Crossing Europe 2019

Nora Agapi’s Timebox (2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
Two documentary filmmakers, father and daughter, enter a creative dialog about their collective past and the nature of cinema.

Nora Agapi on Timebox

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
Nora Agapi speaks about the idea behind making a film about her relationship with her father, how it reflects her own memories, and what her plans for the future are.

Ismet Sijarina’s Cold November (Nëntor i ftohtë, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
What was life like in Kosovo in the years leading up to Yugoslavia's violent disintegration?

Ismet Sijarina on Cold November

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
Ismet Sijarina speaks about Cold November, which is based on his childhood recollections of growing up in Kosovo before the Yugoslav Wars.

Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s Fugue (Fuga, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
Agnieszka Smoczyńska returns with a drama about a woman who lost her identity and the memories of her prior life.

Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija, 2019)

Vol. 93 (March 2019) by Zoe Aiano
A woman's spontaneous participation and triumph in an all-male Epiphany event spells trouble.

Marius Olteanu’s Monsters. (Monștri., 2019)

Vol. 93 (March 2019) by Zoe Aiano
Monsters depicts the crisis point in a relationship between a young, seemingly well-to-do couple.

Anja Kofmel’s Chris the Swiss (2018)

Vol. 92 (February 2019) by Alice Heneghan
Illustrator Anja Kofmel paints a subjective portrait of her journalist-turned-soldier cousin Christian Würtenberg, who died during the Yugoslav wars.

Simona Kostova’s Thirty (Dreissig, 2018) & Ena Sendijarević’s Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019)

Vol. 92 (February 2019) by Rohan Crickmar
Two female filmmakers with Balkan background work around the edges of their own biographies.

Olmo Omerzu’s Winter Flies (Všechno bude, 2018)

Vol. 86 (Summer 2018) by Jack Page
In this road-movie, an unlikely teenage duo embark on a predictable journey of pranks, dangers, and disillusionment.

Aurel Klimt’s Laika (Lajka, 2017)

Vol. 86 (Summer 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer
Aurel Klimt gives the story of Laika, the dog that was sent to outer space in 1957, a utopian spin.

Roman Bondarchuk’s Volcano (Vulkan, 2018)

Vol. 86 (Summer 2018) by Colette de Castro
In his debut fiction feature, Roman Bondarchuk returns to the chaos of the current political situation in Ukraine.

Vitaly Mansky’s Putin’s Witnesses (Svideteli Putina, 2018)

Vol. 86 (Summer 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer
Vitaly Mansky rails against the passive bystanders of history, including himself, in this behind-the-scenes look at Putin's ascent to power.

Bojina Panayotova’s I See Red People (Je vois rouge, 2018)

Vol. 82 (February 2018) by Zoe Aiano
This highly personal docu-essay revisits Bulgaria's Communist past through a generational conflict.

Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci’s Bota (2014)

Vol. 50 (February 2015) by Ana Grgić
Ana Grgić writes EEFB's first review of a majorly Albanian film, which portrays Albania in the dream-like microcosm of a remote bar.