A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas showcases twenty-five essays written by established and emerging film scholars that trace the history of Eastern European cinemas and offer an up-to-date assessment of post-socialist film cultures. * Showcases critical historical work and up-to-date assessments of post-socialist film cultures * Features consideration of lesser known areas of study, such as Albanian and Baltic cinemas, popular genre films, cross- national distribution and aesthetics, animation and documentary * Places the cinemas of the region in a European and global context * Resists the Cold War classification of Eastern European cinemas as "other" art cinemas by reconnecting them with the main circulation of