Perspectives

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

Paweł Ziemilski’s In Touch (2018)

How do you make sense of a loved one’s daily life in a parallel universe?

A woman's spontaneous participation and triumph in an all-male Epiphany event spells trouble.

Hamlet makes several cameos in Alexander Gorchilin's frustrating if highly aestheticized debut about Gen Yer aimlessness.

Hristiana Raykova portrays a communal bath's group of frequent visitors in Varna, Bulgaria.

Monsters depicts the crisis point in a relationship between a young, seemingly well-to-do couple.

Clément Cogitore documents the rivalry between two families living in a remote part of the Siberian taiga.

The latest Pawlikowski film revolves around the theme of “love as risky business”.

Two men have been deputized by the Mayor to maintain some semblance of order in the Ukrainian village of Stara Zburjivka.

Underground artist and musician Tolik spends his days juggling a routine of painting, song writing and caring for his niece Katya.

Illustrator Anja Kofmel paints a subjective portrait of her journalist-turned-soldier cousin Christian Würtenberg, who died during the Yugoslav wars.