A Blast – Sarajevo 20
Syllas Tzoumerkas' sophomore feature is a powerful sociopolitical drama that juxtaposes the cynicism of the troubled Greek society while the middle-class decays internally.
CategoryPolitics
Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)
Kafkaesque absurdity meets Soviet reality during the years of the extremely bureaucratic Perestroika in this deadpan comedy by Karen Shakhnazarov.
Monanieba (Repentance, 1984)
Tengiz Abuladze by presenting a grotesque realism with a touch of subcutaneous self-sarcasm managed to bury all the fears that had survived for so many years in the USSR.
La Vie Nouvelle (A New Life, 2002)
Philippe Grandrieux offers a multilayered dream-like filmic experience through the most radical experimental film of the recent years.
Žert (The Joke, 1968)
Possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country - Amos Vogel
Ucho (The Ear, 1970)
Karel Kachyňa directs one of the most iconic films on depicting the mentality of a totalitarian regime. Banned for 20 years in Czechoslovakia.
Poziția Copilului (Child’s Pose, 2013)
Calin Peter Netzer directs a powerful family drama of characters under Romania's post-communist corrupted society. Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin Film Festival.
El Chacal de Nahueltoro (Jackal of Nahueltoro, 1969)
One of the most important political films not only for Chilean cinema but also for the whole South America directed by Miguel Littín.
Tôkyô Sensô Sengo Hiwa (The Man Who Left His Will on Film, 1970)
Nagisha Ôshima is performing a requiem for Japanese New Wave and he is covering everything, from the sociopolitical changes till his own alienation that he feels as an artist.
Kaigenrei (Coup D’État, 1973)
The third and final film of Yoshishige Yoshida's political trilogy that marked the Japanese New Wave.