Last week saw a historical first: courts have decided on a sentence for terrorism committed in the Czech Republic. In …
Albanian students waited 28 years for this moment
It’s over a month now that hundred and thousand students are protesting in Albania against what they call “the commercialization …
Maria Eugenia Jasińska: The Woman the Nazis Could Not Break
Not many people know the name Maria Eugenia Jasińska. This young Polish woman, who was executed by the Nazis in …
Paweł Adamowicz: A Very Political Death in a Country Torn by Culture Wars
On Sunday 13 January, Mayor of Gdansk Pawel Adamowicz was stabbed while on stage at a live charity event. He died …
The Boy from the Marriott Hotel, or, the Cinema of the Polish Transformation
Polish films of the 1990s can hardly be called quality cinema. But they tell us a lot about the dreams, expectations and aspirations of the transition to liberal democracy.
Protests in Belgrade – an endless series of frustrations
In Belgrade, for the past month, every Saturday, citizens protests take place and try to express dissatisfaction with the political …
Slovakia: Restricted cinema in the era of economic transformation
The end of the last century brought new hope to post-communist Slovakia, but the state’s cultural policy quickly adjusted to a capitalist mode of production. Cinema mostly did not present a critical voice in this process. Narratives in Slovak feature films remained isolated from the political situation and critical documentary was censored on public television.