Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania is a groundbreaking diaristic documentary on homecoming | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Aliona van der Horst explores the life and death of poet Boris Ryzhy | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        5 Eastern European films to look out for at Sundance Film Festival 2022
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Witty and poignant, Paweł Pawlikowski’s From Moscow to Pietushki is an ode to reading and drinking | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ok Good, Pinega is a magical documentary on life in a remote Russian village | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        State Funeral is a monumental oeuvre on the tumultuous aftermath of Stalin’s death | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Watch the documentary capturing the dissidence of Hungary’s 2020 student blockades
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Misha: the tragic story of the Uzbek-Korean soccer star who became a Soviet icon
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        This Rain Will Never Stop is an unflinching look at the grinding, endless cycle of war and peace 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Giedrė Žickytė’s The Jump tells the story of a Lithuanian sailor and one epic leap for freedom
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Once Upon a Youth: the troubled photographer chronicling the hope of Zagreb’s 00s alt-scene
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Peleshian to release first film in 27 years
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Welcome to Chechnya: filming the battle to save LGBTQ Russians from an ‘anti-gay purge’
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Corona Diaries: moving and meditative, these short films portray life under lockdown in Prishtina 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Jerzy Sladkowski’s documentary Bitter Love is a hopeful ode to the power of human contact
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        How one Russian filmmaker captured the soundtrack to life in Moscow’s Soviet prefab housing
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Return to Epipo: director Judit Olah on breaking the silence on Hungary’s summer camp abuse scandal
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        5 New East films to add to your watchlist from the newly-digital CPH:DOX film festival