Perspectives

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

Mateja Zidarić’s Pleiades (Plejade, 2021)

In her experimental short, Mateja Zidarić explores the interconnections of digitality and mythology.

A story of false promises in modern-day Russia.

This documentary stumbles over its own expectations in telling the story of three Afghani girls training for the Olympics.

A teenager navigates the expectations and opportunities brought forth by his environment.

Laila Pakalniņa visibly involves her documentary subjects in the making of her latest film.

This experimental short is an engagement with contemporary perversions of remembrance.

Melina Tzamtzi reviewed three Armenian shorts that address male vulnerability.

A love letter to iconic actress Alla Demidova.

A young woman spirals into depression after a tragic loss.

Kuba Mikurda reassesses the political context Andrzej Żuławski navigated during the (failed) production of an ambitious sci-fi film.