A film by Ibolya Fekete. Based upon the brief window of "openness" in Hungary and other parts of Eastern Europe in 1989, offering contrasting glimpses of the time before and after. Questioning not only the east (Russia), but also the alternative, as proles from Russia, Hungary, and the West mingle in a suspended state, confused about what to do, and how to do it, in a world from which autocracy has suddenly, without preparation, been subtracted. In some sense the highly focused lens, following two Russian street musicians through their brief introduction to the middle ground between East and West in Budapest, explodes with the energy of the larger story in which it is enveloped (photo from :https://urania-nf.hu/en/movie_program/bolse-vita).

A film by Szabolcs Hajdu. Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils (photo from: https://mnf.hu/en/film/white-palms).

A film by Maren Ade. A father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter (who lives in Bucharest) by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach. Bucharest appears as a capital of transitions between different systems and regimes, between East and West life-styles. (photo from: https://plymouthartscentre.org/toni-erdmann-review-i-would-gladly-watch-again-and-again/).