Report Archive

Report, the magazine for the arts and civil society in Central and Eastern Europe, appeared in printed form from 2004 to 2009 ten times, in both English and German. Alongside interviews, portraits, statements and reports on social and political themes, the magazine provided information about events currently planned by tranzit and Kontakt. Each issue of was specially designed by visual artists.

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2004-2009 Focus: Film

"Among our people the psychology of servility has survived"

Kira Muratova, the grande dame of Soviet Russian independent cinema, has lived and worked for almost fifty years in Odessa in Ukraine. She talked to Eduard Steiner about the political situation in Ukraine, her chosen home, and about the difficulties experienced by Ukrainian filmmakers.

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Local anaesthetic!

A commentary by Stefan Grissemann on the situation of the cinema in the new member countries of the European Union

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Of Suicides and a Few Survivors

In former Yugoslavia Slovenian film played only a marginal role and yet there are still a number of current highlights

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"The Times Ahead in the USA Don't Look Good"

Antje Mayer in conversation with Eric Pleskow, who was born in Vienna in 1924, emigrated to the USA in 1939, producer and winner of several Oscars and has been president of the Viennale for the last seven years about his "return" to Vienna, the eastward expansion of the EU and George W. Bush.

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The Richness of Czech Cinema

Bert Rebhandl in conversation with Ivan Jachim, director of the film festival Finále Plzeň that shows annually all the feature films made that year in the Czech Republic, about the developments of the film scene in his country, its political origins and the involvement of the private economy.

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The Melancholy of Resistance

On Belá Tarr, the lonely Master of Hungarian cinema and other talented young directors in Hungary.

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From Communism to Consumerism

The current situation of the film scene in the Czech Republic.

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Not Cinema-goers, Yet Still Visionaries

Czech film has an international reputation. But what about the scene in Slovakia, which has been an independent country since 1993?

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"See you in hell, friends!"

Glimpses of cinematic life in Serbia and Croatia.

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No Choice: Adapt and Suppress

Strategies for survival in the former communist European film landscapes.

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Summer cinema for all the senses

Cineastes can celebrate summer this year at two film festivals: in Slovakia in June and then in Istria (Croatia) in July: the Motovun Film Festival (MFF) in the Croatian village of Motovun and Artfilm in Trenčianske Teplice (Slovakia)

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Pointing the camera eastwards: Tracking down cutting-edge cinema

Ever since its founding in February 1964, the Vienna Film Museum has sought to be an “instruction for the eye” and “training of memory” for innovative (inter)national film. Film Museum director and cinephile Alexander Horwath imparts to us his knowledge of Eastern European cinema.

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