Southeastern Europe

Marija Ivanovic reviews "Safe Place," Juraj Lerotić's debut feature film based on his own family's experience with suicide

Marco Siragusa looks at the history of Zlarin, a Croatian island famed for its red coral, but which holds a dark past

Giorgia Spadoni looks at the long history of St. Anastasia, Bulgaria's only inhabitable island on the Black Sea

Ivana Bilić reflects on the 11th edition of Kosovo's FemArt Festival, reviewing its notable theatre productions and exploring its cultural impact

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Mud Sweeter Than Honey," an oral history of Communist Albania into the 1990s

Alexander M. Clegg photographs the lost castles and historic towns of Romanian Transylvania, unveiling the region's myths and legends

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Estoril," a Serbian novel about spycraft, exile, and family in neutral Portugal during World War II

Jelena Lalatović takes a close look at the recent developments, growing success, and contradictions of female literature in the Balkans.

Tumka (Autumn) Mozeliak dives into Serbia's response to the recent mass shootings, and what gun control could look like in the country

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Serbian documentary "Flotacija," where magic coexists with the harsh reality of a destructive mining industry