Dmovies

A collection of 38 posts

Polish Cinema

Glorious Summer

A modern twist on Plato’s cave.

Baltic Cinema

Interview with Austeja Urbaitė on Remember to Blink

"I call this emotional blindness."

Ukrainian Cinema

Who If Not Us?

Who If Not Us? streams for free during the entire month of December as part of ArteKino

Baltic Cinema

Holy Destructors

A Baltic film festival would be incomplete without a documentary in the poetic tradition of the Baltic countries.

Baltic Cinema

Renovation

My favourite film from the section.

Baltic Cinema

Borderline

Unless you’re from Eastern Europe, there is a good chance you don’t know that Lithuania shares a border with Russia on the east – as do more Eastern European countries than would like to – and also on the west. It’s a small enclave of Russia called the Kaliningrad

Baltic Cinema

Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart

The difference between a Barbie doll and a 30-something is that nothing bad happens to the toy when you throw it to the ground.

Baltic Cinema

Becoming

With such a descriptive title, it’s no surprise that Zhannat Alshanova’s feature directorial debut is a coming-of-age story. The action takes place in Kazakhstan during the post-Soviet era. Seventeen-year-old Mila (Tamiris Zhangazinova) is a talented swimmer and a stereotypically ornery teenage daughter. Her mother (Assel Kaliyeva) isn’t

Baltic Cinema

Red Code Blue

Sometimes justice needs extraordinary means.

Baltic Cinema

New Money

Two normal people wake up with inordinate wealth.

Baltic Cinema

Fränk

Fränk is a dark film where children can overdose, young boys can kill each other, and where disabled men relentlessly cry from the pure evil inflicted upon them.

Baltic Cinema

Hunger Strike Breakfast

A cinéma vérité approach and adds a dose of absurdism to the crucial Lithuanian historical events of January 1991.

Baltic Cinema

The Activist

It can be tender. It can be classically dramatic. It can be sexy. And it can be thrilling.

Baltic Cinema

Happiness is Living in our Land

Appropriately messy and entertaining doc about Estonian punk band...

Dmytro Hreshko

Divia

Fits in within the Ukrainian tradition of poetic filmmaking...

Ukrainian Cinema

Interview with Divia Director Dmytro Hreshko

The ghost of nature in Ukraine

Dmovies

Growing Pains

Unfortunately, its intentions do not overpower the inadequate artistry.

Interview

Interview with Jack Serra on Generation Well

"I didn’t want the edit to feel seamless or conventional."

Dmovies

Generation Well

Sometimes it almost looks like Serra gives preferential treatment toward the difficult choice. And that’s why it works.

Malaga Film Festival 2025

Interview with Francisco Guijarro (Moses)

"Seeing him watch his story unfold on screen, knowing it had finally been told, was one of the most powerful moments of my life."

Malaga Film Festival 2025

Moses

Fran Guijarro’s feature documentary is one of the most empathetic and humanistic documentaries I’ve ever seen.

Interview

Interview with Brit Hensel (Thin Places)

Director Brit Hensel on Thin Places

Interview

Interview with Michael Lavine (The Wanderer)

"So, you’re not scared of dying? I sure am."

Sydney Film Festival

The Wanderer

Well-known portrait photographer takes director's chair in order to a create visually impressive short film about death and the afterlife - from the Sydney Film Festival

Reviews

The Little Brother (Bratan)

The Little Brother is a travel film with a defying political undercurrent