LATVIA In search of the unknown Viesturs Kairišs's Pa ceļam aizejot (Leaving by the Way, 2001) Pa ceļam aizejot failed to make much of an impact when it played in competition at Karlovy Vary. Andrew James Horton, however, argues it was one of the most beautiful films of the festival.

OUT ON VIDEO Way out west Oldřich Lipský's Limonádovy Joe aneb koňská opera (Lemonade Joe, 1964) Influenced by Lipský's screenwriter's previous work in animation and drawing on central Europe's fascination with the American West, Limonádovy Joe is a riotous muscial parody of the western. Peter Hames reviews a new video release of this "horse opera."

INDUSTRY REPORT Ways of seeing The import and distribution of films in Slovenia since 1991 The collapse of Yugoslavia shattered the structure of the previous film distribution network. Aleš Pavlin analyses how the new industry has taken shape in Slovenia.

HORROR Woman as vampire Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966) Daniel Shaw uses psychoanalysis to explore the main female characters of Ingmar Bergman's horror film, Persona.

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