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

June 5, 2023

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

June 5, 2023

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

June 5, 2023

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

The terrible toll of a billionaire’s love for trees: Reviewing Salome Jashi’s film “Taming the Garden”

May 5, 2023

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Georgian documentary "Taming the Garden," a quiet film emphasising nature and the emotions tied to it

Abandoned socialist hope and mother-daughter relationships: “Museum of the Revolution” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival

February 14, 2023

Maja Soomägi reviews "Museum of the Revolution," a symbolic film about those living on the margins of society, decades after the post-socialist utopian dream ended

“A large family with conflicts is still 1,000 times better than loneliness”: “The Northeast Winds” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival

December 14, 2022

Alexandra Kuenning reviews "The Northeast Winds," a moving and diverting examination of Stalinist nostalgia in Georgia.

Observations of death and destruction: “Mariupolis 2” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival

December 14, 2022

Alexandra Kuenning reviews Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius's last film, a sombre and raw record of the siege of Mariupol