Perspectives

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

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Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija, 2019)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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