Perspectives

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

Elmar Imanov’s End of Season (Ende der Saison, 2019)

Imanov’s screenplay (co-written with Anar Imanov) is a scathing rally against sentimentalism.

Two female filmmakers with Balkan background work around the edges of their own biographies.

This Armenian feature about a recent massacre is weighed down by its lack of context.

This loose adaptation of Kafka's eponymous short story is a playful, and often provocative exercise in cinematic genres.

This Croatian short blows a breath of the Adriatic sea across the screen.

A cover up is at the forefront of this new Balkan-produced HBO series.

Misho Antadze portrays Georgia's easternmost region as a nexus between agriculture, modern technological infrastructure and natural wilderness.

In Ena Sendijarević's debut, we watch a young girl of Bosnian origin explore her identity and sexuality.

Ana Urushadze’s debut feature about a struggling writer defies prevalent cliches about the martyrdom of art.

Can Vitaly Mansky's documentary about his family and Ukraine at war live up to its reputation of bridging Eastern-Western divides?