Bleak Optimism: Balkan film at the 45th Thessaloniki International Film Festival Andrew James Horton February 2005 Festival Reports 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...
Making a Song and Dance of It – 34th Hungarian Film Week Andrew James Horton March 2003 Festival Reports 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...
An Industry of Philanthropy – Balkan film at the 43rd International Thessaloniki Film Festival Andrew James Horton January 2003 Festival Reports 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...
Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times – Márta Mészáros interviewed Andrew James Horton October 2002 Feature Articles Long-time director Meszáros talks about filmmaking both during and post the Communist regime.
Inhaling a Unique Atmosphere – Central and East European Film at the 37th Karlovy Vary Andrew James Horton October 2002 Festival Reports 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...
The 13th Trieste Film Festival: “Alpe Adria Cinema” Andrew James Horton March 2002 Festival Reports Though geographically located in Italy, the Trieste Film Festival showcases many films from the former communist countries.
The Outskirts Becoming the Centre – Balkan Film at the 42nd International Thessaloniki Film Festival Andrew James Horton December 2001 Festival Reports Greek cinema sits alongside its international counterparts in this major East European festival.
A Window Both Ways – Central and East European Film at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Andrew James Horton September 2001 Festival Reports 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.
A Report on the 48th Pula Film Festival and the Current State of the Croatian Film Industry Andrew James Horton July 2001 Festival Reports 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...
Just Who Owns the Shop? Identity and Nationality in Obchod na korze Andrew James Horton December 2000 Eastern European Cinema Czech or Slovak? When consideration of a film's origin becomes a complicated affair.
