July Rain is a New Wave-esque Soviet classic about alienation and love | Film of the week
The unknown Parajanov: watch the auteur’s triptych of short films | Film of the week
Landscapes of power: Detours looks at Moscow through the eyes of darknet drug deals
Behind the legacy of Alexander Deineka, the artist who captured the USSR’s endless ode to winter sport
Two college friends ponder 30-something regret in Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Structure of Crystal | Film of the week
Russian band January Blues on making post-punk’s first Ingush-language record
Set in sunlit Georgia, Comets is a quiet film about enduring love | Film of the week
‘Films are vulnerable’: the battle to preserve Eastern Europe’s analogue movies
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania is a groundbreaking diaristic documentary on homecoming | Film of the Week
Czech Poster Gallery: delve into the extraordinary world of vintage film posters
Just leave me alone: this space in St Petersburg is a heaven for introverted art lovers
Chekhov on screen: 6 unmissable film adaptations
Aliona van der Horst explores the life and death of poet Boris Ryzhy | Film of the week
The books that defined David Bowie’s love of Eastern Europe
The films and TV shows you can’t miss in 2022
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is an Estonian sci-fi mystery set among snowy vistas | Film of the Week
The magical restaurants of the Moscow suburbs
Hilarious and heartfelt, Cosy Dens is a warm Christmas film from Czech Republic | Film of the Week
5 Eastern European films to look out for at Sundance Film Festival 2022
Patriki Film Festival launches open call for its first digital film competition
Abandoned Kemerovo: tracing the 20th century in Siberia
12:08 East of Bucharest conjures the Ghosts of Christmas and Revolution Past | Film of the week
Remembering Sergey Solovyov, the Russian filmmaker who captured the spirit of perestroika
Festive film posters from Eastern Europe
Where the heart is: these young artists are transforming Russia’s regions
After a head injury, one man uses photography to separate mirage from reality in small town Russia
These video game landscapes will make you nostalgic for worlds you’ve never visited
‘I’m always interested in the wrong side of the cloth:’ Haim Sokol on exploring the unseen violence of history
Satirical Yugoslavian romance Man Is Not a Bird is a hypnotic film about desire | Film of the week
Aleksey Balabanov: where to start with his films
Set in Armenia, The Lighthouse is a poetic, personal story on the return to childhood | Film of the Week
Wake up, Danila: what if Aleksey Balabanov made Cyberpunk 2077?
From ‘cyborgroaches’ to plant communications: meet Russia’s bio-art pioneers
