Perspectives

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

Stefan Constantinescu & Visual Art in Romania

This essay challenges the notion of avant-garde in the context of Romanian cinema by looking at the work of visual artist Stefan Constantinescu.

Moritz Pfeifer thinks about problems in conceptual art by looking at the work of Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor.

Adrian Sitaru's debut tells the story of a couple that sets out on a picnic trip where they are joined by an odd stranger.

In Adrian Sitaru's second feature film Best Intentions, an overprotective son tries to look after his sick mother.

In her first feature film, Michale Boganim traces back the intertwined lives of the inhabitants of Prypjat, a Ukrainian town near Chernobyl.

In Angelina Nikonova’s feature, an upper-crust woman is crushed by Russian society. Will she take revenge or will she surrender?

In Aleksei German Jr.’s short, the after-math of the Fukushima nuclear disaster is explored on board of an airplane.

Moritz Pfeifer gives a first impression of Alexander Sokurov’s latest film.

Jacek Borcuch's feature follows Janek, the member of a punk band, who tries to resist the obstacles of Socialist Poland in the '80s.

Radu Jude's first feature is a coming of age story about a girl whose life changes when she wins the main prize in an advertising campaign.