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I will always be impressed by the adaptability of humans. During the 1950s in the Soviet Union, listening to music from the West, especially from the US, was prohibited.

A group of people therefore started to illegally creates copies of records on X-Rays and then sold on the black market. This is how Jazz, Disco, and Rock 'n Roll found their way to music enthusiasts.

Watch this mini-documentary for more info.

This documentary is set up in a way that chances are very high that it goes wrong. It only could go wrong, but somehow it didn’t. Paweł Łoziński is sitting on his balcony in Warsaw and films the street and the passerby. And somehow, he managed to create one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen.

It is everything I wanted to see, without knowing it until I finally saw it. This documentary is like a window into the depths of humankind, a glimpse into the interior world of all of us. At the same time, it is also a great visualisation of Polish society. It was funny and sad, and even thinking about this film now gives me goosebumps.This film is subtle, delicate, and simply beautiful.

Thank you for letting me enter the worlds and minds of the people around you. I still think about many of them today.

Merab's lifelong dream has been to become one of the dancer of the Georgian National Ensemble. This dreams seems to become less and less reachable when Irakli joins his dance company and becomes Merab's biggest competitor.

An unexpected short-lived affair arises amongst those two competitors, which clashes with the conservative values that they are supposed to be representing as dancers of the Ensemble. This makes Merab question his dreams and drives him to want to break free.

This film is a perfect visualisation of the generational and tradition clash that is very widespread in Georgian society. You learn so much about this amazing country, its history, and traditions, whilst being told in such a beautiful way and full of lust for life.

Tomorrow, 2nd of June at 19h, the Eastern Neighbors Film Festival is on Tour and on Friday they will be at Kriterion in Amsterdam. The programm includes the screening of five shorts, followed by a Q&A with Jasmina Bilić and Balkan cocktails.

Sounds like fun!