PRESALE

The presale for the 25th edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film from April 23rd to 29th, 2025, starts on April 3rd 2025. Further information will follow in March 2025.
Tickets can be purchased on the website by clicking on the individual films via the film search, or by calling up the menu item Cinema Archipelago.

Presale booking offices are:

Tourist Information Wiesbaden
Marktplatz 1, 65183 Wiesbaden
Tel.: 0611 / 172 99 30
(plus presale fees)

DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt
Tickets only for Frankfurt 

Capitol Kino, Mainz
Tickets only for Mainz 

programmkino rex, Darmstadt
Tickets only for Darmstadt 

Kinocenter Gießen, Gießen
Tickets only for Gießen 

ADDITIONALLY DURING THE FESTIVAL WEEK

Caligari FilmBühne, Wiesbaden
during the entire festival 

Murnau-Filmtheater, Wiesbaden
Tickets only for Murnau 

Apollo Kinocenter, Wiesbaden
Tickets only for Apollo 

Info-Counter — Festivalzentrum im Alten Gericht, Wiesbaden
during the entire festival 

ONLINE

Information on the 2025 online offer will be available from April 2025

Click here to go to the On Demand page.

 

Further Ticket Information

Reduced prices
Tickets for reduced prices are available upon showing a certificate from pupils, students, for the severely disabled, apprentices, welfare recipients, refugees and senior citizens.

stadtmobil Promotion
Customers of car sharing service by stadtmobil Rhein-Main are granted free admission upon presentation of their customer’s card at the box office, sold-out events are excluded.

Stadt Eschborn
Residents of the city of Eschborn receive a free ticket at the box office on presentation of their identity card or valid registration certificate. Does not apply to advance sales and sold-out screenings.

 

Venues in Wiesbaden 2025

Festival Center Heimathafen at Altes Gericht Wiesbaden
Gerichtsstraße 2
65185 Wiesbaden

Caligari FilmBühne
Marktplatz 9
65183 Wiesbaden

Murnau-Filmtheater
Murnaustraße 6
65189 Wiesbaden

Apollo-Kinocenter
Moritzstraße 6
65185 Wiesbaden

Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
Murnaustraße 1
65189 Wiesbaden

Other Venues

DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Schaumainkai 41
60596 Frankfurt am Main

Capitol Kino
Neubrunnenstraße 9
55116 Mainz

Programmkino rex
Wilhelminenstraße 9
64283 Darmstadt

Kinocenter Gießen
Bahnhofstraße 34
35390 Gießen

In 2021, goEast began to make the catalogues and Symposium essays from past festival editions available for free online. The CEEOL GmbH, the operator of the Central and Eastern European Online Library, based in Frankfurt, has been supporting the festival in these efforts.
CEEOL provides both institutional and individual access to periodicals, eBooks and grey literature in the area of the social sciences and humanities from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, making the data bank a trusted partner for years for academics, students and teachers specialising in Eastern European subject matter. The goEast catalogue texts from the festival years 2001-2022 have now been incorporated here and can be read in their entirety at www.ceeol.com.

You can browse through this year’s catalog here:

Where does the festival take place?

The main location of the festival is Wiesbaden. Here we are screening in three cinemas: the Caligari FilmBühne, the Apollo Kinocenter and the Murnau Filmtheater. In addition, the supporting events all take place in Wiesbaden.

How can I volunteer at goEast?

For the festival, we are looking for volunteers to support us during the festival in various tasks. More information can be found here.

Where can I follow the activities of the festival?

Subscribe to our goEast newsletter to stay up to date. Also, our activities can be followed on all social media networks under goeastff.

Where can I find the privacy policy?

Our privacy policy as well as information about handling sensitive (personal) data can be found here.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A GOEAST ACCREDITATION?

Filmmakers, representatives from the media, film, cinema and festival industries (Professional), press representatives (Press), and students of Slavic, Central and Eastern European Studies, Film and Media Studies, as well as Queer and Gender Studies (Student) can apply for an accreditation.  

Press representatives must upload their press card or credentials when requesting a press accreditation.  

Students must upload a confirmation of enrollment valid during the entire festival week.

WHICH ADVANTAGES DOES AN ACCREDITATION GIVE ME?

An accreditation allows you to attend any film screening in Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Mainz, Darmstadt and Giessen and many other events of our side program in Wiesbaden without additional costs. The only requirement is that the event is not sold out. Furthermore, only an accreditation offers access to the goEast online media library, where a selection of the film program can be accessed from home during the festival week. 

HOW CAN I OBTAIN AN ACCREDITATION BADGE?

Accreditations are currently not available. 

In Febrary/March 2026 the accreditation phase for our 26. Festival Edition will start.

As the request is made via your Eventival account, it is necessary to create one before submitting your request. 

Once you’ve got your Eventival account, log in and request your accreditation badge here. 

Alternatively, follow these instructions after your log-in: Starting on your dashboard, click on the pink ‘Request accreditation’ button.  

Subsequently, you will be redirected to the accreditation page. Now, select your desired type of accreditation and follow the instructions on the screen. Upon receiving your request, the goEast team will review it and provide you with a response of the non-/approval of your accreditation as quickly as possible. Please note that this is not an automated process and that our response may take a few days. 

THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS HANDLED BY THE EXTERNAL PROVIDER EVENTIVAL – WHAT ABOUT DATA PRIVACY?

Eventival is a well-known company that specialises in providing solutions for the events sector and has been active in the industry for many years. The platform is used by a large number of festivals and cultural events worldwide and has established a reputation as a trusted partner and reliable service provider for the accreditation and registration of festival participants. The security and protection of users’ personal data is at the centre of Eventival’s focus and the company is committed to complying with all applicable data protection regulations. However, if you have any questions regarding the handling of your data, please do not hesitate to contact the goEast team.

HOW MUCH DOES AN ACCREDITATION COST?

60 € PROFESSIONAL
25 € STUDENT 
35 € PRESS (or free of charge if you are covering the festival)

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To support the festival, you have the option to pay a higher amount voluntarily.

HOW CAN I PAY FOR MY ACCREDITATION BADGE?

You can pay for your accreditation badge via PayPal after your accreditation request has been approved. Alternatively, you can also pay cashless on-site when picking up your accreditation badge at our Info Counter. 

HOW DO I GET MY FESTIVAL BADGE?

During the festival week, please pick up your festival badge at the Info Counter or the Press Counter in the Festival Centre:

Altes Gericht
Gerichtsstraße 2
65185 Wiesbaden

Opening hours:

Thursday, April 24th to Monday, April 28th from 10 am to 6 pm

Tuesday, April 29th from 10 am to 2 pm

On the day of the opening (Wed, April 23rd), accreditations can be collected at Caligari FilmBühne (Marktplatz 9, 65183 Wiesbaden) if you register your collection by April 18th by e-mail to goEast-accreditation@dff.film.     

IS MY ACCREDITATION TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER PERSONS?

Unfortunately: no.

WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ACCREDITATION AND CAN NO LONGER ATTEND THE FESTIVAL? 

Please let us know by April 17th so that we can keep our administrative work load to a minimum. 

WHO CAN I CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCREDITATIONS?

The goEast team is available to answer your questions via email (goEast-accreditation@dff.film) or by phone (+49 611.236 843 21).

What are the ticket categories of goEast?

Single ticket                                          9 € / reduced 8 €
Day ticket                                              25 € / reduced 20 €
5films-ticket (non-transferable)      36 € / reduced 32 €
Festival ticket                                       70 € / reduced 55 €

What is the difference between an accreditation and a multiple-day festival ticket?

With an accreditation, all films and events can be attended at no additional cost as long as they are not sold out, with the exception of the specials. An accreditation provides access to the Online Media Library. Accreditations are granted to professionals from the film, festival and cultural industries, representatives of the press and students of Slavic languages/literarure, Central and Eastern European Studies, queer/gender studies as well as from the field of film and media. With a multiple-day festival ticket all screenings can be attended with no additional costs. The supporting program and the access to the Online Media Library are not included. Multiple day festival tickets are available for everyone.

When and where does the presale start?

Presales for film tickets and individual events will start on April 3rd 2025 online and at two presale booking offices in Wiesbaden – It is important to note, that in Frankfurt, Mainz Darmstadt and Gießen you can only buy tickets for the specific city. During the festival week, tickets can be purchased online, at all venues and at the festival center at Altes Gericht Wiesbaden. You can find more detailed information about the presale here.

Can I buy tickets at the cinema box office?

Yes, tickets – if still available – can also be purchased at the box office of the festival venues.

When will the program of this year’s edition be published?

The program for this year’s festival will be published on April 3rd on our website. On April 16th it will be officially introduced at our press conference.

Where can I find all the information about the program?

In addition to our website, where all films will be available starting April 3rd you can also find all necessary information in our program booklet. You can easily download the digital version of it from this website. Printed program brochures are also available at several locations with our partners in the city centers of Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, and Mainz.

Will there be other program points besides films?

Of course, and quite a lot! Whether it’s (academic) panel discussions as part of the symposium, or “The Impact of Missing Images in a Digital World,” or the “Meet the East” program with exciting film discussions with our international guests, or our talent program East-West Talent Lab – you’ll find all of that in our program. Additionally, we are looking back at the past 25 years of the festival with the exhibition 25×25 at the DFF (Frankfurt). The festival also includes two parties: On Friday at 10 PM, Ukrainian beats @Schlachthof, and on Saturday, also at 10 PM, the goEast Birthday Party with the fantastic 80+ DJane VIKA!

Which programme points are available online?

Accredited guests will automatically receive access to the online media library, where they can view more than half of our festival films during the festival week.

For everyone, there will be an opportunity to stream individual films on our online platform between May 1st and May 8th. For a fee of 7 euros, you can rent films. To do so, please use the following link.

What is the Online Media Library and how can I access it?

The Online Media Library is a service for accredited professionals, press and students. More information on that here. During the festival week, a selection of films will be offered here online. Access to the Online Media Library will be available via your Eventival account. Immediately before the festival week, detailed instructions on how to use the Online Media Library as well as the access data will be sent by e-mail. In 2025, around 60% of films will be available in the online media library.

Who has access to the Online Media Library and are there other possibilities to watch films online?

Only an accreditation for professionals, press or students allows access to the Online Media Library. If you are not entitled to an accreditation, you can rent single films between May 1st. and May 8th for 7€ per film here.

Is the Online Media Library only accessible within Germany?

The Online Media Library is accessible both in Germany and abroad. Individual rent of a film, on the other hand, is only possible within Germany.

What devices can I use to watch the films in the Online Media Library?

The following devices can be used for the Online Media Library: Smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC. Too small screens are not recommended for an optimal viewing experience.

Can I watch the same film more than once?

Within the Online Media Library, the viewing of the films is unlimited during the festival week. With the renting of a film, said film is available for watching for 24h.

Can I stream films in the Online Media Library at all times?

Yes, from 10:00 p.m. on April 23rd 2025 till 11:59 p.m. on May 7th 2025.

What is Cinema Archipelago?

The term “Cinema Archipelago” refers to the interdisciplinary framework program supported by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain. This year, it includes the RheinMain Short Film Competition with the theme “Revenge of the Babushka,” as well as a symposium on gender and aging in European cinema, the “Meet the East” program featuring exciting films and discussions, and a tribute to Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio. Additionally, in celebration of the 25th anniversary, there will be a photo exhibition, 25×25, at the DFF in Frankfurt, looking back at the 25 years of the festival.

To which program points of the Cinema Archipelago does an accreditation allow me access?

With an accreditation you will have access to all the program of Cinema Archipelago, as long as it’s not sold out.

Which program points of the supporting program Cinema Archipelago are fee required (also with accreditation)?

Single film ticket in the different sections    9 € / reduced 8 €

RheinMain short film price                             9 € / reduced 8 €

Symposium Lectures & Panels                        Admission free

Exhibitions                                                          Admission free

Yugoretten Panels                                              Admission free

Films from the Homage / Symposium:         9 € / reduced 8 €

Workshop Discussion: Admission free

Photo exhibition 25×25 at the DFF: Admission free

The symposium for 2025 is currently in planning. Information about it will be available here in April 2025. In the meantime, feel free to watch the discussions from the 2023 symposium online.

Can I get accreditated for the symposium?

Yes, with an accreditation you can attend all lectures and panels as well as film screenings, as long as they are not sold out. Accreditations are only granted to film industry professionals, members of the press and teachers as well as students of Slavic, Central and Eastern European Studies, Film and Media Studies, as well as Queer and Gender Studies.

How much do individual events of the symposium cost?

Admission for lectures and panels is free of charge. For the film screenings, admission costs 9 € / reduced 8 €. Tip: With a festival pass, you can gain affordable access to all film screenings – even beyond the symposium.