MOLDOVA Pages of desire Sergiu Prodan and Viorica Mesina's Patul lui Procrust (The Procrustean Bed, 2001) Patul lui Procrust started filming in 1995 but didn't premiere until last year. Andrew James Horton looks at the long-awaited adaptation of one of the most important Romanian novels of the last century.

SCANDINAVIA Runaway groom Josef Fares's Jalla Jalla (2000) Beirut-born Fares's debut is a multi-cultural comedy hit that spawned a chart-topping album. Johan Åhlund reviews the work of the Swedish film industry's new wunderkind.

HORROR Animated anxiety Jan Švankmajer, Surrealism and the "agit-scare" Švankmajer's work is often discussed in relation to the horror genre and the gothic imagination. Paul Wells looks at the director in terms of the "shock of the real." For more on Švankmajer in Kinoeye, see the special issue "Strach: Czech film's love affair with fear and horror" Švankmajer links: External resources on the animator

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