CinEast 2024 Programme Unveiled

The seventeenth edition of CinEast, the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, is set to take place from Thursday 3 to Sunday 20 October 2024.

The festival unveiled its full programme at a press conference on Thursday 19 September 2024.

This edition will feature over 120 screenings of more than 65 feature and 45 short films from 20 Central and Eastern European countries, as well as encounters with about 30 guests, four film debates, five concerts, a photography exhibition ("United We Stand" at neimënster), a posters exhibition, and a Focus on Croatia. Some of the films will also be available online via the VOD platform "CinEast Online Cinema".

The feature film Scarborn by Polish director Paweł Maślona has been selected as the Opening Film for the 2024 edition. The film will be screened in its original version with English subtitles at the festival's opening ceremony on Thursday 3 October at 19:00 at Kinepolis Kirchberg.

The seven films in competition are: 78 Days by Emilija Gašić, Holy Week by Andrei Cohn, Lesson Learned by Bálint Szimler, Minghun by Jan P. Matuszynski, Mr. And Mrs. Stodola by Petr Hátle, Toxic by Saulė Bliuvaitė, and Windless by Pavel G. Vesnakov.

The members of the jury that will award the Grand Prix and the Special Jury Prize are Luxembourg director Jacques Molitor, Estonian director Anna Hints, Hungarian director Szilárd Bernáth and Luxembourg actress Hana Sofia Lopes. The name of the jury president is yet to be announced.

The Press Jury, which will award the Critics' Prize, is made up of journalists Jeff Schinker, Sevara Pan and Mike Winter.

The Young Talents Jury will be made up of students of the BTS Cinéma et audiovisuel of the Lycée des Arts et Métiers in Luxembourg: Adriano Asola, Nadine Van Breda, Tun Wampach and Antoine Raffaelli. This jury will designate the winner of the Young Talents Prize to one of the directors of a first or second feature film belonging to the following selection: Árni by Dorka Vermes, It's Not My Film by Maria Zbąska, Our Lovely Pig Slaughter by Adam Martinec, Panopticon by George Sikharulidze and Where Elephants Go by Catalin Rotaru and Gabi Sarga.

Apart from special events, ticket prices remain unchanged: €9 for in-cinema screenings and €6.50 for online screenings. Under-25s and over-65s benefit from a discount price (€6.50 for in-cinema screenings). A festival pass (€40 for ten screenings of one's choice - in cinemas or online) is also available.

More details on the festival programme are available on www.cineast.lu.