Greek cinema found international attention in the early 1960s, with films like Never on Sunday putting the country on the world map, and later blossomed again through the celebrated 'Greek Weird Wave' of directors like Yorgos Lanthimos. That tradition of deadpan, unsettling storytelling has made Greek film a favourite on the festival circuit. See what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 3.5★
There is a particular kind of Greek cinema that exists almost entirely outside the mainstream, and Dogtooth (or Kynodontas, in its original Greek) sits right at the centre of that tradition. Released in 2009 and co-produced by the Greek Film Centre alongside Boo Productions and Horsefly Productions, the film
Rating: 3.0★
Bulgarian cinema has, over the past two decades or so, carved out a modest but respected place in the European art house conversation, with films that tend to favour economic storytelling, unglamorous settings, and a willingness to sit with uncomfortable social realities. The Lesson (or Urok in its original Bulgarian)
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