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 The kicking Bactrians: Central Asia’s forgotten Greek soccer pantheon

The kicking Bactrians: Central Asia’s forgotten Greek soccer pantheon

June 12, 2026

Diego Benning Wang explores the overlooked legacy of Greek footballers from Soviet Central Asia, showing how displacement, exile and Stalinist deportations helped shape both Uzbek football [...]

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 A letter written in blood: A review of “Two Prosecutors” by Sergei Loznitsa

A letter written in blood: A review of “Two Prosecutors” by Sergei Loznitsa

June 8, 2026

Rafik Aharonyan reviews "Two Prosecutors", Sergei Loznitsa’s film about Stalinist repression and the machinery of terror in Soviet Russia.

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 When nostalgia turns into a political drug: “Time Shelter” by Georgi Gospodinov

When nostalgia turns into a political drug: “Time Shelter” by Georgi Gospodinov

June 3, 2026

Maya Ivanova reviews "Time Shelter", a book about the fatigue with the present and the seductive pool of the past.

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 “Soviet Milk” by Nora Ikstena: On the consequences of Soviet rule on everyday life in Latvia

“Soviet Milk” by Nora Ikstena: On the consequences of Soviet rule on everyday life in Latvia

June 1, 2026

Flavia Stähli reviews Nora Ikstena's "Soviet Milk", a powerful mother-daughter story of family, repression and fragile hope under Soviet rule in Latvia.

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 “Prisoners of conscience” – A kaleidoscopic tale of the repression of dissent in Georgia at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

“Prisoners of conscience” – A kaleidoscopic tale of the repression of dissent in Georgia at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 29, 2026

Riccardo Franceschetti reviews "Prisoners of Conscience", a collective film portraying political repression in Georgia through the stories of detainees.

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 Ascribed memories and felines in “Cat on my mind” at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Ascribed memories and felines in “Cat on my mind” at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 28, 2026

Georgie Archer review "Cat on my Mind", a film about reconstructing other people’s lives through second-hand images, assumptions and imagination.

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 “Clouds move with great speed” – or the naked truth of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

“Clouds move with great speed” – or the naked truth of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 27, 2026

Riccardo Franceschetti reviews "Clouds move with great speed", a film about Ukrainians' struggle to survive in the harrowing reality of war.

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 “A poem is lived, not written” – “Better Go Crazy in the Wild” at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

“A poem is lived, not written” – “Better Go Crazy in the Wild” at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 26, 2026

Klára Malinovská reviews "Better go crazy in the wild", an intimate documentary portrait of brotherhood, rural freedom, and the wild beauty of Southwest Czechia.

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 “Black Red Yellow” – an interwoven love story at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

“Black Red Yellow” – an interwoven love story at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 25, 2026

Robin Roth reviews "Black, Red, Yellow", a film about love and tradition subtly woven with social criticism.

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 From the outside looking in: “Amira’s Children” at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

From the outside looking in: “Amira’s Children” at the 2026 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

May 24, 2026

Natalia Kopytnik reviews "Amira’s Children", a film about a Syrian refugee family trying to build its life in Czechia.

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