Gabrielė Liepa, Author at Lossi 36

A deceivingly lighthearted Armenian comedy about the Soviet state and its great nemesis, the shepherds: “We And Our Mountains” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

June 5, 2023

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "We and Our Mountains," the famed 1969 Armenian comedy drama and literary satire by Hrant Matevosyan

An unexpected find in a garden shed leads to a belated journey down the memory lane of Odesan cinema: “Fragile Memory” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

June 5, 2023

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "Fragile Memory," a documentary contemplating the fragility of cultural heritage and memories

An absurdist musical from Soviet Latvia that could have become a counterculture milestone: “Maritime Climates” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

June 5, 2023

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "Maritime Climates," a short film consisting of the surviving fragments from an unusually experimental Soviet film

A delightful comedy about Georgian wine drowning in Soviet bureaucracy: “Falling Leaves” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival

December 19, 2022

Tbilisi International Film Festival held a special screening of the Soviet-Georgian classic Falling Leaves by Otar Iosseliani, showing a marvellously restored version of this cinema classic.

A timely reckoning with the horrific past of a Lithuanian cultural icon: “The Poet” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival

December 15, 2022

Gabrielė Liepa examines the legacy of Soviet-era artists who collaborated with the regime in their review of "The Poet"