Czechoslovakia
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The Helsinki Effect
DIPLOMACY: With a gently satirical outer wrapping and a deadly serious inner core, Arthur Franck's account of the seminal Helsinki Agreement of 1975—The Helsinki Effect—demonstrates just how historic a diplomatic process that was at the time seen as tedious and irrelevant really was.
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Liberating the time
Milada Součková: The two experimental shorts by Andrea Culková revive the writing of the relatively unknown avant-garde Czech poet.
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Robert Kirchhoff: All Men Become Brothers
I am sure many of you remember the iconic moment from November 1989, when #Vaclav Havel# and #Alexander Dubcek# stand on a balcony in Wenceslas Square in Prague, being welcomed enthusiastically by hundreds of thousands. It was the days of the #Velvet Revolution#, and the hero of 1968 and the hero of 1989 were there…
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Slovakia’s press freedom under fire
JOURNALISM: Uncovering a vast corruption network at the highest levels of Slovak society.
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Searching for Freedom
INTERVIEW: Slovak director Lucie Kašová reveals her relationship to the subjects of both documentaries and shares her personal stance on the socio-political changes that have shaped the situation in Afghanistan in recent months.
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A beautiful, claustrophobic sensory assault
PRISON: An experimental journey into the history of Estonia's notorious Patarei Sea Fortress.
