Author Andrew James Horton

November 19–28, 2004 Even before the 1990s, the Balkans was infamous for inter-ethnic tensions, and the word Balkanisation was a derogatory term to describe disintegration into squabbling factions unab...

28 January – 4 February When cinema first appeared at the end of the 19th century, there was a huge debate as to whether it could be considered a valid art form or just a rather gimmicky form of sideshow...

8-17 November 2002 Festival website: www.filmfestival.gr “I have always thought that European cinema should protect themselves…” said Nae Caranfil introducing his latest film Filantropica (Philanthropy...

Long-time director Meszáros talks about filmmaking both during and post the Communist regime.

4-13 July 2002 Festival website: www.iffkv.cz In the 1970s and ‘80s, a film in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was lucky to gain any more than a handful of viewers. But now t...

Though geographically located in Italy, the Trieste Film Festival showcases many films from the former communist countries.

Greek cinema sits alongside its international counterparts in this major East European festival.

A comprehensive and highly informative overview of what is an important European film festival, especially symbolic is its balanced programming between films from the West and the East.

The Pula Film Festival, 22-30 June 2001 The film ended, and the spotlights came on. As the director (along with several other members of the crew) mounted the stage, the Festival audience burst into spon...

Czech or Slovak? When consideration of a film's origin becomes a complicated affair.