Perspectives

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

Alexander Belinski and Agne Dovydaityte’s The Sun Sets in the East (Saulė leidžias rytuose, 2018)

This promising debut recaptures the past through the apolitical musings from a so-called "peasant's journal".

This well-meaning film about a legal battle over same-sex marriage ends up idealizing democratic compromise.

The impending regime change in Albania post-1989 provides Bujar Alimani with many opportunities for dry humor.

Two documentary filmmakers, father and daughter, enter a creative dialog about their collective past and the nature of cinema.

What was life like in Kosovo in the years leading up to Yugoslavia's violent disintegration?

The Story of a Summer Lover seems to idealize Woody Allen’s sensibilities for nostalgia and unfortunately chauvinism.

This documentary follows the staging of a Croatian theater play that reflects on the sad legacy of ethnic strife.

Agnieszka Smoczyńska returns with a drama about a woman who lost her identity and the memories of her prior life.

This documentary paints a double portrait of a young man and his grandfather and the divergent ways they put their uniforms to use.

This historic film introduces musicals into Kyrgyz film culture.