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Davide Abbatescianni

Davide Abbatescianni is a journalist and film critic based in Cork. He currently works as a foreign correspondent for the EU-funded press agency Cineuropa, where he regularly writes about European cinema. He is a member of ICS (International Cinephile Society), FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean) and NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies).

Unclenching the Fists: a young North Ossetian woman’s odyssey to freedom

Unclenching the Fists: a young North Ossetian woman’s odyssey to freedom

Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu is an unsettling, timely pandemic delirium

Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu is an unsettling, timely pandemic delirium

Set in the Russian Far North, Life of Ivanna is an unflinching portrait of resilience in the face of climate change

Set in the Russian Far North, Life of Ivanna is an unflinching portrait of resilience in the face of climate change

In Reconciliation, a Balkan family is caught between preserving tradition and embracing forgiveness

In Reconciliation, a Balkan family is caught between preserving tradition and embracing forgiveness

Looking for Venera: a coming of age and emancipation story in today’s Kosovo

Looking for Venera: a coming of age and emancipation story in today’s Kosovo

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (and the Pandemic)

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (and the Pandemic)

Srebrenica on screen: Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida? wrestles with the history of genocide in the heart of Europe

Srebrenica on screen: Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida? wrestles with the history of genocide in the heart of Europe

Human tragedies made into spectacle take centre stage in Jakub Piątek’s Prime Time

Human tragedies made into spectacle take centre stage in Jakub Piątek’s Prime Time

This Rain Will Never Stop is an unflinching look at the grinding, endless cycle of war and peace

This Rain Will Never Stop is an unflinching look at the grinding, endless cycle of war and peace

Giedrė Žickytė’s The Jump tells the story of a Lithuanian sailor and one epic leap for freedom

Giedrė Žickytė’s The Jump tells the story of a Lithuanian sailor and one epic leap for freedom