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Editorial In his 2003 dissertation Regarding Film Festivals, Julian Stringer was one of the first to examine the “festival film” – a term used in press coverage at the time to refer to works tailored for festival selectors. In 2007, Marijke de Valck’s widely published Film Festivals: From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia, in which she... Continue Reading Vol. 150 (December 2024)
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Essay

Łódź’s Workshop of the Film Form

Vol. 147 (September 2024) by Anna Doyle
Anna Doyle revisits the 1970s and a film group formed by students of the National Film School in Łódź.
Review

Jiří Mádl’s Waves (Vlny, 2024)

Vol. 150 (December 2024) by Tanya Silverman
A new period piece about the Prague Spring provides youth appeal.
Essay

Vatroslav Mimica’s Kaja, I’ll Kill You! (Kaja, ubit ću te!, 1967)

Vol. 150 (December 2024) by Anna Doyle
Kaja, I'll Kill You has all the elements of a Yugoslav war drama yet always moves away from mere historical reconstruction.
Review

Liis Nimik’s Sundial (Päikeseaeg, 2023)

Vol. 150 (December 2024) by Zoe Aiano
Liis Nimik offers a playful but insightful portrait of life in the rural borderlands of Estonia.
Review

Matylda Kawka’s My Sunnyside (2025)

Vol. 150 (December 2024) by Jack Page
Polish-American filmmaker Matylda Kawka relates a story of love and perseverance.
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.
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

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 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.
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?
Interview

Mircea Daneliuc on his Work

Vol. 8 (August 2011) by Moritz Pfeifer and Ana Ribeiro
Mircea Daneliuc, born in 1943, was one of the few Romanian filmmakers resisting the Communist system. Films like Microfone Test (1980) or The Cruise (1981) did not pass censorship for their ridiculing critique...
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.
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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