FilmDoo has teamed up with international distributor Ruscico (Russian Cinema Council) to give international releases to classic and overlooked cinema from Russia and Eastern Europe. The decades-spanning thirty features FilmDoo is making available from Friday 15th April range from landmark films of Russia’s silent […]
By David Pountain Directed by Ella Manzheeva Warsaw Film Festival review Ella Manzheeva’s The Gulls is a directorial debut of unusual stylistic confidence. With sparing use of dialogue and low-key performances, the film expresses itself largely through […]
By David Pountain Directed by Alexander Kott Gijón International Film Festival review Alexander Kott’s wordless Test may technically be a period film – inspired by the Soviet Union’s nuclear bomb test in the Kazakh region of […]
By Zara Saeed Directed by Nigina Sayfullaeva Upon witnessing the enigmatic ending scene of Sayfullaeva’s highly evocative drama, we are left somewhat unhinged, contemplating many things about life, love and, perhaps most importantly, family. Sasha looks […]
By David Pountain Directed by Vladimir Beck Rome Film Festival review The sometimes blurry line between the barely-teens and almost-adults of Little Bird, the mesmerising new feature from Vladimir Beck, is established in the film’s […]
By Jamieson Pearce Directed by Andrey Zvyaginstev You hear the crow before you see it. Bare tree branches criss-cross the foreground. The crow’s dry moan rings out. It feels cold. The frame does not move, but very slowly, […]
