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Julius van der Poel reviews "The Gateway", a fantastical Ukrainian film balancing folklore with survival in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone.

Francesco Damiano Desantis reviews the documentary film "Another Summer — Stories of Exile from Afghanistan and Ukraine”

Kasia Kostraba reviews Oksana Karpovych's "Intercepted" as part of Lossi 36's coverage of the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

Polina Gundarina reviews "A Picture to Remember" as part of Lossi 36's coverage of the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

Our Eastern Europe regional editor Liza Zolotarova reviews Jamala's 2023 album Qırım, exploring what it means for Crimean Tatars today

Emily Macrae interviews the organisers of Kupala Brighton, a Ukrainian festival celebrating midsummer and the feast day of John the Baptist

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

In his latest op-ed, Daniel Jarosak argues that Ukraine should avoid modeling itself after Israel in regards to security

Sofiya Stetsenko deep dives into Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky's most famous work "Fata Morgana" and its influence on Ukrainian literature

Marianna Jaśniak starts off her series on Donbas literature with a review of Tamara Duda's emotional debut novel "Daughter"