New East Digital Archive

Sci-fi

Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is an Estonian sci-fi mystery set among snowy vistas | Film of the Week

Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is an Estonian sci-fi mystery set among snowy vistas | Film of the Week

Join the show exploring Romania’s sci-fi love affair

Join the show exploring Romania’s sci-fi love affair

Visitors from the Galaxy Revisited: 11 artists reimagine Yugoslavia’s first all-electronic film score

Visitors from the Galaxy Revisited: 11 artists reimagine Yugoslavia’s first all-electronic film score

Cleaners gain superpowers in this sci-fi video from Hungarian band Dope Calypso

Cleaners gain superpowers in this sci-fi video from Hungarian band Dope Calypso

Once upon a time in the East: a genre-bending Polish dystopia offers a parable for our troubled times

Once upon a time in the East: a genre-bending Polish dystopia offers a parable for our troubled times

By the book: 9 new titles to get in your literary calendar in 2020

By the book: 9 new titles to get in your literary calendar in 2020

Glimpse Russia 2077 with digital artist Evgeny Zubov

Glimpse Russia 2077 with digital artist Evgeny Zubov

Element 174: lose yourself in this queer sci-fi from Bishkek

Element 174: lose yourself in this queer sci-fi from Bishkek

Photo of the week: a snapshot of the future. But where?

Photo of the week: a snapshot of the future. But where?

Beyond 1984: 12 dystopian novels from the New East that are eerily relatable today

Beyond 1984: 12 dystopian novels from the New East that are eerily relatable today

Laughter in the dark: five Eastern Bloc sci-fi comedies you need to see

Laughter in the dark: five Eastern Bloc sci-fi comedies you need to see

Sixties Soviet predictions for 2017: which actually came true?

Sixties Soviet predictions for 2017: which actually came true?

Over my dead body: 10 fun facts about freezing yourself in Russia

Over my dead body: 10 fun facts about freezing yourself in Russia

Has Russia developed teleportation? Viral video sparks theory

Has Russia developed teleportation? Viral video sparks theory

Alisomania: how a cult 1980s TV series influenced a generation of Russian filmmakers

Alisomania: how a cult 1980s TV series influenced a generation of Russian filmmakers

Evil empire: why is the post-Soviet world so obsessed with Star Wars?

Evil empire: why is the post-Soviet world so obsessed with Star Wars?

Unreal city: Moscow's suburbs as you've never seen them before

Unreal city: Moscow’s suburbs as you’ve never seen them before

Watch this space: seven Soviet sci-fi films that everyone should see

Watch this space: seven Soviet sci-fi films that everyone should see