CinEast

CinEast (pronounced “Ciné East” [sine i:st]) or Central and Eastern European Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival held at various venues around Luxembourg in October.

Festival

The CinEast film festival is dedicated to presenting the current film productions from countries of Central and Eastern Europe, part of what was formerly called the Eastern Bloc. Although focusing on the recent feature films, the festival equally presents the most remarkable documentaries, animated works and short films. Besides film projections, the festival also offers a rich programme of accompanying events, including concerts, exhibitions, debates and gastronomic evenings, as well as support to a charity project. CinEast is organised by the non-profit association CinEast asbl. Since 2010, the festival has also included an official competition.

History

Building on experience gained during Polish Film Days in 2006, the first edition of Central European Film Festival of Luxembourg held in October 2008 presented films from 4 countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) at the premises of the Abbaye de Neumünster in Luxembourg. In 2009, Luxembourg’s Cinémathèque became the second main festival venue and the festival grew in terms of both number of films and spectators. In 2010, the festival acquired the current name “CinEast” and expanded to numerous new venues, almost doubling in size. Romania became the next featured country and an official competition was introduced. For the 2011 edition, Bulgaria was added to the countries represented and around 80 projections and many accompanying events were offered, attracting over 7,000 participants. In 2012, CinEast opened its doors to Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) as well as Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, thus featuring 12 countries in total. The cinematography of the rest of the ex-Yugoslavia countries has been represented at CinEast since 2013. The 7th edition of CinEast in 2014 presented over 55 feature and 45 short films from 18 countries and attracted 9,800 festival-goers. Ukraine and Moldova were represented for the first time. The 2014 International Jury was presided by Sergei Loznitsa.

Award winners

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

References

    [1] Cineuropa article about CinEast 2014 awards

    [2] Luxemburger Wort article about CinEast 2014

    Cineuropa feature article - CinEast 2012 Awards

    Film New Europe article

    External links

    Official website: www.cineast.lu / www.filmfestival.lu

    1. ↑ Vahermägi, Saara. "The Way Out triumphs at CinEast Film Festival Luxembourg". Cineuropa. Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
    2. ↑ Bauldry, Jess. "Panning the east - Cinematic gold from Eastern Europe". Wort.lu. Luxemburger Wort. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
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