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Editorial The selective ban on Russian films at various film festivals has radically altered the question of national identity. What makes a film Russian, Serbian or Romanian? In Europe, including Russia, films are largely produced through public funding. Does this mean that films receiving public funding are representative of the state? Or should a film be... Continue Reading Vol. 123 (March 2022)
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Laila Pakalniņa’s Homes (Mājas, 2021)

Vol. 123 (March 2022) by Ana Grgić and Antonis Lagarias
Laila Pakalniņa visibly involves her documentary subjects in the making of her latest film.
Review

Haidy Kancler’s Melting Dreams (2022)

Vol. 123 (March 2022) by Ana Grgić and Antonis Lagarias
This documentary stumbles over its own expectations in telling the story of three Afghani girls training for the Olympics.
Review

Yulia Trofimova’s The Land of Sasha (Strana Sascha, 2022)

Vol. 123 (March 2022) by Zoe Aiano
A teenager navigates the expectations and opportunities brought forth by his environment.
Interview

Interview with Ileana L. Selejan

Vol. 123 (March 2022) by Zoe Aiano
We met Ileana L. Selejan to speak to her about Romanian film collective Kinema Ikon, with which she is affiliated as a resident historian, curator, and critic.
Interview

Yulia Trofimova on The Land of Sasha

Vol. 123 (March 2022) by Zoe Aiano
Yulia Trofimova discusses the development, making, and tenets of her debut feature about the Russian youth.
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 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

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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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