Directed by Dužan Duong • 2025 • Czechia

Billed as the first Czech “Viet-film”, this witty, touching coming-of-age tale gives voice to one of the world’s largest Vietnamese diasporas. Hanoi-born and Czech-raised, Dužan Duong draws on personal history and a host of first-time performers for his p...

Directed by Maria Rigel • 2025 • Armenia

Maria Rigel’s mercurial crime drama moves to the rhythms of the natural world, paying tribute to Armenian film icons like Sergei Parajanov. Hayk (Albert Babajanyan) is an introverted child living in the care of his aunt Narine (Lusine Avanesyan) in a remo...

Directed by Rasmus Merivoo • 2020 • Estonia

Rasmus Merivoo’s playful horror-comedy take on Estonia’s local legends is a wicked treat. The director’s own children star as Mia and Kevin, phone-addled city kids who are whisked to the countryside and left in the care of their eccentric grandmother (...

Director Dužan Duong speaks to Sam Goff about his groundbreaking “Czech Viet-film” Summer School, 2001, screening on Klassiki until 4 December as part of our partnership with FilmFestival Cottbus 2025. Dužan discusses his family history of emigration in and out of Europe, his film’s treatment o...

Director Maria Rigel speaks to Sam Goff about her Armenian crime mystery Thus Spoke the Wind, screening on Klassiki this month as part of our partnership with FilmFestival Cottbus 2025. Maria talks about transitioning from Russia to Armenia, the social tensions at play in her feature debut, and t...