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“The people are my nation. If my nation is gone, no more Armenians live”: “Aurora’s Sunrise” at the Samizdat Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

“The people are my nation. If my nation is gone, no more Armenians live”: “Aurora’s Sunrise” at the Samizdat Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

September 10, 2023

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Aurora's Sunrise," a partly-animated film delving into a lesser-known figure of the Armenian Genocide

“Going to Abkhazia is like stepping into a fairytale — it’s impossible”: Maradia Tsaava’s film “Water Has No Borders”

“Going to Abkhazia is like stepping into a fairytale — it’s impossible”: Maradia Tsaava’s film “Water Has No Borders”

September 5, 2023

Xandie Kuenning reviews Maradia Tsaava's 2021 film "Water Has No Borders," a documentary more about the filmmaker than its ostensible topic

Not ‘just’ a duck documentary: Reviewing Saxon Bosworth’s “Mr. Velvet Scoter”

Not ‘just’ a duck documentary: Reviewing Saxon Bosworth’s “Mr. Velvet Scoter”

Emma Smeyers reviews Saxon Bosworth's latest wildlife documentary "Mr. Velvet Scoter," a sensitive dialogue on conservation in Georgia

Veteran vignettes: Reviewing Chahbazian’s documentary “Notre Village”

Veteran vignettes: Reviewing Chahbazian’s documentary “Notre Village”

Thijs Korsten reviews "Notre Village," a film about the everyday lives of veterans and the impact of the Second Karabakh War in Mets Taghlar

A compelling commentary on Russian imperialism: “No Nation Without Culture” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

A compelling commentary on Russian imperialism: “No Nation Without Culture” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Maja Soomägi reviews "No Nation Without Culture," a short documentary commenting on personality cults and imperialism in Chechnya

Short films from the Davra Collective at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Short films from the Davra Collective at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Katherine Leung reviews short films from the Davra Collective, a growing roster of Central Asian artists, which screened at goEast

Magic and harsh realities in East Serbia: “Flotacija” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Magic and harsh realities in East Serbia: “Flotacija” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

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

Anatomy of violence: “Manifesto” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Anatomy of violence: “Manifesto” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Lukas Baake reviews "Manifesto," an intrusive panopticon of the violence, indoctrination, and despair youth face in Putin’s Russia

An unexpected find in a garden shed leads to a belated journey down the memory lane of Odesan cinema: “Fragile Memory” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

An unexpected find in a garden shed leads to a belated journey down the memory lane of Odesan cinema: “Fragile Memory” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "Fragile Memory," a documentary contemplating the fragility of cultural heritage and memories

Why go to war when you don’t have to?: “See You In Chechnya” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Why go to war when you don’t have to?: “See You In Chechnya” at the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

Thijs Korsten reviews "See You In Chechnya," a documentary questioning war and the journalists who cover it