Eastern European Drama

In this Hollywood-style mother-daughter road trip east, the two try to get closer to their dream.

The war crimes tribunal in The Hague is fighting with itself and war criminals from the former Yugoslavia.

In the shadow of Auschwitz, a touching story of reconciliation takes place between a young German and a concentration camp survivor.

Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.

A gripping, thrilling drama-thriller with captivating cinematography about Stalin's political purges in 1938.

A gripping film by Ukraine's Maryna Er Gorbach about the tragic events of the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014.

The threat of being outed causes an explosion of violence: Cristi, a gay Romanian policeman lives under the threat of being outed against his will.

A touching portrayal of seventeen-year-old Ieva and her ex-alcoholic father’s attempt at rebuilding their tenuous relationship.

Haunting anti-war parable about collaboration in the Nazi-occupied Baltics, based on the controversial work of author Rūta Vanagaitė.

After a stroke of fate, a manager escapes his former live to a magical place, rich in ancient customs, at the Danube delta.

An adeptly played debut in which a yearning for paternal affection plays out against a background of teenage sexual manipulation.

Quiet drama about the Russian soul, corruption and the postman from Lake Kenozero in northern Russia.

An exceptionally candid Belarusian film about three teenagers who are confronted with prejudice from their peers and adults.

After his lover's death, a rock singer studies the art of lucid dreaming and descends into a netherworld in hopes of being together again.

Anna Jadowska's fifth feature film illustrates the inner struggle of a woman who comes into conflict with patriarchal power structures.

This episode film explores Russia's state of mind, which is characterized by disorientation, in a dystopian vision of the future.

After winning a highly charged case, a lawyer is found seriously injured on the side of the road.

When two estranged half-sisters are forced to move in together, they must confront their shared past and decades of pent-up resentment.

Childhood soul mates Leni and Lazar are reunited after being separated for years. They spontaneously decide to take a bike trip across northern Serbia

This impressive debut from Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel examines manipulative sexual abuse among teenagers from the perpetrator’s point of view.

Before the invasion of 2022 in the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk, two people challenge the new regime.

A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.

This tale of two drifting souls who meet in the most unusual and ambiguous circumstances will capture your heart.

A sheltered teenager rebels against the strict rules, religious beliefs, and conniving classmates at his Catholic boarding school.

The story of an orphan with albinism is told in an unusual blend of neorealism and magical realism.

Eastern European truck drivers are the backbone of German trucking companies and take high risks because of the enormous deadline pressure.

Vandam is a hard-drinking, brawling loser from a housing project on the outskirts of Prague. With the advent of capitalism, his favorite pub also has to ...

After a night in jail, April returns to the basement of the luxury hotel where she, along with other women, works as a sex worker.

A tourist discovers the silent legacy of wartime atrocities when she arrives in a seemingly idyllic little town on the border of Bosnia and Serbia.

Gripping legal drama about injustice and corruption, filmed in the style of Eastern European social realism.

To avoid homelessness, a mother resorts to extreme measures in this accomplished and touching and subtle drama.

During the melon harvest in the rolling green hills of Moldova, 15-year-old Anishoara experiences the overwhelming feeling of first love.

An intimate look at three headstrong women who come from different parts of a country that no longer exists.

Monika and Toník live next to a steel mill under a roof full of holes. The two dream of a future elsewhere and seem blind to the happiness on their own ...

In the usually grueling everyday life of Moscow, a city of millions, ambulance driver Oleg tries to preserve a remnant of humanity.

The coming-of-age drama by Michal Rogalski tells how everyday life in the WW2 grey zone between normality and terror looked like...

Top-class arthouse film from Bulgaria. An unsparing document about despair and guilt - visually stunning and impressive.

In Wehrmacht-occupied Poland, two intellectuals flee to a country estate and play a perverse game with its inhabitants.

When the elderly and lonely Hanna causes an accident in Germany in which a young man from Kosovo dies, she tries to track down his family.

Radu is a journalist, who sees his chance to land a big scoop in an international scandal involving an underage prostitute and human trafficking.

A story about sensitive seventeen-year-old Lena whose enchanted teenage world is shattered by a horrific event.