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Calvert Journal Film Festival 2021

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Box Of Matches (Country: Russia; Year: 2020; Director: Tatiana Chekhova)
DJ collective Flammable Beats brought the best of soul, funk, and hip-hop to Moscow more than two decades ago. This documentary traces their stories.
Dead Souls' Vacation (Country: Georgia; Year: 2020; Director: Chelidze Keko; Writer: Kote Kalandadze, Chelidze Keko; Stars: Levan Svanidze, Lamara Svanidze, Inga Mghebrishvili, Gia Toidze)
A once-popular bass player in Tbilisi finds himself jobless, joyless, and crammed into a one-room apartment with his elderly mother.
Routes (Country: Serbia; Year: 2021; Director: Petar Bojovic; Stars: Ahmad, Eugenio Ambrose, Lily Bayer, Miodrag Cakic, Nazifullah Danishjo, Maen Elhemmeh, Lourdes Tello Fustel, Jasmina Golubovska, Samuel Horn, Jibbe, Olgar Lafazani, Efi Latsoudi, Richard Lewis, Lazara Marinkovic, Sophie McGuinness)
Humanitarians try to raise awareness of the journey of refugees on the Balkan Route.
Spring (Country: Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine; Year: 2020; Director: Anna Sarukhanova, Ola Pankova, Tatev Hakobyan, Alexander Dorinov, Denis Duzhnik, Tatiana Chekhova)
People trapped by the pandemic seek joy in isolation.
Warsaw: A City Divided (Country: Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Eric Bednarski; Writer: Eric Bednarski; Stars: Adam Bauman, Justyna Gardzinska, Jaroslaw Lukomski)
Consideration of the Warsaw Ghetto and its legacy, incorporating survivor testimony.
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