goEast 2018

Peter Bebjak’s The Line (Čiara, 2017)

This Slovak-Ukrainian co-production picks up two themes whose relevance has only increased since its release last year.

This film portrays at once the immense fragility of a woman who has been enslaved for ten years by a Hungarian family, and her startling strength.

Hanna Slak returns to two tragic events in the history of 20th century Europe.

We met Laila Pakalniņa during the goEast film festival, where her new film Dawn screened in the competition in 2016.

Zoe Aiano joins EEFB with a review of Laila Pakalniņa's elusive debut feature from 1998.

In this Estonian film from 1983, Kaljo Kiisk follows a tramp on his journey through the country.

Mihai Fulger discusses this documentary about the Soviet population of the 60s from the Rīga Film Studio.