Perspectives

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

Mellisa de Raaf and Razvan Radulescu’s First of All, Felicia (Felicia, inainte de toate, 2010)

This story takes place in the course of one day, when a middle-aged woman is about to return home after a holiday spent at her parents' house.

Corneliu Gheorghita follows two people from a small Romanian village on their journey to fulfill the last wish of a relative.

Colette de Castro asks who is to blame for the atrocities depicted in Cristian Mungiu's film.

In Florin Şerban's feature, a young man awaits his release from prison.

Konstanty Kuzma examines realism in Cristi Puiu's feature.

Ana Ribeiro looked at the meaning of reality in Aurelia Mihai's work.

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.