Author: Savina Petkova

Savina Petkova is a PhD student at King’s College London and a regular contributor for Electric Ghost Magazine. She earned her Masters in Film Studies at University College London and has written for MUBI Notebook, Photogénie, Girls on Tops, Screen Queens, Moving Image Artists Journal, and other publications.

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SICILIAN GHOST STORY

Sicilian Ghost Story (Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia, 2017), BIM Distribuzione, Italy, D-Cinema, 113 minutes, Luna (Julia Jedlikowska) / Giuseppe (Gaetano Fernandez)
Sicilian Ghost Story (Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia, 2017), BIM Distribuzione, Italy, D-Cinema, 113 minutes, Luna (Julia Jedlikowska) / Giuseppe (Gaetano Fernandez)

Misguided Sicilian chronicles on mafia and trauma

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APOSTASY

Apostasy (Daniel Kokotajlo 2017), Curzon Artificial Eye, United Kingdom, 95 minutes, Ivanna (Siobhan Finneran)
Apostasy (Daniel Kokotajlo 2017), Curzon Artificial Eye, United Kingdom, 95 minutes, Ivanna (Siobhan Finneran)

An audacious and personal debut feature about the prison of dogma

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COLD WAR

Cold War / Zimna wojna (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018), Curzon Artificial Eye, Poland, 35 mm / DCP , 88 minutes, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot)
Cold War / Zimna wojna (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018), Curzon Artificial Eye, Poland, 35 mm / DCP , 88 minutes, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot)

Romantic historical drama feels like an exquisite Polish folk song