Editor’s choice 2023: A round-up of recommendations from the team behind Lossi 36December 31, 2023The team behind Lossi 36 shares with you their favourite recommendations of books, podcasts, and movies covering all of Lossi's regions.
10 feature-length films focused on environmental issues in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and EurasiaDecember 7, 2023Lossi 36 looks at 10 feature-length films tackling environmental issues in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia
Providing a background to the present: “The Multiethnic Soviet Union and Its Demise” by Brigid O’KeeffeNovember 10, 2023Maja Soomägi reviews "The Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise," a concise examination of the role ethnicity played in the Soviet Union
Last year in Stepanakert: A photo essayOctober 31, 2023Photographer Anastasia Karkotska captures the essence of life in Nagorno-Karabakh, sharing photos from her trip one year ago
“I am Georgian but I feel at home with the German language”: An interview with the writer Nino HaratischwiliOctober 25, 2023Martina Napolitano of Meridiano 13 interviews the Georgian-born writer Nino Haratischwili about language, Georgian history, and more
A search for oneself between two worlds: Anna Dziapshipa’s film “Self-Portrait Along the Borderline” at DOK LeipzigOctober 16, 2023Polina Gundarina reviews "Self-Portrait Along the Borderline," a documentary about borders between states and between personal identities
A Scottish premiere of an overlooked gem of classic Armenian cinema: “House on the Volcano” at the Samizdat Eastern European Film FestivalSeptember 18, 2023Fin Logie reviews "House on the Volcano," a gem of Soviet Armenian film accompanied in this Glasgow screening by a live score
A feminist depiction of Soviet womanhood: “Some Interviews on Personal Matters” at the Samizdat Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmSeptember 10, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Soviet Georgian feminist classic "Some Interviews on Personal Matters"
“The people are my nation. If my nation is gone, no more Armenians live”: “Aurora’s Sunrise” at the Samizdat Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmSeptember 10, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Aurora's Sunrise," a partly-animated film delving into a lesser-known figure of the Armenian Genocide
“Going to Abkhazia is like stepping into a fairytale — it’s impossible”: Maradia Tsaava’s film “Water Has No Borders”September 5, 2023Xandie Kuenning reviews Maradia Tsaava's 2021 film "Water Has No Borders," a documentary more about the filmmaker than its ostensible topic
