The Calvert Journal has announced The Calvert Journal Film Festival: 7 days of New East cinema, a new digital film festival showcasing the cinema of Eastern Europe, the #Balkans, the #Caucasus, and Central Asia.

The festival will run from 12 – 18 October and feature 7 films screened for free online via calvertjournal.com. Each day a different film will be available for 24h.

Meant to act as a window to explore diverse perspectives on the region through the lens of local independent filmmakers, the film programme will also include special features and online events exploring the wider social context of the films and the filmmakers.

A combination of non-fiction and fiction films will be presented, further reinforcing The Calvert Journal’s commitment to bring #New East# cinema to global audiences.

The Calvert Journal Film Festival: 7 days of New East cinema films:

Waiting for the Sea (dir. George Itzhak) – Uzbekistan, USA
You Have The Night (dir. Ivan Salatić) – Montenegro, Serbia, Qatar
Parade (dir. Nino Zhvania) – Georgia
Mariam (dir. Sharipa Urazbayeva ) – Kazakhstan, Germany
Half-Sister (dir. Damjan Kojole ) – Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia
Hotshot (dir. Natasza Parzymies) – Poland
The Pit (dir. Hristiana Raykova ) – Bulgaria, Germany