Klassiki Journal

You can enjoy interviews, videos and essays from guest filmmakers, critics and the team here. We’ll share insights into favourite films and help you mine the gold that is Klassiki.

Interview

In conversation: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s Brother and the search for modern Tajik cinema

Interview

Šimon Holý on And Then There Was Love…, his improvised take on modern heartbreak

Interview

Ukraine’s Freefilmers on anti-capitalism, resistance, and “decolonial cinema”

Interview

Kung fu gospel: Estonian eccentric Rainer Sarnet returns with The Invisible Fight

Interview

“Our own national tragedy”: Andrei Kutsila on the crisis for independent Belarusian film

Interview

Underground fairy tales: Kote Kalandadze explores Tbilisi’s dark side in The Drummer

Interview

“Moments of paradise”: Sergei Dvortsevoy’s stories from the post-Soviet fringe

Interview

Native Edition: reflections on indigenous cinema in the post-Soviet space

Interview

Kyrgyzstan’s Aktan Arym Kubat confronts home truths in This Is What I Remember

Interview

Where next for “post-Soviet” film? goEast Festival curators on working through war

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Mstyslav Chernov discusses filmmaking under fire for his 20 Days in Mariupol

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Goran Stolevski delves into his Balkan folk-horror hybrid You Won’t Be Alone

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Shengelaia at 90: personal reflections on a Georgian film icon

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“Still the second sex”: A Room of My Own and female intimacy in today’s Georgia

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Laila Pakalniņa on the making of Dawn, her fever dream of Soviet film history

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Lana Gogoberidze on women’s cinema and her trailblazing career

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Nora Martirosyan and Garegin Papoyan on filming the ironies of Stepanakert airport

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Julia Blue’s Roxy Toporowych on wartime romance and the Ukrainian diaspora

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Actor Yura Borisov on working with Kirill Serebrennikov and Covid-era shoots

Interview

Sakha Film: an interview with Dmitry Davydov

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Sakha’s amateur film stars Zoya Popova and Stepan Petrov in their own words

Interview

Actor Maks Sukhanov on his career as Russia’s cinematic tough guy

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Sergei Livnev on the wild 90s and returning to directing after 25 years

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“Antonioni told me to sleep less”: Uzbek maestro Ali Khamraev on his unlikely career

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Assel Aushakimova on queer filmmaking and the search for tradition in Kazakhstan

Interview

The Bull’s Boris Akopov on switching ballet for film and 90s nostalgia

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Saodat Ismailova on her film 40 Days and Central Asian cinema traditions

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Angelina Nikonova on her film Twilight Portrait and life between Russia and America

Interview

Klassiki Journal

In conversation: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s Brother and the search for modern Tajik cinema

Šimon Holý on And Then There Was Love…, his improvised take on modern heartbreak

Ukraine’s Freefilmers on anti-capitalism, resistance, and “decolonial cinema”

Kung fu gospel: Estonian eccentric Rainer Sarnet returns with The Invisible Fight

“Our own national tragedy”: Andrei Kutsila on the crisis for independent Belarusian film

Underground fairy tales: Kote Kalandadze explores Tbilisi’s dark side in The Drummer

“Moments of paradise”: Sergei Dvortsevoy’s stories from the post-Soviet fringe

Native Edition: reflections on indigenous cinema in the post-Soviet space

Kyrgyzstan’s Aktan Arym Kubat confronts home truths in This Is What I Remember

Where next for “post-Soviet” film? goEast Festival curators on working through war

Mstyslav Chernov discusses filmmaking under fire for his 20 Days in Mariupol

Goran Stolevski delves into his Balkan folk-horror hybrid You Won’t Be Alone

Shengelaia at 90: personal reflections on a Georgian film icon

“Still the second sex”: A Room of My Own and female intimacy in today’s Georgia

Laila Pakalniņa on the making of Dawn, her fever dream of Soviet film history

Lana Gogoberidze on women’s cinema and her trailblazing career

Nora Martirosyan and Garegin Papoyan on filming the ironies of Stepanakert airport

Julia Blue’s Roxy Toporowych on wartime romance and the Ukrainian diaspora

Actor Yura Borisov on working with Kirill Serebrennikov and Covid-era shoots

Sakha Film: an interview with Dmitry Davydov

Sakha’s amateur film stars Zoya Popova and Stepan Petrov in their own words

Actor Maks Sukhanov on his career as Russia’s cinematic tough guy

Sergei Livnev on the wild 90s and returning to directing after 25 years

“Antonioni told me to sleep less”: Uzbek maestro Ali Khamraev on his unlikely career

Assel Aushakimova on queer filmmaking and the search for tradition in Kazakhstan

The Bull’s Boris Akopov on switching ballet for film and 90s nostalgia

Saodat Ismailova on her film 40 Days and Central Asian cinema traditions

Angelina Nikonova on her film Twilight Portrait and life between Russia and America

No solemn monolith: Aleksandr Lungin on his debut film, Great Poetry