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Review | Tesnota — a taut portrait of Jewish diaspora life in the North Caucasus
This unsettling domestic drama is an admirable directorial debut from dissident Kabardian director Kantemir Balagov.
Lily Samarine
Lily grew up in London and graduated in 2023 with a degree in French and Russian. She has worked in publishing, translation, and for too long as a waitress. She moved to Tbilisi in September 2024, and is over the moon to be involved with OC Media. She aspires to have written a novel by 2025.
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Review | The Pomegranate Orchard — a restrained Azerbaijani retelling of Chekhov’s classic play
Ilgar Najaf's second film is an understated and elegantly-paced domestic tragedy.
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Review | Silk Road: Journey of the Armenian Diaspora (1971–1982) — a showcase of Armenian disco
An exuberant and historically rich compilation of rare disco tunes, Silk Road offers a taste of the Armenian diaspora scene in 1970s Los Angeles.
