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 Beyond words and into complexity – Human stories at Slavika 2026

Beyond words and into complexity – Human stories at Slavika 2026

April 27, 2026

Riccardo explores Turin’s Slavika Festival, where Slavic cultures, poetry and politics come together.

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 The Newts are already here – What Čapek can teach us about our relationship with Artificial Intelligence in “War with the Newts”

The Newts are already here – What Čapek can teach us about our relationship with Artificial Intelligence in “War with the Newts”

March 9, 2026

Jonas Heins reviews Karel Čapek’s "War with the Newts", a book about political folly exposed through a satirical tale of intelligent sea creatures.

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 Editor’s choice 2025: A round-up of recommendations from the team behind Lossi 36

Editor’s choice 2025: A round-up of recommendations from the team behind Lossi 36

January 5, 2026

With the start of the New Year, the Lossi 36 team offers you a list of book, film and music recommendations.

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 A road to understanding: “Granny Project” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

A road to understanding: “Granny Project” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 18, 2025

Kasia Kostraba reviews "Granny Project", an introspective and unique documentary of three grandmothers' WWII histories.

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 An ode to the unconventional: Anarcho Shorts at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

An ode to the unconventional: Anarcho Shorts at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 16, 2025

Caterina Cambria reviews the Anarcho Shorts compilation of short films, a collection that grants the viewer a thousand different emotions.

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 A promising premise that fails in its execution: “The Assistant” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

A promising premise that fails in its execution: “The Assistant” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 13, 2025

Daniel Jarosak reviews "The Assistant", an unconvincing and self-important arthouse film attempting to critique captialism.

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 Editor’s choice 2024: A round-up of recommendations from the team behind Lossi 36

Editor’s choice 2024: A round-up of recommendations from the team behind Lossi 36

December 30, 2024

The team behind Lossi 36 shares with you their favourite recommendations of books, podcasts, and movies covering all of Lossi's regions.

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 A change in rhetoric brings the Three Seas Initiative closer to its original purpose

A change in rhetoric brings the Three Seas Initiative closer to its original purpose

December 10, 2024

Harry Forster take a deeper look at how the war in Ukraine has affected the rhetoric and goals of the Three Seas Initiative.

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 A surreal examination of one man’s descent into depravity: “The Cremator” at the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

A surreal examination of one man’s descent into depravity: “The Cremator” at the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

October 6, 2024

Often considered one of the best films produced in Czechoslovakia, The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1969) is an impeccable example of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Darkly surreal, it portrays how [...]

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 Journey to the edge of consciousness: “The Hourglass Sanatorium” at the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

Journey to the edge of consciousness: “The Hourglass Sanatorium” at the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

October 4, 2024

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) is an oneiric and elusive film, where the sacred and the profane flow interchangeably. Director Wojciech Jerzy Has, drawing on the legacy of Bruno Schulz’s [...]

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