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327 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 11/09/2026.

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Cat on My Mind

Interview: Laila Pakalnina • Director of Cat on My Mind

“It was as if the photos were saying to me: ‘Make a film!’”

The prolific Latvian director talks about imagining a poetic world around a set of anonymous photos and shares some curious glimpses into her process  

24/04 | goEast 2026

Review: A Few Chunks of Cheese

Review: A Few Chunks of Cheese

Bulgarian filmmaker Nikola Boshnakov’s sophomore documentary follows the trail of disappearing traditional foods in his homeland through the tragicomic story of a tenacious cheese-maker  

23/04 | ZagrebDox 2026

Review: The Queen and the Smokehouse

Review: The Queen and the Smokehouse

Iga Lis’s debut feature is a heartwarming portrait of a place and a woman with a tireless work ethic, set in a charming corner of the Baltic coast  

23/04 | goEast 2026

Review: Aurora

Review: Aurora

Dusting off an urban legend from the early years of communism, Georgi-Jackie Stoev and Nikola Boshnakov’s peculiar tragicomedy finds a way to elicit laughter within an objectively grim narrative  

24/03 | Sofia 2026

Nikola Boshnakov, Georgi-Jackie Stoev • Directors of Aurora

Interview: Nikola Boshnakov, Georgi-Jackie Stoev • Directors of Aurora

“The difference between politics and sex is that there is more perversion in politics”

The Bulgarian tandem unveil the curiosities behind their first collaborative fiction feature, a tragicomic love story set during the Cold War  

23/03 | Sofia 2026

Louise Hémon’s The Girl in the Snow wins big at the 31st Kino Pavasaris

Louise Hémon’s The Girl in the Snow wins big at the 31st Kino Pavasaris

Aistė Žegulytė’s documentary Holy Destructors also stood out among the eight features in contention in the international competition  

23/03 | Vilnius 2026 | Awards

Review: A River’s Gaze

Review: A River’s Gaze

Romanian debutante Andreea Cristina Borțun observes the shaky dynamics in the household of a mother and her teenage son somewhere in a vast valley near the Danube  

20/03 | Vilnius 2026

Eirini Vourloumis • Director of The Way Elsewhere

Interview: Eirini Vourloumis • Director of The Way Elsewhere

“Taxi drivers are like the lyrical voice of the city – you can confess anything to them”

The Greek-Indonesian filmmaker elaborates on her bittersweet collective portrait of three Athenian taxi drivers coping with the economic crisis and loneliness while finding solace in creativity  

18/03 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2026

Review: Candidates of Death

Review: Candidates of Death

Under the pretext of dissecting the process of filming, Polish director Maciej Cuske’s sensitive documentary actually invites us to dive into the inner workings of friendship and growing up  

12/03 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2026

Review: The Fires

Review: The Fires

Icelandic filmmaker Ugla Hauksdóttir’s debut feature blends action and romantic melodrama in a disaster movie rooted in the reality of her native volcanic lands  

11/03 | Vilnius 2026

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