Andrey Zvyagintsev

From Paris to Berlin, Los Angeles to Istanbul, Russian filmmakers who fled after the invasion of Ukraine are slowly rebuilding their industry in exile.

Many are happy just to be out.

It was not a great festival. Among the 19 features selected for the competition in Cannes, there were quite a number of "mediocre" films, besides some good films. I had three favorites: "Loveless" by Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, "Happy End" by Austrian Michael Haneke and "The Square" by Swedish director Ruben Östlund.

In our first review we spoke about two films at Cannes this year ("Sea Sorrow" and "Jupiter's Moon") focusing on one of the main themes of this year's festival: The migration crisis. This is only part of the overall crisis in today's Europe, which includes the degeneration of the political and economic system as well as of human values.

Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominated movie Leviathan will have an official premiere at Sofia International Film Festival this March.

With the Academy Awards approaching, Istanbul Modern Cinema will offer a reminder of the candidates for "Best Foreign Language Film."

Between Jan. 8 and 18, "The Foreigners of the Oscars" will present a selection of films in the race to compete for an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category, which will be announced soon.

BELGRADE - The 20th Author Film Festival will take place in Belgrade from November 26 through December 3.