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The Breakaway State on the Cusp of Adulthood—‘Transnistra’, dir. Anna Eborn, 2019

An intimate and haunting portrait of six teenagers in rural Transnistria shows the splintered prospects and the many limitations of growing up in a melancholy landscape

June 8th, 2020|Country: Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Transnistria|

An Anthology of the Best New Music from Burundi, Part I: Behold the Buja Beats

Crooners, rappers and comeback kids, a diva and a soccer hymn: our first dispatch of freshest tunes from Burundi will satisfy your Afrobeat, R&B and hip-hop cravings and lift you up

January 8th, 2020|Country: Burundi, Sweden|

Grief as Dense as the Icelandic Fog and the Little Girl Who Makes It Better in ‘A White, White Day,’ dir. Hlynur Pálmason, 2019

The death of his wife and an unsettling discovery propel a police chief into violence and darkness. Will the love for his granddaughter save him? A bleak yet stunning film with searing performances

December 18th, 2019|Country: Denmark, Iceland, Sweden|

Film: And Then We Danced, dir. Levan Akin, 2019

This necessary, exquisite story of a gay romance in a Georgian folk dance ensemble was nominated by Sweden as its Oscars 2020 entry, and opened to homophobic protest in Tbilisi

November 13th, 2019|Country: Georgia, Sweden|

Film: Human Shelter, dir. Boris Benjamin Bertram, 2018

An intimate documentary of global proportions invites into people's homes across the planet and examines how we redefine the concept of home in the age of migration, conflicts and climate change

November 1st, 2019|Country: Denmark, Iceland, Iraq, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden, Uganda, USA|

Music: Cherrie, Sherihan, 2016

The first album by the Somali-Swedish R&B diva whose song “163 För Evigt” became a sensation worldwide despite the language barrier: powerful music informed by growing up black in Europe

August 17th, 2019|Country: Somalia, Sweden|

Music: Seinabo Sey, I’m a Dream, 2018

December 6th, 2018|Country: Gambia, Sweden|

Book: Max Andersson, The Excavation, 2017

June 9th, 2018|Country: Sweden|

Film: I Am Curious (Yellow), dir. Vilgot Sjöman, 1967

April 28th, 2018|Country: Sweden|