Perspectives
The latest in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European cinema.

Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass (2018)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Zoe Aiano
In his latest film, Loznitsa dwells on the cacophony and chaos of the Donbass region.

Stephan Komandarev’s Directions (Posoki, 2017)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Zoe Aiano
It is literally night on earth in this cab-set feature from Bulgaria.

Daniel Sandu’s One Step Behind the Seraphim (Un pas în urma serafimilor, 2017)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Zoe Aiano
In this debut feature, a group of teenagers enter a seminary in 1990s Romania.

What Can Oleg Sentsov Die For?

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Maria Kuvshinova
Maria Kuvshinova reflects on the bar set by Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov for measuring dignity. Sentsov recently went on a hunger strike demanding the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, where he himself is serving a 20-year sentence.

Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not (2018)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Zoe Aiano
In her experimental and personal feature that won her the main award at the 2018 Berlinale, Adina Pintilie meditates on the theme of intimacy.

Nicolas Wagnières’ Hotel Jugoslavija (2017)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Zoe Aiano
Hotel Jugoslavija charts the concomitant rise and fall of the eponymous building in Belgrade and the country from which it takes its name.

Iveta Grófová’s Little Harbour (Piata loď, 2017)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Alice Heneghan
Iveta Grófová’s latest feature, painted in blue, is a film told from the perspective of a 10-year old girl.

Lukáš Kokeš & Klára Tasovská’s Nothing Like Before (Nic jako dřív, 2017)

Vol. 85 (May 2018) by Alice Heneghan
Lukáš Kokeš and Klára Tasovská took to a Czech border town to portray four local students in the lead up to their final exams.

S. Komandarev, M. Szymków, L. Dombrovszky, E. Moskvina & M. E. Scheidt’s Occupation 1968 (2018)

Vol. 84 (April 2018) by Konstanty Kuzma
This collaborative feature misidentifies the ghosts that haunt Europe today.

Aleksei German Jr.’s Dovlatov (2018)

Vol. 83 (March 2018) by Daniil Lebedev
Aleksei German Jr. follows the recent trend of biopics with his portrait of Armenian-Jewish writer Sergei Dovlatov.
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