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The @SamizdatFilm Eastern European Film Festival opens in Glasgow today! It will run through the 5th in Glasgow and on the 19th in Edinburgh. Check out our past coverage of hidden gems from the selection on our website, with more reviews to come soon: eefb.org/festival/samiz….

First look at the trailer for the 2024 Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival, running October 1-5 in Glasgow and Edinburgh ✨ The fest will focus on female filmmakers, unearthed surrealist horror, animation and short films. Follow Samzidat on Letterboxd: boxd.it/5Oivn

"'Daisies' (1966) was a morality play showing how evil does not necessarily manifest itself in an orgy of destruction caused by war, that its roots may lie concealed in the malicious pranks of everyday life." — Vera Chytilová

Have you checked out our coverage of the beautiful @TriesteFilmFest? We just added a review of Radu Jude's DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD so it's a good time to catch up 🧐🤠 eefb.org/festival/tries…

@armembbelgium Thank you for sharing!

🎬East #European Film Bulletin essay👇 ✨Life History of a Fruit ✨#Symbol & Tradition in #Parajanov’s Caucasian Trilogy To read more: 🔗 eefb.org/retrospectives… #100Anniversary #unesco #Armenia

Our friends at @SEEC_journal published a CFP for their exciting special issue on "City, Cinema and Media". Manuscripts are due on 31 August 2024 🎬🏙️ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

Wonderful read 🧐👌

Christmas reading anyone? Our special issue on urban themes on the Balkans is out 🧐 eefb.org/volumes/vol-13…

10/22/53: Crime Wave -André De Toth #filmnoir gem, w/Mr. Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson @jrosenbaum2002: "gritty, powerful, and economically told" More -P Bass/@eefb_org: eefb.org/retrospectives… -@thefilmsociety: chicagofilmsociety.org/2023/08/24/cri…

Sara Szymanska's animated short OPENING NIGHT took home the main award at @PrimanimaFest. The 11th edition of Primanima World Festival of First Animations took place in Budaörs, Hungary between 11-14 October. primanimafestival.hu/en/hirek/a-11-…

The magnificent @CROSSINGEUROPE in Linz just wrapped up and EEFB was in town to cover the event 😎. Check out Jack Page's coverage, with more coming soon. eefb.org/volumes/vol-13…

📷 Live from Munich, where the @HausderKunst is running a beautiful exhibition of the work of Katalin Ladik. 🧐Find out more at hausderkunst.de/en/exhibitions…

"The submission platform @FilmFreeway records 202 new film festivals in Europe for this year alone. How many of these will survive or even go through a second year is anyone’s guess." - @eefb_org eefb.org/volumes/vol-13…

We just published a🆕post on our @Patreon page. Become a patron for as little as 1.50€ and get behind-the-scenes information on our activities. You will also be supporting an online journal operating without profit or paywalls. patreon.com/eefb

@Klassiki_Online Yes, definitely one of my favourite Muratova films too. I wrote this appreciation of it a few years ago: eefb.org/retrospectives… Muratova herself was very fond of this film too.

Retrospective of films by Krzysztof Kieślowski running at @EYE_film museum Amsterdam (18 January-1 March)😼👌

Last month, we were live at the beautiful and welcoming @TriesteFilmFest! Love from and to Italy 🇮🇹📽️ Check out our ongoing coverage at eefb.org/volumes/vol-13…

The winners of the @TriesteFilmFest have been crowned 👏🌟 The event's main prize went to SONNE (dir. Kurdwin Ayub), with Biserka Šuran taking home the prize for Best Documentary for SCENES WITH MY FATHER. triestefilmfestival.it/en/34-trieste-…