The Visitor
A key figure in the new rise of Lithuanian cinema, Vytautas Katkus worked as a cinematographer (Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Toxic) and... View Article
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Therapy
Setting: a picturesque manor on the Estonian coast. Three couples arrive at a relationship retreat, each burdened by layers of... View Article
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Three Wise Men
Mika Kaurismäki returned to directing after a years-long hiatus with a film that is actor-driven in the truest sense of... View Article
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Timbuktu
During the ultimately failed military coup in Mali in 2012, Islamist jihadists held the northern parts of the country under... View Article
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Tuomari Nurmio – 13 kylmää laulua
This recent documentary introduces a social critic who doesn’t view the surrounding reality from an ivory tower. Tuomari (“Judge”) Nurmio... View Article
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Two Prosecutors
Those who thought that the high period of persecution in late 1930s Soviet Union might as well already be consigned... View Article
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Waiting for Happiness
Aberrahmane Sissako’s breakthrough film derives its original, metaphorical title from the fishing town of Nouadhibou and its temporary dwellings called... View Article
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Yellow Letters
Actress Derya is the star of Ankara’s main theatre; these days she often stars in works by her husband, Aziz,... View Article
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Zombie and the Ghost Train
When morning dawns on the Bosporus strait and a zombie sits down for a morning beer, you know you’re in... View Article
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