FESTIVAL OF CENTRAL- AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILM - ISSUE 16/2019
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EIN PROJEKT DES
20. FESTIVAL OF CENTRAL-
AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILM
ISSUE 16/2019 05.05.–11.05.2020 WIESBADEN
GOEAST 2019 IN NUMBERS Dear reader,
we wish you a lot of pleasure with this retrospective on 19 years of
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20th anniversary.
Films Countries
goEast is always looking for reliable partners and is happy to
welcome new supporters. The festival offers various possibilities
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exclusive presentation of an event will enable you to reach a diverse
audience. Our audience lives primarily in the entire Rhine-Main area,
Admissions
the largest viewer group is between 18 and 50 years old.
460 200 In addition, advertising opportunities are available at the DFF in
Frankfurt.
Professionals Invited filmmakers
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„The festival [...] has brought together
an amazing programme and managed
to widen the festival’s scope by including
pitching sessions for short film projects,
and by introducing a VR section for
projects from Eastern Europe – and
finding sponsors for awarding those
works with the RheinMain Short and
the Open Frame awards respectively.
The city of Wiesbaden and a stunning
team of tireless temps and volunteers
makes this a very “homely” event [...].”
„There is probably no other film festival
Birgit Beumers – FIPRESCI-Jury (2019) in Wiesbaden which celebrates as
intensely and excessively as goEast“
Sensor Wiesbaden (2018)
„goEast continues its political
ambitions with such controversial „For decades, the Berlinale claimed
subjects. the task to lead the cultural debate
goEast strengthens its place in between the East and the West.
the festival circuit: Since the capital‘s festival put
It is no longer just a showcase for World Cinema in its focus, goEast in
Central and Eastern Euopean film art, Wiesbaden stepped in the breach to
but also a platform act as intermediary between
for current controversial debates“ the East and the West.“
Deutschlandfunk (2015) Deutsche Welle (2016)
goEast sees itself as a builder of bridges on many levels.
Award ceremony at Caligari FilmBühne
Hand-picked programmes connect the various topics:
from current cinematic positions to historical rarities,
from experimental to art-house and mainstream, all
made in Central and Eastern Europe. The festival sees
its work always within the context of refined debates
on film aesthetics, socio-political and film-theoretical
topics. goEast has the function of a dialogue forum
between East and West, but also as a protagonist and
disseminator for creative interaction, all of which can
be seen in panels and workshops, lectures and film
Festival founder Claudia Dillmann with guests of honor in 2014 discussions and in the cooperation with other cultural
and societal institutions. Particularly the up-and-co-
As we are currently preparing the festival‘s 20th anni-
ming generation within the industry shall profit from
versary, it is time to look back on the past: Every year,
goEast. Numerous possibilities for networking, exch-
goEast transforms state capital Wiesbaden into one of
ange and training are offered within the scope of the
the most important international centres for Central
EAST-WEST TALENT LAB and other programms for
and Eastern European cinema. Around 100 feature
young talents.
films, documentaries and short films are screened to
appeal to both professional visitors and local cinema
audiences alike. As a project of DFF – Deutsches Filmin-
stitut & Filmmuseum, goEast has dedicated itself to the
FILMS, TALKS,
task of bringing the diversity and richness of Central
goEast welcomes around 400 professional visitors
and Eastern European cinema into “the heart of the
and around 12,000 cinema visitors annually. We
West” and reinforcing these films’ place in public cons-
have already received many renowned guests at
PARTIES,
ciousness. In spite of critical success at international
the Festival, including directors and stars such as
festivals, Central and Eastern European films are still
Agnieszka Holland, Boris Khlebnikov, Ildikó Enyedi,
under-represented in regular cinemas.
CONCERTS,
Bence Fliegauf, Martina Gedeck, Julia Jentsch, Otar
Iosseliani, Sergei Loznitsa, Jiří Menzel, Kira Muratova,
Former Minister of State
Bernd Neumann, Cristi Puiu, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Stuhr, István Szabó,
patron of goEast, at the
LECTURES:
opening in 2017 Béla Tarr, Maria Schrader, Bohdan Sláma, Małgorzata
Szumowska, Krzysztof Zanussi and many more.
The goEast film festival, launched in 2001 after a
two-and-a-half year preparatory phase, was founded
by Claudia Dillmann, the Director of the German Film
Institute – DIF. She wrote in her foreword to the first
THIS IS GOEAST
festival catalogue “The time has come to open ourselves
to the thoughts, images, myths and stories of our
Škoda shuttle in Wiesbaden
Eastern neighbours. To their culture. To their films”.
Likewise involved in developing the original festival In autumn 2017 Heleen Gerritsen took over the post of Since 2016 the patron of the festival is Bernd Neumann.
Children at Schools goEast
concept was Swetlana Sikora, who has remained the Festival Director. After Claudia Dillmann, Christine The City of Wiesbaden and the State of Hessen have
festival’s Artist Director until 2010. Kopf, Nadja Rademacher and Gaby Babic she is the fifth remained the principal festival sponsors, while a range
front woman of goEast. of further competent partners such as the Kulturfonds
From the outset, the state capital Wiesbaden and Frankfurt RheinMain, the BHF-BANK Foundation,
the Hessian state government showed considerable ŠKODA AUTO Deutschland and the broadcaster 3Sat
Actress Maria Schrader at goEast
interest in goEast, and underscored this engagement contribute to the festivals success.
with substantial support. And it was in Wiesbaden,
a city maintaining rich historical ties with Eastern
Europe, that the festival found its home in the Caligari Gennady Kofman and Peter Kerekes
with Jury President Ildikó Enyedi
FilmBühne, one of Germany’s finest cinemas. Hilmar
Hoffmann accepted the patronage of the festival, which
very quickly established its profile within the festival
landscape.
Homage guest Otar Iosseliani
and former artistic director
The goEast trophies of goEast Swetlana Sikora Joachim Król in talk with Rudolf Worschech at Caligari FilmBühne
„goEast wanders the right path. „goEast in Wiesbaden shows important
It is still paved of the past. However, films, especially in regard of the
it‘s making its way towards the future. European Election“
To highlight this future was a main
topic of this edition. Rhein Zeitung (2019)
This gives hope that in the times
to come there will be no need for such
a festival. But this is mere speculation.
For the time being goEast will
be irreplacable. “
Wiesbadener Kurier (2016)
„(...) probably one of the funniest
award ceremonies at the Caligari
FilmBühne so far“
Wiesbadener Kurier (2019)
„Such an amount of outstanding
film art, as well in feature film as in
documentaries, has never been seen at
this important platform“
Deutschlandfunk (2018)
„It shows that the festival always
„The 18th goEast in Wiesbaden was keeps in touch with the latest trends of
dominated by great film art“ Eastern European cinema and bravely
focuses on young artists – more than
Ray Magazin (2018)
half of the competition consisted of
debut works.“
Kultura (2019)
„Eastern Europe is multifaceted:
Under the direction of Heleen Gerritsen
the 19th goEast offered once more
„When the Polish director
a broad spectrum of Central
Agnieszka Holland and the
and Eastern European cinema:
99 year-old founder of CCC Artur
from the realism of female self-discovery
Brauner, far from thinking
(MOMENTS by Beata Parkanová,
of retirement, were at the podium
Czech Republic) to genres like
table, goEast shone with so
Science-Fiction (HIS MASTER‘S VOICE
much glamour “
by Györgi Pälfi, Hungary) or
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2017) thriller (MOON HOTEL KABUL by Anca
Damian, Romania) “
Filmecho / Filmwoche (2019)
GOLDEN LILY FOR BEST FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITIC’S AWARD GOEAST DEVELOPMENT AWARD
ACID (KISLOTA)
(FIPRESCI-PRIZE) LANDING
Russia 2018 THE GENTLE INDIFFERENCE OF THE WORLD Moldova
Director: Alexander Gorchilin (LAZKOVOE BEZRAZLICHIE MIRA) Director: Ksenia Ciuvaseva
Kazakhstan/France 2018
Director: Adilkan Yerzhanov
AWARD OF THE CITY OF WIESBADEN RENOVABIS RESEARCH GRANT
FOR BEST DIRECTOR STRIP AND WAR
THE MOTHER’S CRUSADE
Belarus/Poland 2019
THE GENTLE INDIFFERENCE OF THE WORLD Belarus
Director: Andrei Kutsila
(LAZKOVOE BEZRAZLICHIE MIRA) Director: Alexander Mihalkovich
Kazakhstan/France 2018
Director: Adilkan Yerzhanov
OPEN FRAME AWARD RHEINMAIN SHORT FILM AWARD
AFTERMATH VR: EUROMAIDAN
I CAN BARELY REMEMBER THE DAY
AWARD OF THE FEDERAL FOREIGN OFFICE Ukraine 2018
(MALO SE SJEĆAM TOG DANA)
FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY Director: Alexey Furman and Sergiy Polezhaka
Croatia 2018
HOME GAMES (DOMASHNI IGRI) Director: Leon Lučev
Special Mention
Ukraine/France/Poland 2018
Director: Alisa Kovalenko TRAIL OF ANGELS
Lithuania/Belarus 2018
2019: ALL FESTIVAL
Special Mention Director: Kristina Buožytė
COLD NOVEMBER (NËNTOR I FTOHTË)
WINNERS IN A ROW
Kosovo/Albania/North Macedonia 2018
Director: Ismet Sijarina
In 2019, Central and Eastern European cinema was at goEast at the RheinMain Short Film Award (endowed program with films from 1935-2017 and was accompa- Equally popular was the homage that was dedicated to
extensively represented at almost all major festivals and with 2,500 euros). For the first time in festival history, nied by in-depth lectures and panel discussions. For our first jury chairman back in 2001: Krzysztof Zanussi.
the films were able to win prizes at both Cannes and the the politically subversive potential of music videos was example by the lecture of Radmila Mladenova, who In an elaborate retrospective goEast honored his work,
Berlinale, those films were rather rare this year. Is that put up for discussion in a well-curated program consis- explored the question of how ever to deal with „gypsy“ which extended from his graduation film ŚMIERĆ
representative? Probably not, as goEast proves: The East ting of twelve fine examples. In addition, internationally films. PROWINCJAŁA (Poland 1965) at the film school in Łódź
European film is alive! It is multi-faceted, often deter- renowned documentary filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa to the German premiere of his latest film ETER (ETHER,
mined politically and aesthetically daring. Luckily, there held a sold-out masterclass at the festival center. GoEast Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Lithuania, Italy 2018). The
is goEast which sharpens the view of these cinematic 2019 was thus more diverse than ever, which was also director gave deep insights into his work, in a detailed
landscapes, reflects the social situations in the coun- appreciated by the increased number of around 12,000 workshop discussion with festival director Heleen. In
tries and interferes in current and historical debates. visitors. addition to his jury chairmanship in 2001, and his visit
Thus, the program gathered current productions that as a discussant at the symposium on the „Nouvelle Vague
deal critically with Viktor Orbán and his right-wing Polonaise“ in 2014, Krzysztof Zanussi has now been a
populist party Fidesz or subtly approach the conflict guest at goEast for the third time, demonstrating his
at Kosovo during the war in Yugoslavia. It remains deep attachment to the festival. We congratulate him on
the task of goEast to build bridges, to convey culture, his 80th birthday on 17 June this year.
to initiate discussions and to organize a festival week,
which stimulates aesthetics and content, shakes up and
sometimes just enchants. For the first time, the Pan-Eu-
ropean Picnic was organized at Wiesbaden‘s Schlossplatz
in order to increasingly integrate goEast into the Wies-
baden cityscape. The picnic is based on its historical
predecessor in Sopron, on August 19, 1989. In addition to Secretary of the State Ayse Asar, for Science and Arts,
the actual picnic, the short film also made its entrance at the opening ceremony Actress Arina Shevtsova posing with the Golden Lily for ACID
The numerous visitors were not only interested in the
current productions in Bioskop or the main competi-
tion, however, in which numerous debut films were
WHERE IS THE
also represented this year, like the winning film ACID
(KISLOTA, Russia 2018) by Alexander Gorchili. Chaired
by the North Macedonian director Teona Strugar
Mitevska, the jury awarded the prizes to the winning
EASTERN EUROPEAN
films. But also the festival‘s extensive supporting
program and subsections were in the audience’s favor.
Above all, this year‘s symposium „Constructions of the
Other - Roma and the Cinema of Central and Eastern
CINEMA IN 2019?
Europe“ was very well received by the public. The soci-
ally and politically highly topical symposium presented
a cross-section of the presentation of the Roma in Central
Visitor of the virtual-reality exhibition
and Eastern European cinema with a wide-ranging film
Already in its second year, the Open Frame Award was film ALLEMAGNE ANNÉE 90 NEUF ZÉRO (GERMANY It gets clear, then, that the East European film is alive!
Ellen Harrington, director of DFF, at the
dedicated to virtual reality projects and 360° projects opening ceremony at Caligari FilmBühne YEAR 90 NINE ZERO, France, Germany 1991) or Lucian Regardless, if current or past long and short films, docu-
competing for a prize of 5,000 euros. The audience had Pintilie‘s wonderfully funny political satire BALANŢA mentaries or feature films, historical masterpieces or
the opportunity to immerse themselves in the virtual (THE OAK, Romania, France 1992). This section was fresh debuts, virtual reality projects or junior projects in
worlds both in the Museum Wiesbaden and in the accompanied by the panel discussion „What Went Wrong the making. There is a need for diversity, worth preser-
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frank- in the nineties?“ The series also showed that an in-depth ving and promoting. This is our task.
furt. The young talent program East-West Talent Lab for discussion of this cinema is required. As a cooperation
young filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe was with the Filmfestival Cottbus, the section will be conti- See you for the 20th anniversary 2020!
also continued. With those programs, goEast underlines nued this autumn.
the importance of the artistic work in the audiovisual
sector in Eastern Europe which does not limit itself on Film historian Nikolai Izvolov in talk with
what can be seen on screen. But it expands the borders film scholar Oksana Bulgakowa
and cares for the next generation, in order to keep the Another highlight of this year‘s festival was the German
Central and Eastern European film alive. premiere of the first long documentary in film history
of GODOVSHCHINA REVOLYUTSII (ANNIVERSARY OF
THE REVOLUTION, USSR 1918) by Dziga Vertov, which
was restored by the Russian film historian Nikolai
Izvolov. He attended the screening and gave information
in his work in a conversation with film scholar Oksana
Bulgakova. With the thematic series „Everything stays
different? The wild nineties“ a number of film gems
Krzysztof Zanussi in talk with Heleen Gerritsen,
were made visible, which deal with the immediate head of festival, at Museum Wiesbaden
aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For example, the
visitors were given the chance to see Jean-Luc Godard‘s Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa during his masterclass at the festival centre
The participants of the junior program EWTL Trabants at the Schlossplatz Wiesbaden during the Paneuropean PicnicGOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA
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SUNSET
MFA
13.06.2019
ACID
Salzgeber & Company Medien
08.08.2019 Winner of the Golden Lily:
ACID by Alexander Gorchilin
MOMENTS
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29.05.2019 CINEMA AND ON TVgoEast – Publisher
Festival of Central and Eastern European Film Ellen M. Harrington
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum e.V.
Schaumainkai 41 Head of Festival, Artistic Director
60596 Frankfurt am Main Heleen Gerritsen
goEast-Festival Office Editorial Managers
Friedrichstrasse 32 Heleen Gerritsen, Jan Peschel
65185 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49 (0)611 / 23 68 43 - 10 Content
Fax: +49 (0)611 / 23 68 43 - 49 Heleen Gerritsen, Jan Peschel, Dominik Streib
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