Luxembourg at CinEast, Focus on Poland and the special Ukrainian programme

• Luxembourg at CinEast – 5 films co-produced by Luxembourg presented as Luxembourg avant-premières with guests
  (including Dracula by Radu Jude, Winter of the Crow by Kasia Adamik, Thelma’s Perfect Birthday by R. Kalnaellis)
• Focus on Poland – 14 feature films, 3 shorts, 2 concerts, a debate on integration, and 10 guests
  The largest Focus ever organised by the festival
• Special Ukrainian Programme – 5 documentaries, a cine-concert, and a charity project
  Debate on 11/10 with the participation of Yuriko Backes and Alisa Kovalenko

Luxembourg at CinEast: The 18th edition hosts the avant-premieres of five Luxembourgish co-productions (film stills, info): Dracula by Radu Jude (RO/AT/LU), co-produced by Paul Thiltges Distributions and Samsa Film; Winter of the Crow by Kasia Adamik (PL/LU/US), co-produced by Iris Productions; and the avant-premiere of the French and Latvian versions of Thelma’s Perfect Birthday by Reinis Kalnaellis (LV/LU), co-produced by Paul Thiltges Distributions. The programme also includes Sujip by Gintarė Parulytė (LT/LU/NO), a short fiction film co-produced by Red Lion, and Whispering Forest by Katarzyna Kot (LU/FR), produced by Iris Productions. Luxembourg is also represented on the CinEast juries: producer Adrien Chef and actress Sascha Ley join the International jury, while journalist Valentin Maniglia serves on the Press jury. The Young Talents jury includes four film and audiovisual students from the Lycée des Arts et Métiers. In addition, Lithuanian-Luxembourgish filmmaker and actress Gintarė Parulytė will lead a masterclass on the art of screenwriting.

Focus on Poland: CinEast 2025 puts the spotlight on Poland with 14 feature films and a dozen short films, two programmes for children, a Polish evening, two concerts, a posters exhibition, and encounters with several special guests. Three films are presented in their international premiere - the Opening film Chopin : A Sonata in Paris by Michał Kwieciński, The Altar Boys by Piotr Domalewski and the documentary Abakamania by Róża Fabjanowska et Sławek Malcharek presented in collaboration with Mudam. The programme also includes Winter of the Crow by Kasia Adamik – a Luxembourgish co-production with the director attending, documentaries The Last Expedition by Eliza Kubarska and  Letters from Wolf Street by Arjun Talwar followed by debates, a masterclass/extended Q&A with Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert after their film All Inclusive, as well as the family film Lampo, the Traveling Dog by Magdalena Nieć, comedy In-Laws 3 by Kuba Michalczuk, a special programme The Best of Polish Shorts curated by the Krakow Film Foundation and a tribute to Wojciech Jerzy Has with the film The Hourglass Sanatorium. For lovers of music, the festival team has prepared the concerts of Pawlik & Pawlik Duo ft. Jeff Herr (Neimënster 17/10) and Bubliczki (Closing concert, Rotondes, 24/10). Numerous Polish guests will meet the festival audiences, including Małgorzata Szumowska, Kasia Adamik, Eliza Kubarska, Katarzyna Kot, Róża Fabjanowska, Sławek Malcharek, Michał Englert as well as producers Mariusz Włodarski, Stanisław Zaborowski et Katarzyna Ozga.

Special Ukrainian Programme: CinEast continues its commitment to Ukrainian filmmakers and artists, offering visibility to their work and raising awareness of the current situation in Ukraine. The programme includes the intimate documentary My Dear Théo by Alisa Kovalenko, presented as part of the “Around Ukraine” cine-debate alongside Yuriko Backes, Luxembourg’s Minister of Defence (moderated by journalist Philippe Shockweiler). Other highlights include the award-winning film 2000 Meters to Andriivka by Academy Award winner Mstyslav Chernov, Militantropos by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi, Sanatorium by Irish director Gar O’Rourke (Ireland’s Oscar submission), and also the film Mr. Nobody Against Putin by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin that will offer valuable insight into the ‘other side’ of the ongoing war. The programme also includes a special jazz ciné-concert by Ukrainian musicians Misha Kalinin & Roksana Smirnova with the silent film In Spring (1929) by Mikhail Kaufman, a poetic visual ode to the city of Kyiv [Neimënster 12/10]. CinEast also continues its CinEast4Ukraine charity project, aimed at helping those in need in the country, with the goal of financing at least one emergency vehicle to be delivered to Ukraine at the end of the year.

You will find more details on the festival programme on www.cineast.lu and in our presentation in French and English.
The press site with all the details as well as photos and visual elements: https://www.cineast.lu/presse/2025/
The complete “press kit” in French:  link
Programme in PDF, poster, logo, film stills, films presskits, films posters, visuals for music events

Accreditations: link

CinEast 2025 is organised by CinEast asbl in collaboration with Cinémathèque, Neimënster, the Kinepolis group, Cinextdoor network, Ancien Cinéma and others. Main partners and sponsors: Luxembourg Ministry of Culture, City of Luxembourg, Film Fund Luxembourg, PwC Foundation Luxembourg and Kulczyk Investments. Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Polish Film Institute.

Website: www.cineast.lu / Contact: festival@cineast.lu