymnastics.
Interview

Andrei Butica on Filming Sex

Vol. 78 (October 2017) by Zoe Aiano
We spoke to Romanian cinematographer Andrei Butica on the occasion of our sex-themed issue.
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