Aleksey Balabanov: where to start with his films
Interweaving fact and fiction, an experimental film uses AI to reimagine Abkhazia’s past
Satirical Yugoslavian romance Man Is Not a Bird is a hypnotic film about desire | Film of the week
Set in Armenia, The Lighthouse is a poetic, personal story on the return to childhood | Film of the Week
Wake up, Danila: what if Aleksey Balabanov made Cyberpunk 2077?
Routes: a humanising look at migrants’ journeys across the Balkans
Road to Paris follows the sequin-studded ballroom odyssey of one Ukrainian family in the 1990s
Mesmerisingly minimalist, Beshkempir is a relatable coming-of-age story from Central Asia | Film of the Week
Russian Film Festival on UK’s BFI player: our 3 highlights to stream
Witty and poignant, Paweł Pawlikowski’s From Moscow to Pietushki is an ode to reading and drinking | Film of the Week
Directed by Garo Berberian, Taniel is a cinematic ode to an Armenian poetic luminary
Rhythms of Lost Time: an otherworldly journey in the fight to preserve Tajikistan’s ancient musical rituals
Subversive and surrealist, Daisies is the feminist black comedy for our times | Film of the Week
Announcing the winners of The Calvert Journal Film Festival 2021
Ok Good, Pinega is a magical documentary on life in a remote Russian village | Film of the Week
How the discovery of a 1941 amateur 8mm camera roll unearthed the history of Warsaw’s ghetto
50 years of Cheburashka: why the Soviet Union’s best-loved cartoon character is still winning hearts after half a century
History of Civilisation is a meditative short film on the pains of leaving things behind | Film of the Week
Dead Souls’ Vacation: an intimate look at mental health and contemporary life in Georgia | Film of the Week
Lana Gogoberidze: the feminist filmmaker at the centre of a Georgian cinematic dynasty
