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CINÉAST 2016

CinÉast back for its ninth edition

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- Over 100 titles from Central and Eastern Europe are about to invade Luxembourg

CinÉast back for its ninth edition
11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimowski

CinÉast, Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival, is back to celebrate its ninth edition from 6-23 October. The programme, unveiled yesterday, offers over 100 titles (including 62 feature-lengths and more than 40 short films from 18 countries) for this edition, which will be opened by Danis Tanovic’s highly acclaimed film Death in Sarajevo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Danis Tanovic
film profile
]
 (read more).

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Eight films will be shown in the festival’s main competition, attempting to seduce the jury, which this year includes Mirjana Karanović (actress and film director, Serbia), Nico Simon (president of Europa Cinemas, Luxembourg), Pol Cruchten (film director, Luxembourg) and Dolya Gavanski (actress and film director, UK). A fifth jury member will be announced soon. The competition films are 11 Minutes [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Jerzy Skolimowski
film profile
]
 by Jerzy SkolimowskiDogs [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bogdan Mirica
film profile
]
 by Bogdan MiricăHristo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Grigor Lefterov
film profile
]
by Todor Matsanov and Grigor LefterovKills On Wheels [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 by Attila TillMellow Mud [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elina Vaska
interview: Renars Vimba
film profile
]
 by Renars VimbaOn the Other Side [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tihana Lazovic
interview: Zrinko Ogresta
film profile
]
 by Zrinko OgrestaQuit Staring at My Plate [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hana Jušić
film profile
]
 by Hana Jušić and Illegitimate [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Adrian Sitaru
film profile
]
 by Adrian Sitaru.

Other highlights include Godless [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ralitza Petrova
film profile
]
 by Ralitza PetrovaScarred Hearts [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Radu Jude
film profile
]
 by Radu Jude and It's Not the Time of My Life [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Szabolcs Hajdu
film profile
]
 by Szabolcs Hajdu, plus two DJ events, a large photography exhibition (entitled Away from Home), three debates, screenings for children and a mini-retrospective of Andrzej Wajda’s work.

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