Georgian cinema? Go on, give it a go. To make things easy for you we have picked five films that serve as the perfect introduction the contemporary Georgian cinema. What...
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With the region’s film festival season in full swing, what better time to take a look at some of the most interesting movies from Central and Eastern Europe to...
Released in 1985, the epic Holocaust documentary Shoah won critical acclaim and several prominent awards. The film is now being reevaluated, however, not least the way...
Artistically, the Central and Eastern European region has many feathers in its hat, from famous composers to great works of literature. Film is another medium that has...
This year’s Academy Award nominations – announced this week – were the subject of much celebration in Romania. Alexander Nanau’s film Collective didn’t...
To understand modern Belarus, we need to learn about its past. The greatest war film ever made, Come and See, is a very good place to start. When the Western world...
While we all want an end to Covid-19, the ability to travel again and to meet with friends and colleagues, here are five things specific to emerging Europe that we would...
Latvia is celebrating a centenary of cinema this year, and the country’s National Film Centre has prepared a treat for all cinephiles interested in international...
In 2005 Sacha Baron Cohen put Kazakhstan – the home country of the fictional character Borat Sagdiyev – on the map, with the release of his hugely successful...
With war currently raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, there has probably never been a better time to watch a much-overlooked film about a much-overlooked...
Four classic films from the emerging Europe region are set to be shown alongside with 25 other classics of world cinema at Cannes Classics, a popular sidebar to the...
Political oppression is a tale as old as politics itself. For young Czech director Patrik Krivanek, the battle for freedom against political injustice served as...
