A road to understanding: “Granny Project” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmMay 18, 2025Kasia Kostraba reviews "Granny Project", an introspective and unique documentary of three grandmothers' WWII histories.
Welcome to Brave New Romania!: “Eight Postcards from Utopia” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmMay 17, 2025Marianna Jaśniak reviews "Eight Postcards from Utopia", a collage of ads assembled from the remnants of Romania's post-socialist transition.
Art, politics, and everything in between: “Nijolė” at the 2025 goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European FilmMay 14, 2025Marianna Jaśniak reviews "Nijolė", a minimalist, impressionist narrative on the Lithuanian-Colombian artist Nijolė and her politician son.
A documentary restoring voice and dignity to refugees: “Another Summer — Stories of Exile from Afghanistan and Ukraine”February 3, 2025Francesco Damiano Desantis reviews the documentary film "Another Summer — Stories of Exile from Afghanistan and Ukraine”
Unfiltered and unseen: “Intercepted” at the 2024 Samizdat Film FestivalOctober 11, 2024Kasia Kostraba reviews Oksana Karpovych's "Intercepted" as part of Lossi 36's coverage of the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival
Women’s experiences in the face of brutality: “A Picture to Remember” at the 2024 Samizdat Film FestivalSeptember 29, 2024Polina Gundarina reviews "A Picture to Remember" as part of Lossi 36's coverage of the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival
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
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
“The bulk of the population dreams of a return to imperial glory”: the German premiere of Marianna Kaat’s “The Last Relic” at DOK LeipzigOctober 20, 2023Polina Gundarina reviews "The Last Relic," a film claiming to explain Russia's Ukrainian invasion via an exploration of life in Yekaterinburg
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