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

Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse (A Torinói Loi, 2010)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Konstanty Kuzma
Béla Tarr's epic The Turin Horse is based on a true incident, though importantly it reconstructs what could have happened to its less important participants.

Jan Komasa’s Suicide Room (Sala Samobojcow, 2011)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Konstanty Kuzma
Jan Komasa enters into the lives of suicidal people who meet online to share their feelings with fellow-minded souls.

Anca Lăzărescu’s Silent River (Apele Tac, 2010)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Colette de Castro
Two young men want to escape Communist Romania in this short by Anca Lăzărescu.

Paweł Sala’s Mother Teresa of Cats (Matka Teresa od kotów, 2010)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Colette de Castro
Paweł Sala reconstructs a matricide that happened in Poland during the nineties.

Lech Majewski’s The Mill and the Cross (2010)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Moritz Pfeifer
Lech Majewski's The Mill and the Cross is a cinematic version of the famous Brueghel painting.

Waldemar Krzystek’s Little Moscow (Mała Moskwa, 2008)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Konstanty Kuzma
Waldemar Krzystek’s Little Moscow recounts the romance between the wife of a Russian officer and a Polish soldier.

Adrian Sitaru’s The Cage (Colivia, 2010) & Paul Negoescu’s Derby (2010)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Konstanty Kuzma
In their short films, Adrian Sitaru and Paul Negoescu depict a world of fading authorities.

Radu Muntean’s The Paper Will Be Blue (Hirtia va fi albastra, 2006)

Vol. 1 (January 2011) by Moritz Pfeifer
Radu Muntean's film follows a military unit in Bucharest on the night of the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

Jasmila Žbanić’s On the Path (Na Putu, 2010)

Vol. 1 (January 2011) by Moritz Pfeifer
Jasmila Žbanić's second feature film depicts the break-up of a young couple.

Marcin Wrona’s My Flesh, My Blood (Moja krew, 2009)

Vol. 1 (January 2011) by Moritz Pfeifer
Marcin Wrona's film revolves around the relationship between a dying boxer and a young Vietnamese immigrant.
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