Final week and Awards Ceremony of the 18th CinEast
Festival
The festival is entering its final week and will come to a close this weekend with the Awards Ceremony on Saturday 25 October at 7pm at Kinepolis Kirchberg followed by the screening of the festival’s Closing film Mother by Teona Strugar Mitevska - an unusual look at the life of Mother Theresa, with Noomi Rapace in the main role (visuals). During the ceremony the various juries will announce the winners of the festival awards.
Here's a look at some of the highlights of the last week:
Selected special screenings:
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Dracula (RO, AT, LU) (21/10, Kinepolis Kirchberg) – Luxembourg premiere in the presence of the producer Paul Thiltges and other guests
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Winter of the Crow (PL, LU, UK) (22/10, Kinepolis Kirchberg) – Luxembourg premiere in the presence of the director Kasia Adamik, actress Sascha Ley and other guests from the Luxembourgish co-production team
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Under the Grey Sky (PL) (24/10, Ciné Utopia) – screening followed by a Q&A with director Mara Tamkovich
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Perla (AT, SK) (24/10, Ciné Utopia) - screening followed by a Q&A with director Alexandra Makarová
Concert:
Special events:
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Slovenian Evening (22/10, Neimënster), following a screening of Whites Wash at Ninety with author Bronja Žakelj present for a Q&A.
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Ciné-debate on AI (23/10, Neimënster), following a screening of Dismissed (RO), with director Horia Cucuta present and AI experts from Luxembourg University
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Encounter with Małgorzata Szumowska (24/10, Kinepolis Kirchberg), a special screening of the comedy All Inclusive followed by a masterclass/extended Q&A with the acclaimed Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska
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Tribute to Danis Tanović (26/10, Kinepolis Kirchberg) - an evening with the famous Bosnian director Danis Tanović, Oscar winner and President of the Jury of CinEast 2025, featuring a screening of his recent comedy Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair followed by an extended Q&A about his career and artistic choices
The 18th edition of the festival will offer Luxembourg audiences over 120 cinema screenings of a selection of 65 feature films and 50 short films from 20 Central and Eastern European countries. The festival programme will also include meetings with around thirty guests, 5 film debates, 5 concerts (including a cine-concert), a major photography exhibition Disruptions at Neimënster (until 25/10), an exhibition of Polish filml posters at the Ancien Cinéma Vianden, screenings for young audiences, and a Focus on Poland. It should be noted that a significant number of films is also available online via our CinEast Online Cinema, a dedicated VOD platform (https://cineast.eventive.org/welcome) until 10 November.
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/
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.
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