Working in a Post-Covid Film Industry Please subscribe to our new podcast. Available on Anchor, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Castbox, Pocket Cast, Radio Public, YouTube In this episode of Frontier Cafe, host Milan Zivkovic spoke with fellow CSULB alum Daylyn Paul, a writer and filmmaker based out of Los Angeles. Recorded at Aroma Cafe […]
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The History of Bosnian Cinema and the Role of Memory in Cinema Please subscribe to our new podcast. Available on Anchor, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Castbox, Pocket Cast, Radio Public, YouTube This episode features a conversation with Elma Tataragić. Elma currently works as a selector for the Competition Program for the Sarajevo Film Festival […]
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The Interplay Between Music and Film Please subscribe to our new podcast. Available on Anchor, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Castbox, Pocket Cast, Radio Public, YouTube This episode features Slovakian documentary filmmakers Marek Šulík and Jana Belišová. The host, Milan Zivkovic, and the duo discussed their works with Roma music, how film functions as a […]
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In this first episode of The Frontier Café, host Milan Zivkovic chats with Dr. Fareed Ben-Youssef, about the Hungarian film, Jupiter’s Moon.
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The Museum of Unconditional Surrender Translated into English by Celia Hawkesworth Reviewed by Natasha Ravnik While reading Dubravka Ugrešić’s book, The Museum of Unconditional Surrender, I wondered if humankind had learned anything. Although Ugrešić wrote this work between 1991 and 1996, when her homeland of Yugoslavia was being destroyed by war, her words remain current. […]
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The 2022 South East European Film Festival announces the inclusion of Ukraine in the 17th edition The 2022 South East European Film Festival announced the inclusion of Ukraine in the program, with two outstanding films, the 2022 Sundance directing award winner Klondike by Maryna Er Gorbach and the US premiere of Blindfold by Taras Dron. Both […]
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Less than a quarter-century since the last deadly fighting was over in Eastern Europe the winds of war have again engulfed the region. Under attack, hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing Ukraine and pouring into neighboring countries. Non-Ukrainian residents and Ukrainians alike are seeking shelter in Romania and Poland, and farther afield. The danger […]
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Brâncuși Around the World On the occasion of Brâncuși Day, on February 19, the Romanian Cultural Institute is launching, in partnership with Art Safari, as part of the ArtSociety initiative, a dialogue with the great museums of the world about the universal influence of the great Romanian artist. The first stop is the Noguchi Museum where Curator of Research Matthew […]
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7 Filmmakers From South East Europe Will Premiere Their Films In Cannes This Year New films from Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria are selected for the 2021 edition of the Cannes Film Festival: Ildikó Enyedi’s first English-language feature, The Story of My Wife, is in the official competition. Based on the 1942 Hungarian novel by Milán Füst, […]
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Excerpts of Conversations with Filmmakers featured at #SEEfest2021 With filmmakers Marko Dješka, Nicolas Iordanou and Sylvia Nicolaides, Kata Gugić, and Elka Nikolova. 1. ALL THOSE SENSATIONS IN MY BELLY – short animation trailer While transitioning gender from male to female, Matia struggles to find a genuine, intimate relationship with a heterosexual man. Filmmaker: Marko Dješka […]
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