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Bleak Optimism: Balkan film at the 45th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 19–28, 2004 Even before the 1990s, the Balkans was infamous for inter-ethnic tensions, and the word Balkanisation was a derogatory term to describe disintegration
Making a Song and Dance of It – 34th Hungarian Film Week
28 January – 4 February When cinema first appeared at the end of the 19th century, there was a huge debate as to whether it
An Industry of Philanthropy – Balkan film at the 43rd International Thessaloniki Film Festival
8-17 November 2002 Festival website: www.filmfestival.gr “I have always thought that European cinema [industries] should protect themselves…” said Nae Caranfil introducing his latest film Filantropica
Inhaling a Unique Atmosphere – Central and East European Film at the 37th Karlovy Vary
4-13 July 2002 Festival website: www.iffkv.cz In the 1970s and ‘80s, a film in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was lucky to
Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times – Márta Mészáros interviewed
Long-time director Meszáros talks about filmmaking both during and post the Communist regime
The 13th Trieste Film Festival: “Alpe Adria Cinema”
Though geographically located in Italy, the Trieste Film Festival showcases many films from the former communist countries
The Outskirts Becoming the Centre – Balkan Film at the 42nd International Thessaloniki Film Festival
Greek cinema sits alongside its international counterparts in this major East European festival
A Window Both Ways – Central and East European Film at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
A comprehensive and highly informative overview of what is an important European film festival, especially symbolic is its balanced programming between films from the West
A Report on the 48th Pula Film Festival and the Current State of the Croatian Film Industry
The Pula Film Festival, 22-30 June 2001 The film ended, and the spotlights came on. As the director (along with several other members of the
Just Who Owns the Shop? Identity and Nationality in Obchod na korze
Czech or Slovak? When consideration of a film's origin becomes a complicated affair