Baltics

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "When the Doves Disappeared," a bleak Estonian drama about a family broken apart by war and occupation

Frederik Edsberg looks back to his time in Riga in an analysis of how Latvia is trying to face its Russian and Soviet inheritance

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Red Star Over Hebrides," an exploration of the links between the Scottish isles and Eastern Europe

Maja Soomägi reviews "The Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise," a concise examination of the role ethnicity played in the Soviet Union

Baltics regional editor Maja Soomägi analyses Estonia's same-sex marriage legislation, and what it means for the region as a whole

Baltics regional editor Maja Soomägi reviews "Border State," a fascinating and poetic read of a changing Europe in the 1990s

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Madina Tlostanova's seminal work examing how decolonial art can build a new future within post-Soviet states

Marianna Jaśniak review "The Parade" a pleasant comedy about the twists and turns life brings into relationships

Marianna Jaśniak reviews "My Favourite War," an intimate animated film recalling life behind the Iron Curtain

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