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Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg

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CINEAST / Central and Eastern European Film Festival / Luxembourg 2015

CINEAST FESTIVAL REVIEW OF 2014 AND HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015 EDITION

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The “CinEast” festival started in 2008 and aims to present to the Luxembourg public the best cinematographic produc-tions from Central and Eastern Europe. While focusing mainly on new films, the festival also presents some of the most re-markable works from the past.

Since its creation, the festival has been constantly growing and diversifying – it currently covers productions from 18

ex-communist countries. The substantial increase in the num-ber of visitors proves that there is a real need and interest for this type of event in Luxembourg.

Each year the public is becoming ever more diverse, and the festival contributes to the better integration of the different communities living in Luxembourg and the Greater Region.

IDEA BEHIND A CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL

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2014 figures

• Over 100 screenings, 55 different feature films and 45 short films screened over 18 days

• 9,800 festival-goers including 7,200 spectators in more than 10 cinemas (the vast majority in Luxembourg City, but also in Esch s/Alzette, Vianden, Rumelange and Mersch)

• 1,000 spectators at the school screenings in 4 schools (the European Schools in Kirchberg and Mamer, Lycée Classique de Diekirch, International School)

• More than 10 special events: 4 concerts, a photography exhibition, 3 debates, 2 thematic evenings and 2 gastro-nomic evenings) with more than 1,300 participants

• 25 special guests (directors, actors, screenwriters, producers) • Considerable coverage in the media (around fifty articles

and mentions) • Over 25,000 visits to our website • More than 1,900 fans on our Facebook page articles and

mentions).

Attendance details

According to the official figures of our partners, more than 7,200 spectators attended the more than 100 screenings of the festival in 2014 (10% more than in 2013). In addition, rou-ghly 1,000 students were present at the school projections and around 1,500 people participated in special events, i.e. a total of over 9,800 participants. Our website (www.cineast.lu) received more than 25,000 vi-sits in 2014 (15% more than last year).

Special events The special events also attracted considerable crowds in 2014: We had the great honour to welcome the Dutch artist Ulay as part of our first collaboration with Mudam, as well as Sergei Loznitsa (who presided over the jury). Discussions were held with many renowned directors, producers and actors, such as Igor Cobileanski, Helena Sujecka, Vilnis Kalnaellis and Gil Darnell which attracted considerable crowds.

The photography exhibition “So Far, So Close” at the Neimën-ster, featuring the work of 12 artists from Eastern European countries as well as Luxembourg was viewed by several thou-sand visitors.

The Melusina club was the venue of the Fanfara Transilvania / Balkan Night, which was sold-out and attended by more than 500 spectators. Two special events held at Exit 07 (rock ciné-concert by Kristen and (M)eat the Balkans) and the clos-ing event also attracted large crowds (more than 600 in total).

Screenings for young people organised in cooperation with several partners also generated considerable interest among young spectators (over 1,000 in total) and the gastronomic evening was fully booked as well.

[See our website for more information about the special events] www.cineast.lu

REVIEW OF THE 2014 EDITION

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Central and Eastern European Film Festival / Luxembourg 2015 / CINEAST

Official competition

The International Jury was composed of five personalities from the world of film and was chaired by the acclaimed Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa. The Grand Prix of the festival went to the film The Way Out by Petr Václav and the Special Jury Prize was awarded to Viktoria by Maya Vitkova. Maciej Pieprzyca’s Life Feels Good won the Audience Award.

Media coverage

The 8th edition of CinEast film festival was covered by a largenumber of media outlets from Luxembourg, the Greater Region, the CEE countries as well as specialised international media (Cineuropa, FilmNewEurope, etc.). Besides the extensive media coverage by the festival’s media partners, many articles were published in all the main newspapers in the country and many magazines.The festival was also covered by various radio stations and was featured on TV channels (RTL and Air TV) and a long list of web portals.

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• More premieres and prestigious guests We hope that we will be able to show more very recent pro-ductions, some having their Benelux or even international premiere at our festival. We also hope that new partner-ships will allow us to invite more famous directors, actors and artists.

•MorecountriespresentedWe are planning to open the doors to productions and co-productions from countries which have not yet been repre-sented (namely Moldova and Albania).

•NewaudienceFor this new edition, we expect to attract new audiences by targeting primarily Luxembourg spectators, those of the Greater Region and young people through special screen-ings.

•SpecialformulasFollowing their success in 2012, we will be developing the following formulas: – short films marathons (documentary, fiction, animation) – mini-retrospectives of important directors or actors, – thematic evenings (2 or 3 films on the same theme)

•ThematiccycleandsectionsThe 2015 edition will present a thematic cycle entitled “Ur-ban Stories” addressing various issues related to life in the big cities of Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to the official competition and selections of new recent features,

documentaries and short films the programme will also feature the special sections “East Goes West” (collabora-tions between artists from the East and the West) and “Fun-nyEast” (best comedies).

• Young audienceThe 2015 edition will present a thematic cycle entitled “Ur-ban Stories” addressing various issues related to life in the big cities of Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to the official competition and selections of new recent features, documentaries and short films the programme will also feature the special sections “East Goes West” (collabora-tions between artists from the East and the West) and “Fun-nyEast” (best comedies).

•CinEastPro–aforumforfilmprofessionals

Following the success of the 3rd edition in 2014 (with over 20 participants from 10 countries) we are planning, in part-nership with ULPA and Film Fund Luxembourg, to organise the 4th co-production workshop, aiming at developing our festival as a meeting platform between professionals from Luxembourg and Central and Eastern European countries.

• Numerous special eventsThe programme of special events will be even richer than in 2014: – several concerts and a ciné-concert – major photography exhibition “Urban Stories” – several gastronomic events – many debates and thematic evenings

2014 EDITION HIGHLIGHTS

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