Exploring the everyday contours of Bratislava’s urban spaces: Barbora Sliepková’s “Lines”March 25, 2024Fin Logie reviews Barbora Sliepková's debut feature "Lines," a Slovakian documentary featured in KineDok’s 2023 programme
Past and present collide in this Romanian New Wave road movie: “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World”March 7, 2024Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Romanian New Wave director Radu Jude's latest lampoon "Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World."
Unlearning the idea of a typical Balkan family with “Housekeeping for Beginners”February 26, 2024Pyke Haans reviews "Housekeeping for Beginners," Goran Stolevski's latest feature film about found families and queer love in North Macedonia
An emotionally deficient account of Estonia’s 20th-century occupations: “When the Doves Disappeared” by Sofi OksanenNovember 24, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "When the Doves Disappeared," a bleak Estonian drama about a family broken apart by war and occupation
Finding the parallels between Stornoway and St. Petersburg in prose: “Red Star Over Hebrides” by Donald S. MurrayNovember 17, 2023Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Red Star Over Hebrides," an exploration of the links between the Scottish isles and Eastern Europe
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
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
Witnessing the war-torn reality in Eastern Ukraine: The global premiere of “White Angel — The End of Marinka” at DOK LeipzigOctober 12, 2023Polina Gundarina reviews the opening film of the 66th DOK Leipzig, which chronicles the experiences of volunteers evacuating people from a city on the frontlines of Eastern Ukraine.
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
The warm love of family against the cold ignorance of state authorities: “Safe Place” at the Samizdat Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmSeptember 11, 2023Marija Ivanovic reviews "Safe Place," Juraj Lerotić's debut feature film based on his own family's experience with suicide
