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Annkatrin Müller and Robin Roth review a series of Central Asian short films from the 24th edition of the goEast Film Festival

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Kill Me Gently" at goEast, a 1979 erotic parody of the period's pulp fiction

Marianna Jaśniak reviews "Stepne" at GoEast, a universal, meditative elegy on the concept of facing mortality

Robin Roth reviews "Bauryna Salu" at goEast, a film that takes a deeper look at an ancient tribal tradition in Kazakhstan

Maja Soomägi reviews "Crossing" at GoEast, Levan Akin's latest film which focuses on trans rights in Georgia and Turkey

Marianna Jaśniak review "The Parade" a pleasant comedy about the twists and turns life brings into relationships

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

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

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

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