Press releases

PRESS RELEASEgoEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film presents the last winner of its 20th edition // ZANA receives the Audience Award

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt (Germany), 22 November 2020 The competition section of goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, consisting of 16 was supposed to take place from May 5-10 2020, was … more

PRESS RELEASEgoEast Goes On: Central and Eastern European Cinema Returns to the Theatre // On site, in person and on the big screen: goEast 2020 presents postponed festival sections at DFF cinema in Frankfurt // “Film Heritage in Transition” Symposium sheds light on a turbulent era with gripping imagery from 24 to 27 July 2020 // goEast PORTRAIT of Radu Jude brings the Romanian director’s oeuvre to the cinema screen

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt (Germany), 17 July 2020 goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is returning to the place where it belongs: the cinema! Movie theatres across the country were … more

PRESS RELEASEPresenting the Award Winners for the 20th Anniversary Edition of goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film // ROUNDS wins Golden Lily for Best Film and International Film Critic’s Award from FIPRESCI (for Fiction Feature) // Best Director Goes to NOVA LITUANIA

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, 11 May 2020 ROUNDS (Bulgaria/Serbia/France, 2019, directed by Stephan Komandarev) is the winner of the main prize of the 20th edition of goEast – Festival of Central and … more

PRESS RELEASEInfinite Realities – The Open Frame Award at goEast

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, 30 April 2020 Being a forum for virtual experiences, in its third edition at goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film the Open Frame Award continues to experiment … more

PRESS RELEASEgoEast 2020 Press Conference // From festival anniversary to festival crisis: goEast overcomes all obstacles to bring Central and Eastern European film art to cinema screens and film lovers’ digital devices

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, 29 April 2020 107 films from 40 countries, including a total of 21 German premieres, were all ready to go for the jubilee anniversary of goEast – Festival of Central and … more

PRESS RELEASEFilms on Demand & Prize Money for All // goEast onDemand: The Online Programme of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film from 5th to 11th May 2020 // Open Frame Award: Wiesbaden’s Caligari FilmBühne Gets Virtual Reality Treatment // Solidarity with Filmmakers – One Cash Prize for All // Online Workshops and Seminars in the East-West Talent Lab // blogEast: Giving Cultural Producers a Voice in Times of Crisis

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt (Germany), 21st April 2020 goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is making selected works from its programme available on-demand on the festival website from … more

PRESS RELEASEgoEast Goes Hybrid // Cancellation Is Out of the Question! goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film Will Take Place from May 5th to 11th 2020: with Select Programme Highlights Online and On-Demand // Symposium and Competition Films in Cinemas Later This Year, Because: Film Art Belongs on the Big Screen! // Accreditation and Press Conference

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, 7 April 2020 It is currently expected that travel restrictions and prohibitions on events will continue to be in effect into the scheduled festival period – however, for the … more

PRESS RELEASEgoEast Doing Everything To Ensure Festival Can Take Place As Planned (from 5 to 11 May, 2020) in Spite of Covid-19 – Online or Offline // Neo-Noir Thriller THE SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovský Selected to Open goEast // From the Collective to the Individual – The Documentary Films of the Competition // Marking 75 Years Since Liberation: THE PAINTED BIRD and Master Class with Václav Marhoul + PERSIAN LESSONS at the Matinee

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt (Germany), 23 March, 2020 goEast is continuing to plan for the case that travel restrictions and prohibitions on assembly in Europe will be relaxed again in May and the festival … more

PRESS RELEASEgoEast – Cinematic Experiences Beyond Theatre Walls: Short Films for Evening Strollers // Talents Take Flight // Accreditation and Press Conference

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, 2 March 2020 International meets local: with the generous support of Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, the "Pan-European Picnic" programme of goEast – Festival of Central and … more

PRESS RELEASEPresenting the 20th Edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (May 5-11, 2020) goEast PORTRAIT features the Innovative Romanian Cinema of Radu Jude // “Film Heritage in Transition” in Focus at goEast SYMPOSIUM

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, Germany, February 5 2020: For the 20th anniversary edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (running from May 5 to 11, 2020) the festival team is … more