Moldovan cinema remains one of Europe's lesser-seen traditions, shaped by the Soviet-era Moldova-Film studio and, since independence, a slow rebuilding of a national voice on very limited resources. The Sofa (2017) is among the rare recent features to reach wider audiences, offering a glimpse of contemporary Moldovan storytelling. See what Macca made of it below.
Rating: 1.5★
Bulgarian cinema has spent the better part of the last two decades earning a quiet, patchy reputation on the international festival circuit, producing the odd gem alongside a good deal of material that never travels far beyond the region. Zift (2008) remains perhaps the most striking example of Bulgarian genre
Genre Comedy
★★★ — THE SOFA (2017)
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