After a lack of domestic interest, Kruh in mleko went on to scoop the Golden Lion of the Future award at Venice. Brian J Požun explores what the success means to Slovene culture.
The acting festival inspired by Risto Šiškov paid hommage with a retrospective of its dedicatee's film performances this year. Igor Pop Trajkov reviews the career of "the Macedonian Marlon Brando."
KARLOVY VARY Concern for the devil Polish films at the 36th Karlovy Vary film festival
Polish cinema has long been marked by tendencies such as "moral concern" and an interest in the "devil of history." Andrew James Horton looks at five recent Polish films that continue this tradition.
OUT ON VIDEO Train ride to nowhere Pál Sándor's Szerencsés Dániel (Daniel Takes a Train, 1983)
One of the first films to explore "the complexities and passions" of the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary, Szerencsés Dániel was a hit at the 1983 Cannes festival. Andrew James Horton reviews a new video release.
