A forgotten Caucasian geopolitical fracture line
CONFLICT: A slow-burn lesson in the human casualties of failed politics on the disputed Georgian-Abkhazian border.
Soviet Union
Unearthing hidden truths in the Moscow Metro
RUSSIA: A year-long study of Russia’s capital, capturing the day-to-day of ordinary city dwellers and momentous national events.
The «fragile memory» of the man behind the camera
MEMORY: A Ukrainian filmmaker turns to a forgotten photo archive as his grandfather’s memory starts fading away.
Holidays and power
RUSSIA: Cinematic mosaic of its public holidays as Kremlin ‘closes in’ on Russian society
The soldiers who refused to die
CONFLICT: A Soviet soldier of Tatar descent captured by the Nazis during WWII leads to a story of an army caught between dictators.
Alternative thinking for a better world
Democracy:The world has been and will always be changing, now probably faster than ever, and we must be all-inclusive, also to remain optimistic.
Is there something after the collapse?
SOCIETY: Thoughts on post-collapse societies and ecosocial transition.
The Nagorno-Karabakh cycle
Karabakh: A chronicle of the disputed history in the decades-old conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis
Russia without Putin
RUSSIA: Putin will leave the Kremlin one day – but don’t expect that to change things, argues Tony Wood in his well-researched thesis on power and continuity in today’s Russia.
Transilvania International Film Festival brings generous documentary selection to centerpiece programme, Romanian Days
As the country’s oldest and largest international film festival, the 2020 Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) will again highlight the