A collection of films from Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, and Hungary.
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In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, FIPRESCI Film Critic Gulnara Abikeyeva examines Rusudan Chkonia’s Keep Smiling within a second wave of female filmmaking in Georgia.
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In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Dr. Rico Isaacs analyzes Adventure as a demonstration of how identity and nationhood can be encountered in the ordinariness of the everyday.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Nariman Turebayev discusses the absence of love, a lack of regret for the Soviet era, Kazakhstan's modern mix of culture, and his next projects.
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In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, FIPRESCI Film Critic Gulnara Abikeyeva explores Elchin Musaoglu's Nabat as a moral tale about the consequences of war, in which the protagonist becomes a metaphor for the motherland waiting for return of her sons.
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Which way forward, and how to view the colonial past? Professor Elizabeth Papazian examines how while Nosir Saidov's debut feature engages thematically with Russian influence and the conflict between tradition and modern life, True Noon rejects easy answers.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Abdykalykov discusses the importance of ecology, narrative traditions in Kyrgyzstan and his next project.
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In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, FIPRESCI Film Critic Gulnara Abikeyeva traces how a high level of integration between the natural and mystical worlds characterizes not only Mirlan Abdykalykov’s Heavenly Nomadic, but Kyrgyz cinema as a whole.
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