CinEast

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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, formerly belonging to the so-called 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.

Award winners

2013

  • Grand Prix – Circles by Srdan Golubovic
  • Special Prize of the Jury – Heavenly Shift by Mark Bodzsar
  • Audience Award – Circles by Srdan Golubovic

2012

  • Grand Prix – Everybody In Our Family by Radu Jude
  • Special Prize of the Jury – Tilva Rosh by Nikola Ležaić
  • Audience Award – Mushrooming by Toomas Hussar
  • Audience Award for best short feature – Frozen Stories by Grzegorz Jaroszuk

2011

2010

  • Grand Prix – Morgen by Marian Crişan
  • Audience Award – Morgen by Marian Crişan

References

Cineuropa feature article - CinEast 2012 Awards

Film New Europe article

External links

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

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