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Lucija Furac

Lucija Furac is an art historian, writer, film critic and curator. She is a regular contributor to online platforms dedicated to cinema, writing in Croatian and English. With a focus on Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, her goals are to rethink cinema history, discover interesting new work, and explore new approaches to film programming and curating, particularly in the realm of documentary cinema.

Latest Film Reviews

  • Dry Leaf (2025)
    Review preview for Dry Leaf

    The blurry, hazy images recorded entirely on a discontinued Sony Ericsson cellphone – frequently in long takes – make it a hardly digestible slow cinema challenge, yet rewarding as an aesthetic experience.

    Lucija Furac · 3.5 out of 5
    A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
  • Limitation (2023)
    Review preview for Limitation

    A clever, dynamic study.

    Lucija Furac · 4 out of 5
    A look back at Zviad Gamsakhurdia's presidency, the first in Georgia's history after the fall of the Soviet Union, through the use of found footage and archive materials from the era.

News and features

Paul Rowley on moving to New York, the Pulse massacre, and Gays Against Guns

Going ape Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest

Freeform Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal

In silence Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness

Taking a ride into liminal spaces Katharine Round on making documentary Ghost Town

Flying blind Michael Woloson and Scott Tinkham on improvisation, experimental writing and Littermates

In deep water Dominic Curran on internet overexposure and A Little Learning Is A Dangerous Thing

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