Even if integrated in an enlarged Europe, the cinema of East Central Europe is often overlooked and misunderstood. Cold War vestiges persist whilst fresh tensions punctuate the horizon and hijack the discourse. The contributors explore ‘patterns of miscommunication’ that fluctuate between the elusive and the extreme.
This wonderful collection helps the reader access the current dialogic spaces of the region’s cinema and appreciate its aesthetic endeavours.
– DINA IORDANOVA, Emeritus Professor of Global Cinema and Creative Cultures University of St Andrews, Scotland