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Pour la huitième année, CinEast, le Festival du
film d’Europe centrale et orientale au Luxembourg, vous emmène au cœur de la cinématographie récente des pays de l’ancien bloc communiste.
La diversité est une fois de plus au centre de
la programmation de cette nouvelle édition :
diversité des origines et des genres avec des
fictions, des documentaires et des animations
provenant de 18 pays, diversité des lieux de
projections et des manifestations, diversité du
public (que nous espérons de tous les âges,
toutes les origines et toutes les cultures), mais
également variété de la programmation, qui
souvent déborde du cadre de la simple projection de films, avec des débats, des expositions,
des (ciné-)concerts et même de la gastronomie.
A travers la cinématographie et les autres
manifestations il nous tient à cœur de rapprocher le public luxembourgeois de cette partie
de l’Europe souvent méconnue – montrer des
œuvres qui dans leur grande majorité n’auraient
que peu de chance d’être projetées, mais aussi
et avant tout, que des personnes d’origines et
d’horizons différents se rencontrent, débattent
et viennent à la rencontre des cinéastes et d’artistes de talent.
Plusieurs films récents font partie du cycle thématique « Histoires urbaines ». Il s’intéresse
aux villes de l’Est (et parfois de l’Ouest) comme
espace vécu, croisée des chemins et catalyseur
des évolutions sociales. Ce thème fera également l’objet d’une grande exposition de photographie à Neimënster et d’un débat consacré à
l’urbanisme.
Avec le drame des refugiés qui secoue – et parfois divise – l’Europe ces derniers mois – les pays
de l’Est et en particulier les Balkans ont été très
souvent sur le devant de la scène médiatique.
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Nous avons choisi d’approfondir cette problématique de l’immigration à travers plusieurs documentaires et fictions ainsi qu’un débat avec
des spécialistes du sujet.
De nombreux évènements spéciaux viendront
compléter les projections, avec des concerts et
des soirées musicales au Melusina, à Neimënster, à Sang&Klang et aux Rotondes ainsi qu’un
ciné-concert à la Cinémathèque : des sonorités
jazz, klezmer, tziganes, folk, rock ou électro seront à découvrir, souvent couplés à des projections et à de la gastronomie.
Plus que jamais, nous voudrions que notre
festival soit une plateforme de découverte et
de réflexion, mais également de rencontre,
d’échanges et de convivialité.
Nous tenons à remercier toutes les personnes et
les organisations qui, par leur confiance et leur
soutien renouvelés, ont rendu cette édition possible et surtout vous, les festivaliers – c’est une
source de grande satisfaction et de motivation
de vous voir revenir aussi nombreux tous les
ans.
Nous vous souhaitons à tous d’enrichissants et
agréables moments au cours de cette 8ème édition et nous sommes impatients de vous retrouver dans les cinémas et ailleurs !
L’ÉQUIPE
de CINEAST
For the eighth time, CinEast, the Central and
Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg,
will take you on a journey into the realms of the
most recent cinema from the countries of the
former Communist bloc.
Diversity is once again at the heart of the programme of this new edition: there is diversity
in origin and genre with fiction, documentary
and animated films from 18 countries, diversity in venues, diversity in the audiences that
we hope to welcome (all ages, from all backgrounds and all cultures), but there is also variety in the programming, which often extends
beyond mere film screenings, with debates,
exhibitions, concerts and even gastronomy.
Through film screenings and accompanying
events, we hope to make the people of Luxembourg more familiar with this often overlooked
part of Europe. We will showcase films that, in
their vast majority, would otherwise have had
little chance of being screened in this country.
Furthermore, and above all, we want to enable
people of different backgrounds and origins to
come together, exchange ideas and have the
chance to meet talented filmmakers and artists.
A number of films belong to the thematic cycle
‘Urban Stories’, which takes a closer look at Eastern European cities (as well as, to a lesser extent,
those in the West) as a living space, a crossroads
and a catalyst for social change. This cycle is also
reflected in an extensive photography exhibition at Neimënster, as well as in a debate dedicated to urbanism.
With the refugee drama that has been shaking - and sometimes dividing - Europe in recent
months, Eastern European countries, especially
the Balkans, have been in the media spotlight.
We have decided to contribute to the immigration debate through several documentaries and
fiction films and a debate with specialists on the
subject.
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Many special events will complement the
screenings, including concerts and musical evenings at Melusina, Neimënster, Sang & Klang
and Rotondes and a live soundtrack performed
at the Cinémathèque. Jazz, klezmer, gypsy, folk,
rock as well as electronic sounds will be on
the menu, often linked to screenings and food
events.
More than ever before, we are striving to
make our festival a platform for discovery and
reflection, as well as a place for coming together and exchanging ideas and opinions.
We would like to thank all the people and organisations, who - through their renewed trust and
support - have made this edition of the festival
possible, and especially you, the festival-goers.
It is a source of great satisfaction and motivation
for us to see you returning in such large numbers every year.
We wish all of you many rewarding and enjoyable times during this 8th edition and we look
forward to seeing you in the cinemas and elsewhere.
The CINEAST
TEAM
C
FILMS IN
COMPETITION
S
CINE
SECTIONS
Babai
by Visar Morina
(Kosovo-Germany-FYROM- France 2015)
Body / Ciało
by Małgorzata Szumowska
(Poland 2015)
Son Of Saul / Saul Fia
by László Nemes
(Hungary 2015)
The Cleaner / Čistič
by Peter Bebjak
(Slovakia 2015)
OFFICIAL
COMPETITION
Family Film / Rodinný Film
by Olmo Omerzu
(Czech Republik-Germany-France-Slovenia-Slovakia 2015)
In The Crosswind / Risttuules
by Martti Helde
(Estonia 2014)
Self-Portrait Of A Dutiful Daughter/
Autoportretul Unei Fete Cuminti
by Ana Lungu
(Romania 2015)
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The films on the programme are divided into seven sections:
The official competition line-up of
the 8th edition of CinEast comprises
seven films. They will compete for
the Grand Prix and the Special Jury
Prize awarded by the international
jury, as well as, for the very first time,
the Critics’ Prize awarded by a separate press jury.
The festival audience will choose the
winner of the Audience Award. The
festival-goers are invited to cast their
film votes using voting slips, but they
can also vote via text message. Spectators present at the short film marathons will also choose the winners of
the Audience Awards for short films
(Best Short Fiction Film, Best Short
Animated Film and Best Short Documentary Film).
The award-winning films will be announced at the Awards Ceremony
held at the Cinémathèque on 23 October (at 20.30). See p. 57 for more information about the ceremony.
COMPETITION
Seven outstanding fiction films competing for the Grand Prix, Special Jury
Prize and Critics’ Prize of CinEast 2015
FUNNYEAST
Some of the best comedies from the
countries of Central and Eastern Europe
EAST GOES WEST
A selection of films born somewhere
in between the CEE countries and the
“West”
CINÉSCOPE
A selection of the most interesting
recent films from across the region of
Central and Eastern Europe
CINÉDOCS
A selection of outstanding documentary films
CINÉSHORTS
A selection of outstanding short films
- fiction, animated and documentary
CINÉSPECIALS
Special screenings
I J INTERNATIONAL
JURY
PJ press jury
ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI
(President of the jury)
One of most renowned living Polish film
directors, who started his career as the
assistant of Andrzej Wajda. A victim of
the censorship of the communist regime,
he moved to France where he became
known for his highly artistic, original and
controversial films starring, among others, Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and
Sophie Marceau. His best known films include L’important c’est d’aimer, Possession,
La femme publique and La fidélité, after
making which he withdrew from filmmaking for 15 years, only returning this summer with his highly anticipated new film
Cosmos.
ANTÓNIO RAÚL REIS
ALEXANDRA HOESDORFF
Luxembourgish producer with a long list
of collaborations and projects in Europe
as well as overseas. In 2010, Alexandra
founded the Luxembourg-based production company Deal Productions. With
over 17 years of production experience,
Alexandra was recently elected the first
female member of the board of ULPA, the
Union Luxembourgeoise de la Production
Audiovisuelle. She is involved in the development and production of a range of
feature films.
António Raúl has published film critiques and
presented several radio shows both in Luxembourg and Portugal (Première Portugal,
Radio Ara, BOM DIA, Público, etc.). He looks
up to the Coen brothers and Todd Solondz
and enjoys performing as an extra. The only
film critic writing in Portuguese in the GrandDuchy, he has organised two film festivals
to showcase movies from his home country
and participates in the main film events in Europe, from the Cannes film festival to CinEast.
THIBAUT DEMEYER
VICKY KRIEPS
A Luxembourg-born actor living and working in Berlin, Vicky Krieps has been active
in theatre (also as a director) and acted in
numerous film productions. In 2012 she
received the Best Young Actor prize at the
Luxemburgischer Filmpreis. She starred in
the film A Most Wanted Man by Anton Corbijn and most recently in Das Zimmermädchen by Ingo Haeb.
YANN TONNAR
Luxembourgish film director and producer
who has made numerous feature-length
documentaries and music videos and is
the Secretary-General of the Luxembourg
Association of Film Directors and Scriptwriters (LARS), currently also the creative
producer of the documentary series routwäissgro for RTL TV Luxembourg.
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INA IVANCEANU
A documentary film-maker based in Vienna. Her work includes documentaries
for cinema, participatory video workshops
(film and its analysis, as part of participatory action research) and documentaries
for different audiences beyond the arthouse context – from the field of visual
arts to marginalised social groups. In her
documentary films, she focuses on societies in transformation, in particular in a
post-communist context.
A Belgian passport holder and freelance film
critic since 30 years, Thibaut has published
articles in Woxx, La Voix du Luxembourg and
currently writes for Wort while officiating
programmes on radio stations MustFM and
Vivacité. He has been covering the Cannes
festival since 1989 and has written a book
about it. He is the vice-president of ALPC.
BRIGITTE LEPAGE
Brigitte is a Belgian cinema lover and film
critic. She has collaborated with Point24 and
is founder and contributor at the Profession:
Cinephiles website. She has been a member of ALPC since its creation and also vicesecretary of the Belgian association APPCB.
The Press Jury is organised in collaboration with
the Association luxembourgeoise de la presse
cinématographique
F
CINE
FOCUS
CINEAST 2015 BRINGS
A CLOSER LOOK AT...
Andrzej Żuławski (1940), the guest of
honour of the 8th edition and the president of the international jury, is an internationally acclaimed film director
with a career spanning over 45 years.
His films have earned him numerous
awards and he is undoubtedly one of
the most renowned filmmakers from
the region covered by the CinEast festival. You can explore Andrzej Żuławski’s
original artistic style in the classic film
Possession (1981) as well as his new
opus Cosmos, awarded at the Locarno
Film Festival earlier this year and which
will be screened right after the Awards
ceremony. And, of course, don’t miss
the masterclass for a rare opportunity
to get a better understanding of Mr.
Żuławski’s work.
Ivaylo Hristov (1955) is a well-known
Bulgarian actor and director, with a
very good name in both film and theatre. As a film director, he has taken the
top prize at this year’s Moscow Film
Festival with his second feature, the
black-and-white coming-of-age comedy Losers. He will present the film
personally at CinEast on 21 October
and we will also screen his directorial
debut Emigrants. Finally, you will be
able to evaluate his acting skills too,
because he plays one of the main roles
in the very fresh film Thirst by Svetla
Tsotsorkova.
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Jiří Konečný (1973) is the man behind
the production company Endorfilm
based in Prague. We have been closely
following the films (co-) produced by
Endorfilm for a long time now and
screened some of them in the past
(Made in Ash, Matchmaking Mayor,
etc.). Besides his excellent background
in business and film production, Jiří
proves to have a nose for promising
and awards-attracting projects – three
of which are on our programme: Family
Film, Aferim! and Koza.
Andrzej Chyra (1964) is one of the
most talented and sought after Polish
actors of his generation. He has played
many unforgettable parts under the
guidance of renowned directors Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, Volker
Schlöndorff, Krzysztof Krauze and Juliusz Machulski. CinEast festival-goers
will have the opportunity to see him
in The Collector and have a laidback
chat with him at the Ancien Cinéma
on 18 October and also participate in
the Q&A after the screening of Carte
Blanche the day after.
Mandragora is one of the most dynamic production companies in Romania, founded by Cristi Puiu and
Anca Puiu in 2004. Mandragora is
committed to the idea of making
movies that explore new paths in cinematography and, with an impressive
catalogue including The Death of Mr.
Lazarescu, Aurora, Morgen (CinEast
2010 Grand Prix & Audience Award)
and Viktoria (CinEast 2014 Special Jury
Prize), the company has been shaping
new Romanian cinema as we know it.
And we are proud to be able to present
its two latest productions Self-Portrait
of a Dutiful Daughter and Back Home.
CINE
YOUTH
PROGRAMMES FOR
CHILDREN AND YOUNG
PEOPLE
Children of all nationalities from the
age of 2 can enjoy CinEast’s traditional
Kids Show (17 Oct), presenting a series of cult cartoons with no spoken
language. A similar programme of animated films without spoken language
is scheduled for the last festival day (25
Oct) at the Ancien Cinéma in Vianden.
Three Sunday afternoon screenings
organised in cooperation with Cinémathèque’s Cinéma Paradiso will
present some playful adventures of
Leo the lion and his tamer Fred (age
3+), a cult adaptation of the story of
Cinderella (age 5+, in German) and
a few funny escapades of the two inventive handymen Pat and Mat (3+).
Teenagers might enjoy the Estonian
high school drama Zero Point, the documentary about the friendship of two
Roma girls from different countries
Jenica et Perla or the incredible story of
a boy raised by wolves No One’s Child,
to name just a few. In addition, a series
of non-public school screenings just
for students will be organised in collaboration with several schools.
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C
D
SPECIAL
EVENINGS
CINE
CYCLE
CINE
DEBATES
SOMETHING SPECIAL
FOR YOU...
CinEast has again prepared several
special evenings and combined programmes. Four short film marathons
will bring you a colourful panorama
of some of the best fiction, documentary and animated shorts from the CEE
countries and once again you will be
the ones voting for the winners of the
audience awards in the three categories. A special “Focus on Immigration”
evening will provide an occasion to
reflect on the current situation around
refugees through two films and a debate with filmmakers and specialists
on the topic. Two thematic evenings
are on the programme too: “War No
More” juxtaposes a documentary-fiction about the WWII and the harsh reality of the current conflicts in Ukraine,
while “Hard To Be Young” groups together films about troubled youth in
difficult life situations. One evening
will also be dedicated to the work of
the Polish actor Andrzej Chyra (spiced
up with an informal chat with the artist) and another one to the festival’s
very special guest and president of the
jury Andrzej Żuławski. And on the
last festival day, this time in the afternoon, you can discover Free Spaces @
Mudam.
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URBAN STORIES
Numerous films in the programme of
CinEast 2015 (fiction, documentary
and short) address the theme of the
city as a living space, social phenomenon and a constant influence on
our destinies. We are witnessing massive urbanisation of our civilisation
and changing social patterns where
individuals plunge into the anonymity and a wide pool of opportunities
the cities can offer. In the framework
of this cycle the festival’s film programme presents various “urban stories” that provide a closer look at the
reality of urban life in Central and Eastern European cities.
This theme will also be at the heart of
the extensive photography exhibition at Neimënster’s cloître, presenting the works of eight Polish, Slovak,
Slovenian, Luxembourgish and Swiss
artists (see p. 12). In addition, a debate
on prefabricated housing and urbanism entitled “Concrete living” will take
place after the screening of the documentary Concrete Stories (Neimënster
14 October).
TWO FILMS WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY DEBATES
“Immigration: West Balkans – gateway to the EU”
- a debate on immigration
A hot topic today, the way to better
life taken by immigrants from war-torn
and dysfunctional countries outside
Europe often leads through Balkan
countries, but this transitional part of
their journey is not so much under the
spotlight of media.
(more info p. 21)
“Concrete living”
– a debate on prefabricated housing
and urbanism
Vast concrete blocks of flats – such a
well-known environment for many of
us, a typical and dominant element of
most (not only) Eastern European cities. What does the daily life in such prefab buildings look like? How does this
style of housing influence our minds,
interactions, family and social life?
(more info p. 29)
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CINE
GASTRONOMY
CULINARY EVENTS
CinEast festival wants to tantalise not
only your taste in films but also your
taste buds. Just like in past years, we
invite you to discover the gastronomic
aspect of Eastern and Central European culture.
In this edition we have a new opportunity for you to explore the cuisine
of our region at the Opening Party at
Melusina (10/10). Choose the concept
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that suits you better: enjoy a threecourse dinner at the restaurant before
the concert – reservations advised
(www.melusina.lu/restaurant) or try
cold & warm small dishes at the venue
during the evening’s musical programme. Traditional Eastern European
dishes will keep up your energy levels
to party with us all night long!
The traditional gastronomic evening at the Brasserie le Neumünster on
13 October will keep your stomach
happy with a tasty selection of traditional dishes, wines and beers. Create
your own menu from various options
from different countries and enjoy the
authentic flavours of this gastronomically lesser known region. Holders of
CinEast tickets from the same day receive a free aperitif. We advise you to
make a reservation by contacting the
Brasserie (www.abbaye.lu).
Also get ready to taste traditional
dishes at the Gypsy Soul event at Rotondes (15/10), organised in collaboration with RIFF. Experience different aspects of gypsy/Roma culture on a culinary journey through countries that
are home to large Roma communities.
Last but not least, come hungry to
our Closing Party at Sang & Klang
(25/10)! Throughout an evening full
of music you can enjoy hearty dishes
and snacks: Polish bigos, Ukrainian varenyky, Balkan burek and more. A wide
selection of traditional drinks (beers,
wines, spirits & more) will be available
at the bar.
In addition, snacks and drinks will be
served to the audiences at the short
film marathons and CinEast will once
again operate a festival mini-bar at
the Cinémathèque to let you enjoy
the intervals between screenings with
drinks and snacks from the CEE countries.
CINE
MUSIC
SOUNDS LIKE... FUN!
We have some tasty food for your ears
as well! CinEast 2015 brings concerts
and DJ events to please (almost) all
musical tastes.
Why not start with an energy-rich
chunk of Jewish music dipped in a
spicy Balkan sauce? The Polish band
Klezmafour plays an original hotblooded variation of Eastern European
klezmer music tinged with Balkan, jazz
and punk rock elements and is known
for being keen on jumping on stage.
Their gig at Melusina (Saturday 10/10)
will be followed by a Balkan party
with DJ Kosta Kostov, who will take
over the dance floor with his legendary blasts of energy mixing rhythms
and cultures. Be prepared for anything
and everything!
An evening with the Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist
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his latest albums Night in Calisia and
America, as well as some of his most
famous film melodies. He will be accompanied by Paweł Pańta on bass
and Cezary Konrad on drums. An exceptional event in collaboration with
the Autumn Leaves festival.
WŁODEK
PAWLIK
TRIO
in concert
CinEast and Autumn Leaves present
(PL)
Włodek Pawlik - piano
Paweł Pańta - double bass
Cezary Konrad - drums
Last but not least, the festival’s Closing Event (Sang&Klang, 24/10) acts
as a counterattack against the “Urban
Stories” theme. Time to forget concrete
buildings and get back to roots and
high, mud-covered boots with an EastWest country clash! Featuring concerts
by Freeborn Brothers (gypsy hobo
trash grass from Poland) and Sean &
Zander (folk, country, bluegrass from
the US), this is right from the heart and
a treat not just for banjo and folk guitar
enthusiasts. Anti-urban farming style
dress-code recommended and food
available!
8:00 PM - SAT. 17 OCT. 2015 NEIMENSTER
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entertaining
silent film accompanied by the live
performance of a youthful experimenting ensemble? Cinéconcert by
Neuvěřitelno (Cinémathèque, 20/10)
promises a delicious mélange of oldschool slapstick comedy An Old Gangster’s Molls and inventive live soundtrack produced using various musical
instruments and kitchen utensils. The
Czech trio has toured with the film
extensively, so the recipe for the first
ever Luxembourg show is certainly
well refined.
CINEAST PRESENTS
CINÉCONCERT
An Old Gangster’s
Molls
(Czechoslovakia 1927)
For a slightly more ‘classy’, but not less
enjoyable dish head to Neimënster on
Saturday 17/10. The Grammy Awardwinning jazz pianist Włodek Pawlik,
who is also a renowned film music
composer, will serve you tunes from
live soundtrack
by
NEUVĚŘITELNO (CZ)
8:30pm - tue. 20 Oct. 2015 - Cinémathèque
17 Place de Théâtre, Luxembourg - www.cineast.lu
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And if this is not enough,
why not
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check out gypsy&Balkan sounds at
the colourful Gypsy Soul event at
Rotondes (15/10) or get some cheesy
Asian pop flavours at Liza & Tokyo
Disco at Gudde Wellen (22/10).
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CINE
ART
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
‘URBAN STORIES’
Neimënster 8–25 October 2015
Complementing the CinEast festival’s thematic cycle Urban Stories, an
eponymous photography exhibition
will be presented to the public, bringing together works of 8 artists from
Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, as well as
Switzerland and Luxembourg, looking
at the city as a phenomenon of social
organisation interwoven in a specific
architectural context, which is continually changing over time.
The selected projects mainly focus on
interactions between people. They
show an urban space, which, on the
one hand, separates and can make you
feel lost, but which, on the other hand,
is a place of integration and social interaction. Similarly to photographic
film, urban architecture perpetuates
the passage of time, of political regimes, and of different uses and conceptions of urban space.
The extensive project by the recently
deceased photographer Zbyszko
Siemaszko shows the vitality of the
inhabitants of Warsaw in the 50s, 60s
and 70s. These historic photographs
are accompanied by photographs by
Mateusz Grybczyński depicting contemporary Warsaw. Following in the
footsteps of Siemaszko, he documents
the massive changes taking place but
also shows relics of the city from half a
century ago.
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The joint project by Katarzyna Majak
and Boris Loder is an interesting photographic dialogue between a Polish
and a Luxembourgish photographer.
Both use a similar photographic aesthetic in trying to glean from the chaos
of the urban space some characteristic
and meaningful elements in their city.
The series ‘Walking Down a City’ by
Iza Łapińska* is a subjective photographic tale about several cities in
Eastern and Western Europe. It is a
photographic record of her personal
experience of taking control of a new
urban space by fixing a frame, a structure, some lines, light and shadows.
Olja Stefanović Triaška’s project “Totalitarian architecture / totalitarian
time” and “Socialist modernism” by Roman Bezjak present relics of overpowering communist architecture in cities
and towns of Eastern Europe. These
relics could tell many stories but we
must be ready to hear.
Traces of the past are not just present in urban spaces, they are also
drawn on the faces of their inhabitants. The Swiss photographer Thomas
Leuthard went to explore these traces
in several Eastern European cities and
captured some very poignant and
eloquent portraits. They may also have
many ‘urban stories’ to tell.
[Vernissage 8/10 at 18.00]
Curated by: Jagna Olejnikowska
Coordination: Radek Lipka
Consultation: Karolina Markiewicz
Organised by CinEast asbl in collaboration and with the support of Neimënster
*PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
‘WALKING DOWN A CITY’
by Iza Łapińska
Ancien Cinéma 9 Oct–8 Nov 2015
During the whole period of the festival
the exhibition at the Ancien Cinéma
will present a much more extensive selection of Iza Łapińska’s photographs
from the series ‘Walking Down a City’’
(more info p.14).
8 October
Thursday
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19.00
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BODY / CIAŁO
(Poland 2015) by MAŁGORZATA SZUMOWSKA
drama/black comedy, 92 min, en subtitles
Present-day Poland, with scandals emerging in the newspapers. A
busy criminal prosecutor and recently widowed alcoholic is worried
that his daughter might try to harm herself. Olga – anorexic and still
grieving over her recently deceased mother. And Anna, her psychiatrist, who realised after her little son’s death that she possesses the
power to communicate with the dead. The intertwined stories of
three characters with radically different approaches to the body – a
prosecutor confronting death in his daily work, a sick woman who
hates her appearance and an alternative therapist who doesn’t care
about physicality and is searching for a kind of spiritual body.
Having won the Silver Bear award at the Berlinale, this is an unconventional combination of seriousness and humour, mystical drama
and the grotesque. It is a story about the inextricable link between
mind and body, grief after losing a loved one and different ways of
dealing with it.
“URBAN STORIES“ PHOTO EXHIBITION
Cities as a living space in the East and in the West.
More than 100 photos by eight artists from Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Luxembourg and Switzerland on display at
Neimënster (Cloître).
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Vernissage of the exhibition will take place
in Caves Voûtées (Neimënster) from 18.00
till 19.00.
9 October
Friday
18.30
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NO ONE’S CHILD / NIČIJE DETE
(Serbia-Croatia 2014) by VUK RŠUMOVIĆ
drama, 97 min, en subtitles
A story about a boy raised by wolves found in the woods in Bosnia
and sent to a Belgrade orphanage without little hope of integrating. Being given a muslim name by chance, the boy’s destiny is
sealed, showing the absurdity of all the conflicts in this region.
Having received numerous awards and screenings at over 20 international festivals, the debut film of Vuk Ršumović is considered the
most successful Serbian film of the 21st century.
20.30
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THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE / SANGAILĖ
(Lithuania-France-NL 2014) by ALANTĖ KAVAITĖ
coming-of-age drama, 88 min, en subtitles
The Summer of Sangailė tells the poetic summer holiday love story
between two teenage girls - Sangailė and Aistė. Will this unusual
relationship help to set Sangailė free from her biggest fear that
hinders her from following her dream? This highly visual film, focusing on scenery rather than dialogue, was selected to open this
year‘s edition of the prestigious Sundance film festival, where it
won the Best Directing award.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ACTRESS JULIJA STEPONAITYTĖ
With the support of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Julija Steponaityté is a young Lithuanian actress who began her career with a part in Children
Lose Nothing (2004) by Šarūnas Bartas, and later was in several shorts films, including Aš Tave Žinau
(I Know You) by Dovilė Šarutylė, I cerchi nell’acqua (Circles in the Water) by Umberto Marino or K Is for
Knell by Kristina Buozytė and Bruno Samper. For her performance in The Summer of Sangailė, she
received Best Actress award at the Lithuanian Film Awards this year.
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HOME CARE / DOMÁCÍ PÉČE
(Czech Republic-Slovakia 2015) by SLÁVEK HORÁK
comedy/drama, 92 min, en subtitles
Dedicated community nurse Vlasta attends to her whimsical patients in the South Moravian countryside. Her well-defined daily
life changes abruptly when she finds out that she is in need of
some help herself. Through the daughter of one of her patients
and her esoteric mentor, she starts to explore the realm of alternative healing and rediscovers her long forgotten self. A fresh and
funny debut about... dying. Czech Oscar bid.
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EXHIBITION OPENING ANCIEN CINÉMA
VERNISSAGE OF THE EXHIBITON
“WALKING DOWN A CITY”
“The series “Walking Down a City” is an intimate story told by photographs about a particular place and a register of a personal experience. The idea behind it was to take pictures in a limited period
of time, offering no return and no reconsolidation of space. It is
a frozen moment and a short-lived emotion that is not rationally
confirmed, analyzed or logically considered.”(Iza Łapińska)
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER IZA ŁAPIŃSKA
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Saturday
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BACK HOME / ACASĂ LA TATA
(Romania 2015) by ANDREI COHN
Robert is a young writer going through a difficult patch in his life.
He decides to go back to his native village where he hasn’t been
since his mother died three years earlier. In 24 hours, he will question his entire life and his past, his relationships with his father, his
friends, his first love.
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18.30
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100 YEARS OF BULGARIAN CINEMA
EMIGRANTS / ЭМИГРАНТЫ
(Bulgaria 2002) by IVAYLO HRISTOV & LUDMIL TODOROV
Three friends, Muro, Shpera and Yuri are unemployed and can hardly
make ends meet. They seem to have migrated away from their families
and their country. Provoked by a mysterious telephone call, they set
out on a journey, filled with hope to bring about change in their lives.
With the support of the Bulgarian Embassy in Brussels
FAIR PLAY
(Czech R.-Slov.-Germ. 2015) by ANDREA SEDLÁČKOVÁ
drama, 100 min, fr subtitles
Prague, 1983. Eighteen-year-old sprinter Anna, a top athlete, is
placed on a ‘programme of specialised care’. She only finds out
some months later, quite by accident, that she is being doped... A
film that sheds light on the state-sponsored doping of sportspeople in the ‘Eastern bloc’ and the devastating effects of totalitarian
regimes on ordinary people’s lives.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTOR
With the support of the Czech Embassy in Luxembourg
ANDREA SEDLÁČKOVÁ is a Czech director, screenwriter and editor who emigrated to France shortly before the Velvet Revolution of 1989. She has directed the acclaimed films Victims and Murderers
(2000), Seducer (2002) as well as many TV films, including her latest documentary Václav Havel: A Life in
Freedom (2014). As editor, she has worked on many successful films in France. Fair Play was selected as
the Czech 2015 Oscar entry and it received 15 nominations at the 2015 Czech Lion Awards.
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20.00
WAAS
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ZERO POINT / NULLPUNKT
(Estonia 2014) by MIHKEL ULK
teenage drama, 114 min, en subtitles
Johannes neglects his studies and takes drugs with old friends. He
also has to deal with his mother’s mental illness. He’s now reached
‘zero point’ and has to rebuild his life. Zero Point, based on the
eponymous best-selling novel, is a drama about a young man’s
will to face school bullying, family problems and low self-esteem.
CARTE BLANCHE
(Poland 2014) by JACEK LUSIŃSKI
Based on true events, the touching story of a high school teacher
who - in order to keep the job he is passionate about and prepare
the students for their exams - hides the fact that he is gradually
losing his eyesight.
10 October
Saturday
19.30
MELU
SINA
Unorthodox klezmer music with a Balkan, punk and jazzy touch
followed by Balkan dancefloor tunes!
KLEZMAFOUR & BALKAN PARTY WITH DJ KOSTA KOSTOV
Klezmafour comprises 5 (not 4) outstanding Polish musicians who share their love for traditional Eastern European
Jewish klezmer music, updating it with contemporary jazz,
Balkan, Arabic and even punk rock elements. The resulting
unique blend of “then and now”, infused with masterful instrumentation, infectious melodies and a big dose of youthful energy guarantees a joyful experience.
Debuting in 2011 with their album 5th Element, the band
released their latest opus W górę (Higher) in 2014, adding
synthesisers and beats programming to the mix, making the
sound even fresher, while still retaining the traditional folk
feel. The group performed at numerous major festivals and
clubs in Poland, as well as in the UK, Spain, Germany, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Turkey – the
time has come now to conquer Luxembourg!
20.00 Klezmafour live in concert
tickets 12/15 EUR (presale+with pass/door)
5/7 EUR (after 22.30 with/without pass)
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Saturday
Right after the show, DJ Kosta Kostov, the mastermind behind the
monthly parties Balkan Express and Favela Blast, will take over the
decks with his legendary blasts of rhythms and energy.
Born in Bulgaria, based in Cologne and at home around the world,
Kosta Kostov (who has played at Roskilde, Womex, Sziget...) never
stops searching for the best global tunes and his sets present a furious blend of sounds from here and there, including his own compositions, remixes and mashups, in which Balkan, Mediterranean
and even African rootsy flavours meet house, ragga, dubstep, funk
and electro sounds. Be prepared for anything and everything!
22.30 Balkan party with DJ Kosta Kostov (until 3 am)
This year at Melusina we also aim to please
your stomach!
Traditional Eastern European dishes will keep up
your energy levels to party with us all night long!
Enjoy a three-course dinner at the restaurant
from 7pm – reservations advised (��
www.melusina.lu/restaurant) or try cold & warm small dishes
at the venue during the evening’s musical programme.
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11 October
18.30
-22.30
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SHORT ANIMATED FILMS MARATHON
Sunday
A diverse selection of short animations from the countries of Central
and Eastern Europe. Come and cast your vote for Audience Award.
With free snacks and drinks served during the break.
Limbo Limbo Travel by Zsuzsanna Kreif and Borbala Zetenyi
(Hungary-France 2015, 16 min)
In Line / V rade by Kamila
Kučíková (Slovakia 2014, 4 min)
Nina by Veronika Obertová &
Michaela Čopíková (Slovakia
2014, 17 min)
The day of the bleeding gums
/ Deniat na kurvavite ventsi by
Dimitar Dimitrov (Bulgaria 2014,
5 min)
The Master / Isand by Riho Unt
(Estonia 2014, 18 min)
Don’t Lose Your Head / Nie trać
głowy by Karolina Specht (Poland 2015, 4 min)
Conversation / Razgovor by
Ana Horvat (Croatia 2015, 6 min)
Tik-tak / Tick Tack by Ülo Pikkov
Unicorn by Tomek Ducki (Poland (Estonia 2014, 10 min)
2014, 4 min)
The Vast Landscape by Lea
Vidakovic (Croatia 2014, 11 min)
Niels Frahm – Re by Balázs Simon (Hungary 2014, 4 min)
Choban by Matija Pisačić (Croatia 2014, 19 min)
Isle of Seals / Roņu sala by
Edmunds Jansons (Latvia 2014,
6 min)
House of Unconsciousness /
Alateadvuse Maja by Priit Tender (Estonia 2015, 11 min)
Life with Herman H. Rott / Elu
Herman H. Rottiga by Chintis
Lundgren (Croatia-DenmarkEstonia 2015, 11 min)
Hunger / Glad by Petra Zlonoga
(Croatia 2014, 6 min)
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Rosso Papavero by Martin
Smatara (Slovakia 2014, 5 min)
11 October
Sunday
15.00
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CINEAST MEETS CINÉMA PARADISO
LEO ET FRED
(Hungary 1987) by PÁL TÓTH
children animation, 41 min, no spoken language
SCREENING FOR CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF 3 YEARS
Leo, a lion, and Fred, his tamer, have a fabulous circus together and
share the same trailer. Good friends, although Leo sometimes gives
Fred a headache, they are both wacky and endearing. We follow
their daily adventures with full of surprises...
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CALL ME MARIANNA / MÓW MI MARIANNA
(Poland 2015) by KAROLINA BIELAWSKA
documentary, 75 min, en subtitles
Marianna has made a dramatic choice between life in harmony
with her identity and staying with her family. She’s now preparing
for gender reassignment. During rehearsals for a theatre play inspired by Marianna’s story, the protagonist must relive the difficult
experiences from the time of her marriage.
21.00
FAIR PLAY
UTOPIA (Czech R.-Slov.-Germ. 2015) by ANDREA SEDLÁČKOVÁ
drama, 100 min, fr subtitles
Prague, 1983. Eighteen-year-old sprinter Anna, a top athlete, is placed
on a ‘programme of specialised care’. She only finds out some months
later, quite by accident, that she is being doped... A film that sheds
light on the state-sponsored doping of sportspeople in the ‘Eastern
bloc’ and the devastating effects of totalitarian regimes on ordinary
people’s lives.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTOR (see bio on p. 15)
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LAUF JUNGE LAUF / BIEGNIJ, CHŁOPCZE, BIEGNIJ
(Germany-France-Poland 2013) by PEPE DANQUART
drama, 107 min, de & fr subtitles
The true story of nine year old Jurek, who, in 1942, escaped from
the Warsaw ghetto into the woods, where he had to survive on
his own until the end of the war.
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Sunday
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LAZAR
FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION
(Macedonia-Croatia-Bulgaria-France 2015) by
SVETOZAR RISTOVSKI drama, 110 min, en subtitles
Lazar works in dirty business – smuggling illegal immigrants. He’s
stuck in this world, but also seduced by the easy money. His point
of view, however, begins to change when he falls for Katerina. The
more involved he becomes with her, the more he tries to get away
from his criminal environment and start anew. He soon realises
that it is no easy task to simply break away from the criminal world.
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LOGBOOK SERBISTAN / DESTINACIJA SRBISTAN
(Serbia 2015) by ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK
After dramatic journeys through the war zones and countries devastated by poverty, illegal immigrants and asylum seekers arrive in
Serbia. Here, people coming from North Africa and Middle East are
placed in asylum centres where they have to adapt to the new social and existential circumstances. Most of them don’t see Serbia as
their final destination, but more as a short stop on their way to the
countries of the European Union.
The documentary follows the individual stories of a few of the illegal immigrants and gives insight into the socio-political context
of this ongoing drama as it reaches its culmination.
FOLLOWED BY A DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION
With the support of the Serbian Embassy in Brussels
ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK (1942) is a renowned Serbian film-maker. Since the late 60s, his socially engaged
films and documentaries in former Yugoslavia and his unique visual style have earned him critical accolades (Early Works, Golden Bear for Best Film at Berlinale 1969), but also censorship in
the 70s for his unflinching criticism of the government apparatus. Low budget film-making and
challenging political themes mark Žilnik’s prolific career that includes over 50 feature and documentary films, and shorts.
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IMMIGRATION: WEST BALKANS – GATEWAY TO THE EU
a debate on immigration with Želimir
Žilnik, Serge Kollwelter, Karolina
Markiewicz and Pascal Piron, moderated by Sébastien Louis
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A hot topic today, the way to better life taken by immigrants from
war-torn and dysfunctional countries outside Europe often leads
through Balkan countries, but this transitional part of their journey is not so much under the spotlight of media. The renowned
Serbian documentary maker Želimir Žilnik, the author of the film
Logbook Serbistan, will discuss the situation with Serge Kollwelter, Luxembourgish activist of integration and human rights, and
the duo of directors of the forthcoming Luxembourgish documentary Mos Stellarium, Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron.
12 October
Monday
18.30
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MODRIS
(Latvia-Germany-Greece 2014) by JURIS KURSIETIS
Modris is a regular 17-year-old boy with a girlfriend and some
good pals at school. But his addiction to gambling makes his relationship with his mother difficult, especially since she keeps on
reminding him that his father is in prison - so Modris must have
inherited his bad genes.
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YOU CARRY ME / TI MENE NOSIŠ
(Croatia-Slovenia-Serbia-ME 2015) by IVONA JUKA
Dora is a neglected adolescent girl who builds a close relationship
with her outlaw father. Ives, a soap opera director, is losing her
father who has Alzheimer’s. Nataša, a successful producer, who is
pregnant, decides to confront her estranged father. Three daughters battle for acceptance, redemption and new opportunities.
18.30
NEI
WAR NO MORE
WARSAW UPRISING / POWSTANIE WARSZAWSKIE
(Poland 2014) by JAN KOMASA
documentary drama, 83 min, en subtitles
Warsaw, 1944. Two young reporters are trying to document the insurrection for the cinema screen. While searching for the best shots,
they realise that they have entered the heart of the war – in all its
infernal and apocalyptic aspects. The world’s first fiction film made
entirely from documentary materials.
20.30
NEI
CAPTUM / ПОЛОН
(Ukraine 2015) by ANATOLIY MATESHKO
This is the story of a man, who is being transformed into a beast,
having been driven to despair. In an attempt to investigate what a
person can stand, the torture and indignity that a person can overcome, how many people can he kill for the sake of saving one? A
harsh story about a group of captives held in a barn by two ruthless armed men during the war in Ukraine. 22
12 October
Monday
19.00
UTOPIA
WHY ME? / DE CE EU?
(Romania-Bulgaria-Hungary 2015) by TUDOR GIURGIU
Based on real events, the film tells the story of Cristian, a young,
idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, who tries to crack a
case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma
of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on
his shoulders. Delving deeper to solve the case, he enters a danger
zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.
21.00
GODS / BOGOWIE
2014) by ŁUKASZ PALKOWSKI
UTOPIA (Poland
biopic, 112 min, en subtitles
A story of a self-made man – Dr Zbigniew Religa – who, despite the
harsh communist reality, fulfilled his professional dream and revolutionised cardiac surgery in Poland. Nevertheless, Gods is not just a
story of great success, but also of getting up after a fall.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ACTRESS MAGDALENA CZERWIŃSKA
MAGDALENA CZERWIŃSKA is a Polish actress, graduate of the prestigious State Drama
School in Kraków. She has played numerous roles in Polish films, such as The Mole (R. Lewandowski), The Mighty Angel (W. Smarzowski), Daas (A. Pank), Love (S. Fabicki) and PolishRussian War by Xawery Żuławski. More recently she has been in two films being screened
at CinEast 2015 – Gods by Łukasz Palkowski and A Grain of Truth by Borys Lankosz. In her
theatre repertoire, the most significant plays were Our Class directed by Ondrej Spisak and
Dostoevsky’s Idiot directed by Igor Gorzkowski. She has been in TV theatre productions, such
as P. Zelenka’s Side effects, directed by Leszek Dawid, and Kontrym (M. Pruchniewski), directed
by Marcin Fisher.
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CONCRETE STORIES
(Czech Republic-France 2014) by LORENZ FINDEISEN
The prefabricated concrete panel, invented by a French engineer,
made it possible to assemble thousands of apartments. The knowhow was imported to the Soviet Union and ‘prefab’ homes soon
conquered the landscape of most Central and Eastern European
cities and towns. This film tells the story of public housing in Europe via a polyphony of voices of people who live in the housing
projects, as well as those who built them, from 1948 to today.
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13 October
Tuesday
18.30
-23.00
GASTRONOMIC EVENING
BRASS
BRASSERIE LE NEUMÜNSTER
Discover some of the traditional dishes, wines and
beers from the countries of Central and Eastern
Europe in the cosy atmosphere of Brasserie le
Neumünster. Choose your own two or three course
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meal from various options and enjoy the authentic
flavours of this gastronomically lesser known
region. Please contact the Brasserie directly to
make a reservation (www.abbaye.lu). Free aperitif
for holders of CinEast tickets from the same day.
FAMILY FILM / RODINNÝ FILM
(Czech Rep.-Germany-FR-SI 2015) by OLMO OMERZU
A husband and wife set sail across the ocean, leaving their two children to explore the freedom of being home alone. The boat goes
down, and so does the family. A dog, stranded on a desert island, is
their only hope. Premiered in the “New Directors” competition of the
San Sebastián Film Festival in September 2015.
AFERIM!
(Romania-Bulgaria-Czech Republic 2015) by RADU JUDE
historical comedy/drama, 108 min, en subtitles
This wild east variation of a ‘western’ uses impressive black and white
cinematography and a good dose of infectious humour and sharp
cynicism to portray an authentic image of an historical period and
the social situation of gypsies at that time, with clear parallels with
the present day.
Silver Bear at Berlinale 2015.
13 October
Tuesday
18.30
NEI
LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY / LIZA, A RÓKATÜNDÉR
(Hungary 2015) by KÁROLY UJJ-MÉSZÁROS
romantic musical comedy, 98 min, en subtitles
Fox-fairies are evil demons from Japanese folklore, who rob men of
their lives. Liza, a 30-year-old nurse, goes in search of love, but her
ill-fated admirers all die on their first date... A peculiar and poignant comedy set in a fictionalized 1970s Hungary with a capitalist
system. A fairy tale for grownups, with a tinge of irony.
20.30
NEI
A GRAIN OF TRUTH / ZIARNO PRAWDY
(Poland 2015) by BORYS LANKOSZ
thriller, 110 min, en subtitles
A crime is committed in Sandomierz. The naked body of a woman
has been found in a public place. Local law enforcement officers,
under the command of the recently arrived metropolitan prosecutor, will have to solve a crime that has all the hallmarks of a ritual
killing.
19.00
UTOPIA
THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE / SANGAILĖ
(Lithuania-France-NL 2014) by ALANTĖ KAVAITĖ
coming-of-age drama, 88 min, en subtitles
A poetic summer holiday love story between two teenage girls
- Sangailė and Aistė. Will this unusual relationship help to set
Sangailė free from her biggest fear that hinders her from following
her dream? Best Directing award at the prestigious Sundance film
festival.
21.00
KOZA
UTOPIA (Slovakia-Czech Rep. 2015) by IVAN OSTROCHOVSKÝ
The film follows the story of Koza, a former Olympic boxer, who
steps back in the ring to make ends meet. Featuring the outstanding performances of non-professional actors, Koza is a powerful
and haunting challenge to the concept of authenticity.
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ŠIŠKA DELUXE
(Slovenia-FYROM-Czech Rep. 2015) by JAN CVITKOVIČ
comedy, 107 min, en subtitles
One day three childhood friends in their thirties, doing odd jobs for
a living, decide to open a pizzeria together. This bittersweet comedy tells the unpretentious story of ordinary guys trying to find their
way and make the best of their lives just like everyone else.
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SHORT FICTION FILMS MARATHON (SOUTH)
14 October
Wednesday
Some of the most interesting short fiction films from Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Romania and Serbia. Come
and cast your vote for the Audience Award. With free snacks and
drinks served during the break.
The TV news announces the
landing of aliens. A boy’s footage
is misinterpreted by the media.
Quiet Mujo / Tišina Mujo
by Ursula Meier
(Bosnia and Herzegovina-FranceSwitzerland 2014, 11 min)
Mujo misses his penalty kick.
Searching for the ball, he wan- Shok
ders into the kingdom of the by Jamie Donoughue
(UK-Kosovo 2014, 21 min)
dead.
The friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for
survival during the Kosovo war…
Ricsi
by Gábor Hörcher
(Hungary 2014, 15 min)
Richie’s friends have organised a
farewell party the night before
he needs to go away. Meanwhile,
instead of him, it is his mother
who is packing for the trip.
Zeus’ Volkswagen / Zeus
by Pavel G. Vesnakov
(Bulgaria-Germany 2015, 30 min)
The death of his father urges
Zeus to contact his older halfbrother Vasil. The two brothers Emergency Exit / Izlaz u
slučaju opasnosti
embark on a fateful journey.
by Vladimir Tagić
(Serbia 2014, 15 min)
At first sight, ordinary and unconnected stories reveal the absurd
mechanism of everyday life.
Getting Fat in a Healthy
Way / Как Да Надебелеем
Здравословно
by Kevork Aslanyan
(Bulgaria 2015, 22 min)
In a world where gravity is weak
and skinny people fly into the
sky, Constantine has never left
his apartment.
Excursion / Excursie
by Adrian Sitaru
(Romania 2014, 19 min)
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Wednesday
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THE REAPER / KOSAC
(Croatia-Slovenia 2014) by ZVONIMIR JURIĆ
Three stories take place during a single night. They all involve Ivo,
an older man, who helps a stranger in need, but who must face the
distrust of the people in the village. Gradually, we gain a gloomy picture of Ivo’s life and the area where he lives, stuck in war, imprisoned
by it; as is Ivo, by his crime.
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18.30
NEI
SHORT FICTION FILMS MARATHON (SOUTH)
A selection of some of the most remarkable recent short fiction films
from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Romania
and Serbia (audience award). Snacks and drinks served during the
break.
(see page 27)
LISTEN / ЧУЙ
(Bulgaria 2014) by DIANA IVANOVA
A story of one of the most dangerous enemies of communist
countries – the US funded Radio Free Europe. For the Bulgarian
State Security the radio remained the biggest enemy of communist Bulgaria till 1989. Why was Radio Free Europe so dangerous
and why did it become a legend for several generations?
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WARSAW UPRISING / POWSTANIE WARSZAWSKIE
(Poland 2014) by JAN KOMASA
documentary drama, 83 min, en subtitles
Warsaw, 1944. Two young reporters are trying to document the insurrection for the cinema screen. While searching for the best shots,
they realise that they have entered the heart of the war – in all its
infernal and apocalyptic aspects. The world’s first fiction film made
entirely from documentary materials.
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14 October
Wednesday
20.30
NEI
CONCRETE STORIES
(Czech Republic-France 2014) by LORENZ FINDEISEN
The prefabricated concrete panel, invented by a French engineer,
made it possible to assemble thousands of apartments. The knowhow was imported to the Soviet Union and ‘prefab’ homes soon
conquered the landscape of most Central and Eastern European cities and towns. This film tells the story of public housing in Europe
via a polyphony of voices of people who live in the housing projects,
as well as those who built them, from 1948 to today. Followed by a
debate.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRODUCER
MURIEL SORBO is an associate producer in the French company Les Films du Tambour de Soie,
and winner of the 2012 Best French Producer award (Procirep). Since 2006, she has been producing documentaries for various French and European channels that include: artistic documentaries / historical films / films about society.
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Vast concrete blocks of flats – celebrated or despised by modernday architects and urbanists? What type of urban housing is considered the most suitable for the well-being of the inhabitants today? Muriel Sorbo, the French producer of the documentary film
Concrete Stories, and the Luxembourg-based Irish architect Colum
Mulhern will try to find answers to these and similar questions after the screening of the film.
CONCRETE LIVING
a debate on prefabricated
housing and urbanism
19.00
UTOPIA
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
(Ireland-Romania 2011) by DIETER AUNER
The film chronicles one year in the life of Albin, the shepherd, and
his family in the North of Transylvania. In direct cinema style, this
documentary follows their daily routines, and their struggle to
adapt to a new world where traditions are gradually being replaced
by modern values.
With the support of Film Fund Luxembourg
21.00
SELF-PORTRAIT OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER
2015) by ANA LUNGU
UTOPIA (Romania
drama/comedy, 81 min, en subtitles
Cristiana (30) spends her time writing her PhD and chatting with her
best friends. She is also having an affair with a married man. She’s
quite confused about her life and has difficulty in becoming independent from her parents who keep helping her financially. The film
quickly becomes a more general reflection on middle-class 30-yearolds of today.
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15 October
Thursday
19.00
JENICA & PERLA
Republic-France 2015) by ROZÁLIE KOHOUTOVÁ
UTOPIA (Czech
The documentary film shows the life of two Roma teenage friends:
Perla, who lives in Slovakia, and Jenica, a Romanian Roma living in
Paris, brought together by the Kesaj Tchave music and dance group.
The testimonies of the two girls about their lives and their dreams
are precious sources of reflection about Roma people in Eastern and
Western Europe, questioning clichés about the poorest EU citizens.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PROTAGONIST JENICA TEGLAS
JENICA TEGLAS was born in Romania. Her parents took her to Paris when she was seven. Her
family lived on the streets during the first three years in Paris. During that time, Jenica didn’t go
to school at all. Later she studied at a vocational college and trained as a carer for the elderly.
It is not her dream job but in her situation she is grateful for any opportunity. She likes singing
and dancing and was happy to collaborate with the Kesaj Tchave ensemble.
21.00
THIRST / ЖАЖДА
UTOPIA (Bulgaria 2015) by SVETLA TSOTSORKOVA
A couple and their teenage son live in a house on a hill, earning their
living by doing the laundry for local hotels. Their simple life is overturned by the arrival of a father-and-daughter team of a diviner and
well-digger, who should help them to overcome the intermittent
water supply. But ultimately, these newcomers quench a thirst that
is much stronger than the one for mere water.
20.00
AC
BACK HOME / ACASĂ LA TATA
(Romania 2015) by ANDREI COHN
Robert is a young writer going through a difficult patch in his life. He
decides to go back to his native village where he hasn’t been since
his mother died three years earlier. In 24 hours, he will question his
entire life and his past, his relationships with his father, his friends,
his first love.
20.00
KUR
LOGBOOK SERBISTAN / DESTINACIJA SRBISTAN
(Serbia 2015) by ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK
The renowned Serbian director films the lives of illegal imigrants
passing through Serbia on their way to EU countries, provoking a reflection on the subjects of social justice, freedom and human rights.
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15 October
Thursday
Discover your hidden Roma Soul – a wild heart, passion, a love
of adventures and music – and join us at this special evening at
Rotondes to experience various aspects of gypsy culture.
19.00
GYPSY SOUL
ROTON
DES
Learn more about gypsy lifestyle and traditions through
our quiz. Have a closer look at the lives of the ‘caravan
people’ while enjoying the entertaining documentary
Pretty Dyana by Boris Mitić (Serbia, 2003). Explore
the sounds of traditional music through a live
performance and delve into the magical and mysterious
world of street performance – dancing, juggling and
fire twirling. And end the night on the dance floor
succumbing to the energetic rhythms served up by
renowned Luxembourgish DJ dr. gonZo, who will provide
some medicine for your ears and motivation for your feet!
Throughout the evening you will also be able to taste a
variety of traditional dishes from Central and Eastern
European Countries, which are home to large gypsy
communities.
Come to our event dressed up in colourful clothes and
try your luck in the competition for the best costume.
tickets
entry&food 12/15 EUR (presale/doors)
entry only 8 EUR
18:00 Doors 19:00 Quiz
21:00 Live performance
Organised in cooperation with:
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20:00 Movie
22:00 DJ dr. gonZo
16 October
Friday
18.30
CIN
SUMMER SOLSTICE / LETNIE PRZESILENIE
(Poland-Germany 2015) by MICHAŁ ROGALSKI
drama/historical, 95 min, en subtitles
Poland, 1943. When love, friendship, and fate connect a simple Polish country boy, the daughter of a local farmer, a young German
soldier, and a Jewish girl from Warsaw. Will they be able to hold on
to their dreams while facing the horrors of their time and the uncertainty of their future?
20.30
CIN
HOME CARE / DOMÁCÍ PÉČE
(Czech Republic-Slovakia 2015) by SLÁVEK HORÁK
comedy/drama, 92 min, en subtitles
Dedicated community nurse Vlasta attends to her whimsical patients in the South Moravian countryside. Her well-defined daily life
changes abruptly when she finds out that she is in need of some
help herself. Through the daughter of one of her patients and her
esoteric mentor, she starts to explore the realm of alternative healing and rediscovers her long forgotten self. A fresh and funny debut
about... dying. Czech Oscar nomination.
With the support of the association Amitiés tchèque et slovaque
SLÁVEK HORÁK (1975) is a Czech director, graduate of Zlín Film School, who also studied at
FAMU in Prague. He has won several important awards as the director of various international
commercial campaigns. He shot two short films for the international project Straight 8, selected in the top six and shown at Cannes FF. He also worked as assistant director to Jan Svěrák
on his Academy Award winning film Kolya (1996). In 2012 he started his own production company TVORBA films. Home Care is his feature debut.
20.00
ERM
NO ONE’S CHILD / NIČIJE DETE
(Serbia-Croatia 2014) by VUK RŠUMOVIĆ
A story about a boy raised by wolves found in the woods in Bosnia and sent to a Belgrade orphanage without little hope of integrating. Being given a muslim name by chance, the boy’s destiny
is sealed, showing the absurdity of all the conflicts in this region.
Having received numerous awards and screenings at over 20 international festivals, the debut film of Vuk Ršumović is considered the
most successful Serbian film of the 21st century.
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CINEAST 2015
PROGRAMME
8-25 October
October 2015
2015
8-25
8.10
8.10
[19.00 NEI]
NEI] BODY
BODY // CIAŁO
CIAŁO
[19.00
by Małgorzata
Małgorzata Szumowska
Szumowska (PL
(PL2015),
2015),drama/black
drama/black
by
comedy, 92’
92’
comedy,
9.10
9.10
[18.30 CIN]
CIN] NO
NO ONE’S
ONE’S CHILD
CHILD//NIČIJE
NIČIJEDETE
DETE
[18.30
by Vuk
Vuk Ršumović
Ršumović (RS/HR
(RS/HR 2014),
2014),drama,
drama,97’
97’
by
[20.30 CIN]
CIN] THE
THE SUMMER
SUMMEROF
OFSANGAILE
SANGAILE//
[20.30
SANGAILE
SANGAILE
by Alantė
Alantė Kavaitė
Kavaitė (LT/FR/NL
(LT/FR/NL2014),
2014),coming-of-age
coming-of-age
by
drama, 88’
88’
drama,
ARISTON] HOME
HOME CARE
CARE//DOMÁCÍ
DOMÁCÍPÉČE
PÉČE
[20.00 ARISTON]
Horák (CZ/SK
(CZ/SK 2015),
2015),drama/comedy,
drama/comedy,92’
92’
by Slávek Horák
10.10
CIN] BACK
BACK HOME
HOME //ACASĂ
ACASĂLA
LATATA
TATA
[19.00 CIN]
Cohn (RO
(RO 2015),
2015), drama,
drama,92’
92’
by Andrei Cohn
CIN] EMIGRANTS
EMIGRANTS //ЭМИГРАНТЫ
ЭМИГРАНТЫ
[21.00 CIN]
Hristov && Ludmil
LudmilTodorov
Todorov(BG
(BG2002),
2002),
by Ivaylo Hristov
drama, 85’
[18.30 NEI] FAIR
FAIR PLAY
PLAY
by Andrea Sedláčková
Sedláčková (CZ/SK/DE
(CZ/SK/DE2015),
2015),drama,
drama,
100’, fr
33
11.10
11.10
[15.00CIN]
CIN]LEO
LEOET
ETFRED
FRED
[15.00
byPál
PálTóth
Tóth(HU
(HU1987),
1987),children
childrenanimation,
animation,41’
41’
, no
by
, no
spokenlanguage
language
spoken
[16.30CIN]
CIN]CALL
CALLME
MEMARIANNA
MARIANNA/ /
[16.30
MÓWMI
MIMARIANNA
MARIANNA
MÓW
byKarolina
KarolinaBielawska
Bielawska(PL
(PL2015),
2015),documentary,
documentary,75’
75’
by
[18.30CIN]
CIN]LAZAR
LAZAR
[18.30
bySvetozar
SvetozarRistovski
Ristovski(MK/HR/BG/FR
(MK/HR/BG/FR2015),
2015),drama,
drama,
by
110’
110’
[20.30CIN]
CIN]LOGBOOK
LOGBOOKSERBISTAN
SERBISTAN/ /
[20.30
DESTINACIJASRBISTAN
SRBISTAN
DESTINACIJA
byŽelimir
ŽelimirŽilnik
Žilnik(RS
(RS2015),
2015),documentary,
documentary,94’
94’
by
[18.30NEI]
NEI]SHORT
SHORTANIMATED
ANIMATEDFILMS
FILMSMARATHON
MARATHON
[18.30
selectionofofshort
shortanimated
animatedfilms
films
AAselection
(audienceaward)
award)
(audience
[21.00Utopia]
Utopia]FAIR
FAIRPLAY
PLAY
[21.00
byAndrea
AndreaSedláčková
Sedláčková(CZ/SK/DE
(CZ/SK/DE2015),
2015),drama,
drama,
by
100’
100’
, ,frfr
[20.00Ariston]
Ariston]LAUF
LAUFJUNGE
JUNGELAUF
LAUF/ /
[20.00
BIEGNIJ,CHŁOPCZE,
CHŁOPCZE,BIEGNIJ
BIEGNIJ
BIEGNIJ,
byPepe
PepeDanquart
Danquart(DE/FR/PL
(DE/FR/PL2013),
2013),drama,
drama,107’
107’dede
by
&&frfr
12.10
12.10
[20.30 NEI] ZERO
ZERO POINT
POINT //NULLPUNKT
NULLPUNKT
by Mihkel Ulk
Ulk (EST
(EST 2014),
2014), teenage
teenagedrama,
drama,114’
114’
[18.30
[18.30CIN]
CIN]MODRIS
MODRIS
by
byJuris
JurisKursietis
Kursietis(LV/DE/GR
(LV/DE/GR2014),
2014),drama,
drama,98’
98’
[20.00 WAAS]
WAAS] CARTE
CARTE BLANCHE
BLANCHE
by Jacek Lusiński
Lusiński (PL
(PL 2014),
2014), drama,
drama,106’
106’
[20.30
[20.30CIN]
CIN]YOU
YOUCARRY
CARRYME
ME/ /TITIMENE
MENENOSIŠ
NOSIŠ
by
byIvona
IvonaJuka
Juka(HR/RS/SI/ME
(HR/RS/SI/ME2015),
2015),drama,
drama,155’
155’
[19.30 MELUSINA]
MELUSINA] KLEZMAFOUR
KLEZMAFOUR&&BALKAN
BALKAN
PARTY
20.00 Klezmafour
Klezmafour (PL)
(PL) live
live 22.30
22.30Balkan
Balkanparty
partywith
with
DJ Kosta Kostov
Kostov
[18.30
[18.30NEI]
NEI]WARSAW
WARSAWUPRISING
UPRISING/ /POWSTANIE
POWSTANIE
WARSZAWSKIE
WARSZAWSKIE
by
byJan
JanKomasa
Komasa(PL
(PL2014),
2014),documentary
documentarydrama,
drama,83’
83’
[20.30 NEI] CAPTUM / ПОЛОН
by Anatoliy Mateshko (UA 2015), drama, 84’
[19.00 UTOPIA] WHY ME? / DE CE EU?
by Tudor Giurgiu (RO/BG/HU 2015), drama, 125’
[21.00 UTOPIA] GODS / BOGOWIE
by Łukasz Palkowski (PL 2014), biopic, 112’
[20.00 AC] CONCRETE STORIES
by Lorenz Findeisen (FR/CZ 2014), documentary, 72’
13.10
[18.30-23.00 BRASSERIE] GASTRONOMIC EVENING
[18.30 CIN] FAMILY FILM / RODINNÝ FILM
by Olmo Omerzu (CZ/DE/FR/SI 2015), drama, 100’
[20.30 CIN] AFERIM!
by Radu Jude (RO/BG/CZ 2015), historical comedy/
drama, 108’
[18.30 NEI] LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY /
LIZA, A RÓKATÜNDÉR
by Károly Ujj-Mészáros (HU 2015), romantic musical
comedy, 98’
[20.30 NEI] A GRAIN OF TRUTH / ZIARNO PRAWDY
by Borys Lankosz (PL 2015), thriller, 110’
[19.00 UTOPIA] THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE /
SANGAILE
by Alantė Kavaitė (LT/FR/NL 2014), coming-of-age
drama, 88’
[21.00 UTOPIA] KOZA
by Ivan Ostrochovský (SK/CZ 2015), drama, 75’
[20.00 AC] ŠIŠKA DELUXE
by Jan Cvitkovič (SI/MK/CZ 2015), comedy, 107’
14.10
[18.30 CIN] THE REAPER / KOSAC
by Zvonimir Jurić (HR/SI 2014), drama, 98’
[20.30 CIN] SHORT FICTION FILMS MARATHON
(SOUTH)
Short films from BA, BG, HU, KV, MK, RO and RS
(audience award)
[18.30 NEI] LISTEN / ЧУЙ
by Diana Ivanova (BG 2014), documentary, 76’
[21.00 UTOPIA] SELF-PORTRAIT OF A DUTIFUL
DAUGHTER
by Ana Lungu (RO 2015), drama/comedy, 81’
[20.00 AC] WARSAW UPRISING /
POWSTANIE WARSZAWSKIE
by Jan Komasa (PL 2014), documentary drama, 83’
15.10
[19.00 UTOPIA] JENICA & PERLA
by Rozálie Kohoutová (CZ/FR 2015),
documentary, 72’
[21.00 UTOPIA] THIRST / ЖАЖДА
by Svetla Tsotsorkova (BG 2015), drama, 90’
[20.00 AC] BACK HOME / ACASĂ LA TATA
by Andrei Cohn (RO 2015), drama, 92’
[19.00 ROTONDES] GYPSY SOUL
18.00 Bar open 19.00 Start of the programme
[20.00 KUR] LOGBOOK SERBISTAN /
DESTINACIJA SRBISTAN
by Želimir Žilnik (RS 2015), documentary, 94’
16.10
[18.30 CIN] SUMMER SOLSTICE /
LETNIE PRZESILENIE
by Michał Rogalski (PL/DE 2015), drama/history, 95’
[20.30 CIN] HOME CARE / DOMÁCÍ PÉČE
by Slávek Horák (CZ/SK 2015), comedy/drama, 92’
[20.00 ERM] NO ONE’S CHILD / NIČIJE DETE
by Vuk Ršumović (RS/HR 2014), drama, 97’
17.10
[15.00 NEI] KIDS SHOW
cartoons & animations, no spoken language
(age 2+)
[20.00 NEI] WŁODEK PAWLIK TRIO
Grammy Award- winning Polish jazz pianist Włodek
Pawlik in concert
[18.00 CIN] THE WEDNESDAY CHILD /
SZERDAI GYEREK
by Lili Horváth (HU/DE 2015), drama, 94’
[20.30 NEI] CONCRETE STORIES
by Lorenz Findeisen (FR/CZ 2014), documentary, 72’
[20.00 CIN] SELF-PORTRAIT OF A DUTIFUL
DAUGHTER
by Ana Lungu (RO 2015), drama/comedy, 81’
[19.00 UTOPIA] OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
by Dieter Auner (IE/RO 2011), documentary, 87’
[22.00 CIN] HANY
by Michal Samir (CZ 2014), drama, 90’
18.10
[15.00 CIN] DREI HASELNÜSSE FÜR
ASCHENBRÖDEL
by Václav Vorlíček (CS 1973), children film, 74’,
de version
[16.30 CIN] BODY / CIAŁO
by Małgorzata Szumowska (PL 2015), drama/black
comedy, 92’
[21.00 UTOPIA] BROTHERS / BRACIA
by Wojciech Staroń (PL 2015), documentary, 71’
[20.00 AC] LISTEN / ЧУЙ
by Diana Ivanova (BG 2014), documentary, 76’, de
21.10
[18.30 CIN] KOZA
by Ivan Ostrochovský (SK/CZ 2015), drama, 75’
[18.30 CIN] BABAI
by Visar Morina (XK/DE/MK/FR 2015), drama, 104’
[20.30 CIN] IN THE CROSSWIND / RISTTUULES
by Martti Helde (ET 2014), drama, 87’
[20.30 CIN] LOSERS / КАРЪЦИ
by Ivaylo Hristov (BG 2015), comedy, 100’
[21.00 UTOPIA] HOME / DOM
by Metod Pevec (SI 2015), documentary, 82’
[18.30 NEI] SHORT FICTION FILMS MARATHON
(NORTH)
Short films from CZ, ET, LT, LV, PL & SK
(audience award)
[19.00 AC] THE COLLECTOR / KOMORNIK
by Feliks Falk (PL 2005), drama, 93’
19.10
[18.30 NEI] CLOSER TO THE MOON /
MAI APROAPE DE LUNĂ
by Nae Caranfil (IT/RO/PL/USA 2014), comedy, 112’,
in English
[20.30 NEI] CARTE BLANCHE
by Jacek Lusiński (PL 2014), drama, 106’
[18.30 UTOPIA] IN THE CROSSWIND / RISTTUULES
by Martti Helde (ET 2014), drama, 87’
[21.00 UTOPIA] FAMILY FILM / RODINNÝ FILM
by Olmo Omerzu (CZ/DE/FR/SI 2015), drama, 100’
[20.00 AC] LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY /
LIZA, A RÓKATÜNDÉR
by Károly Ujj-Mészáros (HU 2015), romantic musical
comedy, 98’
20.10
[19.00 UTOPIA] SON OF SAUL / SAUL FIA
by László Nemes (HU 2015), drama, 107’
[21.00 UTOPIA] THE CLEANER / ČISTIČ
by Peter Bebjak (SK 2015), drama, 100’
[20.00 AC] THE INVISIBLE CITY /
NEREDZAMA PILSETA
by Viestur Kairish (LV 2014), documentary, 68’
22.10
[18.30 CIN] MASTERCLASS ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI
[20.30 CIN] POSSESSION
by Andrzej Żuławski (FR/DE 1981), drama/horror,
127’, fr
[18.30 NEI] AFERIM!
by Radu Jude (RO/BG/CZ 2015), historical comedy/
drama, 108’
[20.30 NEI] DANIEL’S WORLD / DANIELŮV SVĚT
by Veronika Lišková (CZ 2014), documentary, 73’
[18.30 CIN] DRIFTER
by Gábor Hörcher (HU/DE 2014), documentary, 72’
[19.00 UTOPIA] SON OF SAUL / SAUL FIA
by László Nemes (HU 2015), drama, 107’
[20.30 CIN] CINECONCERT BY NEUVĚŘITELNO AN OLD GANGSTER’S MOLLS
by Svatopluk Innemann (CS 1927), comedy, 106’
[21.00 UTOPIA] BABAI
by Visar Morina (XK/DE/MK/FR 2015), drama, 104’
[18.30 NEI] DISCO POLO
by Maciej Bochniak (PL 2015), comedy, 107’
[20.30 NEI] ŠIŠKA DELUXE
by Jan Cvitkovič (SI/MK/CZ 2015), comedy, 107’
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[18.30 UTOPIA] THE CLEANER / ČISTIČ
by Peter Bebjak (SK 2015), drama, 100’
[20.00 AC] SHORT FILMS EVENING
A selection of short films from CEE countries
[19.00 GW] LIZA & TOKYO DISCO
Screening of Liza, the Fox-Fairy and Asian pop
DJ party
23.10
[18.30 CIN] WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD /
CE LUME MINUNATA
by Anatol Durbală (MD 2014), drama, 73’
[18.30 NEI] GODS / BOGOWIE
by Łukasz Palkowski (PL 2014), biopic, 112’
CHARITY PROJECT FINALE
[20.30 CIN] AWARDS CEREMONY
COSMOS
by Andrzej Żuławski (FR/PT 2015), drama, 103’
All films with English subtitles, unless stated
otherwise
[18.30 NEI] THE INVISIBLE CITY /
NEREDZAMA PILSETA
by Viestur Kairish (LV 2014), documentary, 68’
[20.30 NEI] FLOTEL EUROPA
by Vladimir Tomić (DK/RS 2015), documentary, 70’
[20.00 ARISTON] LOSERS / КАРЪЦИ
by Ivaylo Hristov (BG 2015), comedy, 100’
CIN
Cinémathèque
NEI
Neimënster
UTOPIA
Ciné Utopia
24.10
[19.00 CIN] THE LESSON / УРОК
by Petar Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva (BG/GR 2014),
drama, 105’
[21.00 CIN] PEACE TO US IN OUR DREAMS
by Šarūnas Bartas (LT/RU/FR 2015), drama, 120’
[18.30 NEI] SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS
MARATHON
A selection of short documentary films
(audience award)
[19.00 S&K] CINEAST 2015 CLOSING PARTY FREEBORN BROTHERS AND SEAN & ZANDER
20.00 Sean & Zander 22.00 Freeborn Brothers
25.10
[14.00 AC] KIDS SHOW
Cartoons & animations with no spoken language
(age 2+)
[14.00 MUDAM] FREE SPACES
by Ina Ivanceanu (LU/AT 2015), documentary, 60’
[15.00 CIN] PAT ET MAT
by Marek Beneš (CZ 2011 - 2012), children
animation, 40’, no spoken language
[16.30 CIN] ZERO POINT / NULLPUNKT
by Mihkel Ulk (EST 2014), teenage drama, 114’
[18.30 CIN] DAVID
by Jan Těšitel (CZ 2015), drama, 80’
[20.30 CIN] GRAND PRIX WINNER repetition
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ARIS
TON
WAAS
Ancien Cinéma
Vianden
Ciné Ariston
Esch s/A
Ciné Waasserhaus
Mondorf
KUR
Ciné Kursaal
Rumelange
ERM
Ciné Ermesinde
Mersch
ROTON
DES
Rotondes
MELU
SINA
Melusina Club
S&K
Sang & Klang
MUDAM
Musée d’art moderne
BRASS
Brasserie Le Neumünster
CCRN
GW
Gudde Wellen
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PRIZE
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
PRIZE
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PROJECTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
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17 October
Saturday
15.00
NEI
KIDS SHOW
A small tradition already, the Kids Show screening at Neimënster
invites children from the age of 2 as well as their parents to spend
a pleasant afternoon in the company of animated heroes created
in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Come to meet, among others, the little chick Prince Ki-Ki-Do, a fearless fighter for the rights of his fellow forest animals, the funny Little Rain Worms, who must pay attention to the bird above while
playing, the cute puppy Reksio in search of new friends and the
legendary Mole, loved by whole generations of children (and parents).
Children of all nationalities are welcome, the films have no spoken
language. The 90-minute screening will be split into two parts by
a break with refreshments available. During the show, parents can
enjoy some free time with coffee and cake in the foyer.
18.00
CIN
HARD TO BE YOUNG
THE WEDNESDAY CHILD / SZERDAI GYEREK
(Hungary-Germany 2015) by LILI HORVÁTH
History sometimes repeats itself. As a nine-year-old, Maja was
abandoned by her mother and placed in an orphanage. Now
it’s ten years later and she keeps returning to the institution – to
visit her own four-year-old son... A socially-disadvantaged young
mother’s struggle to prove that she can be a good mum.
20.00
CIN
SELF-PORTRAIT OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER
(Romania 2015) by ANA LUNGU
drama/comedy, 81 min, en subtitles
Cristiana (30) spends her time writing her PhD and chatting with
her best friends. She is also having an affair with a married man.
She’s quite confused about her life and has difficulty in becoming
independent from her parents who keep helping her financially.
22.00
CIN
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HANY
(Czech Republic 2014) by MICHAL SAMIR
Jiří makes his living from selling drugs. A young girl is struggling
to break up with her long-term partner. A poet is romantically deluded... Everyone holds on to their own world - until a violent street
riot kicks in and all their fates intertwine. A fascinating single-take
ride following several young characters during one evening on the
streets of Pilsen, the European city of culture 2015.
17 October
Saturday
A unique jazz event with the Grammy
Award-winning Polish jazz pianist
20.00
NEI
WŁODEK PAWLIK TRIO
Włodek Pawlik, an extraordinary Polish jazz musician,
film soundtrack composer and now also a Grammy
winner, has cut 21 records under his own name to date
and performed at many of the most notable and prestigious jazz and classical music festivals.
An active composer of symphonic music, vocal-instrumental forms, ballet and jazz music, he is also well
known for his theatrical and movie soundtracks, including Rewers by Borys Lankosz (screened at CinEast
2010) and Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway. Pawlik
has won numerous prizes for his works, most notably
the Grammy Award in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album of 2014 for his record Night in Calisia – it
was and still is the first Grammy award for Polish jazz
ever.
With Paweł Pańta on bass and Cezary Konrad on
drums, Włodek Pawlik will present his newest album
America, as well as some of his most famous film tunes
and tracks from his Grammy Award-winning album.
Organised in collaboration with In the framework of the Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival
tickets 20 EUR
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18 October
Sunday
15.00
CIN
DREI HASELNÜSSE FÜR ASCHENBRÖDEL
(Czechoslovakia 1973) by VÁCLAV VORLÍČEK
children film, 74 min, in German
Cinderella does not put up with everything! Treated unfairly, the
girl does not quietly resign herself to her fate, but takes up the
battle with wit and astuteness. With the help of three enchanted
hazelnuts she even manages to lead the enamored prince up the
garden path.
16.30
CIN
18.30
CIN
BODY / CIAŁO
(Poland 2015) by MAŁGORZATA SZUMOWSKA
drama/black comedy, 92 min, en subtitles
A study of corporeality woven into the story of an alcoholic Warsawbased prosecutor, his grown-up anorexic daughter and her therapist, who claims she can communicate with dead loved ones. Three
characters playing out a poignant tale about the confrontation between faith and scepticism, hope and despair, and love and hate.
Three radically different approaches to the body and soul.
Silver Bear at Berlinale 2015.
KOZA
(Slovakia-Czech Republic 2015) by IVAN OSTROCHOVSKÝ
The film follows the story of Koza, a former Olympic boxer, who
steps back in the ring to make ends meet. Featuring the outstanding
performances of non-professional actors, the film, which has already
grabbed 11 awards on the festival circuit, is a powerful and haunting
challenge to the concept of authenticity.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRODUCER AND THE ACTOR
With the support of the Slovak Embassy in Brussels.
MAREK URBAN is a Slovak producer, who joined forces with his colleague, Ivan Ostrochovský,
in the production company Sentimentalfilm in 2008. He has produced Ostrochovský’s awardwinning fiction feature debut Koza as well as the documentary triptych The Velvet Terrorists,
the documentary Matchmaking Mayor (also screened at CinEast) and Juraj Nvota’s films Music
and Hostage. He is currently preparing, among others, the ambitious feature debut by György
Kristóf, the absurdist drama Out, and Miro Remo’s next documentary project, Swan Bride, while
working on his own project, Partisans, which he will also direct.
PETER ”KOZA” BALÁŽ is a former boxing champion (eight times Slovak champion in his category) who represented Slovakia at three World Championships as well as the Olympics in
Atlanta (the only Roma in the Slovak team). He lives in poor conditions and still fights for his
and his family’s survival. The director of the film Ivan Ostrochovský knows Koza from childhood. Peter plays himself in the film.
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18 October
Sunday
20.30
CIN
IN THE CROSSWIND / RISTTUULES
(Estonia 2014) by MARTTI HELDE
14 June 1941. Thousands
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of people from the Baltic countries are removed from their homes. Erna, married and the mother of a young
daughter, is sent to Siberia. For her, time takes on another dimension. Based on a true story told using magical visual techniques, the
film is a poignant journey through an unthinkable and little known
human experience.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTOR AND THE PRODUCER
With the support of the Estonian Embassy in Brussels
MARTTI HELDE (1987) is an Estonian film director. He attended the Baltic Film and Media
school, graduating as a film director and he completed directing courses both in Europe and
the USA. Martti has won several competitions and scholarships with his projects and also directed dozens of TV-commercials.
PILLE RÜNK is an Estonian producer, one of the founders of the production company Allfilm.
She has produced numerous documentary, short and feature fiction films as well as TV series
for Discovery Channel and for Channel 5.
21.00
HOME / DOM
UTOPIA (Slovenia 2015) by METOD PEVEC
Home is the centre, an everyday haven, a temple of small habits. Not
so much here. The tenants of this five-storey building do not call it
home; they all thought it would be just a temporary solution, but
sometimes this temporary state drags on endlessly. As well as social
marginalisation they have something else in common: their stories.
Vesna award for the best Slovenian documentary.
With the support of the Slovenian Embassy in Brussels
DANIJEL HOČEVAR (1965) is a Slovenian producer and member of the European Film Academy. He set up the first independent film production company in Slovenia Emotionfilm in 1986.
In 1994 he set up Vertigo, together with Damjan Kozole and Metod Pevec. They produced or coproduced 30 feature films, including the acclaimed titles Slovenian Girl or Beneath Her Window.
Their productions have performed well on the festival circuit, receiving numerous awards and
selling well internationally.
19.00
AC
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AN EVENING WITH ANDRZEJ CHYRA
THE COLLECTOR / KOMORNIK
(Poland 2005) by FELIKS FALK
Lucjan Bohme is a debt collector in a small town. Young and ambitious, uncompromising and extremely effective, he constantly
strives for new positions and honours, arousing fear among his victims: the debtors. Yet, in a dramatic turn of events, his life changes.
He wants to repair the damage done, but will he succeed?
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ACTOR (see next page)
The screening will be followed by a talk with Andrzej Chyra about
the film and his career as actor.
19 October
Monday
18.30
NEI
CLOSER TO THE MOON / MAI APROAPE DE LUNĂ
(Romania-USA-Italy-Poland 2014) by NAE CARANFIL
comedy, 112 min, in English
Bucharest, 1959. A spectacular bank heist has the country in uproar. Four men and a woman are arrested, tried, convicted and,
while waiting for their execution, they are forced to star in a propaganda film about their crime. Best Romanian film of 2014 (winning
nine national film awards ‘Gopo’).
20.30
NEI
CARTE BLANCHE
(Poland, 2014) by JACEK LUSIŃSKI
Based on true events, the touching story of a high school teacher
who - in order to keep the job he is passionate about and prepare
the students for their exams - hides the fact that he is gradually
losing his eyesight.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ACTOR
ANDRZEJ CHYRA (1964) is one of the most talented and prominent Polish actors of his generation. He has played many leading roles in films and TV series. He created many unforgettable characters in the works of Andrzej Wajda (Katyń), Krzysztof Krauze, Krzysztof Zanussi,
Volker Schlöndorff (Strajk – Die Heldin von Danzig), Feliks Falk (The Collector) and Małgorzata
Szumowska (Elles). He has twice won Best Actor Award at the Gdynia FF. He was a member of
the renowned Rozmaitości theatre troup and performs now with Teatr Nowy in Poland and
abroad in, among others, plays by Krzysztof Warlikowski. He is a member of the European Film
Academy.
CinEast Pro
The 4th “Luxembourg – CEEC” co-production forum
will take place on Monday 19 October in the framework of the
CinEast festival, this time in the Filmland studios in Kehlen.
The forum offers producers from Central and Eastern European countries and from Luxembourg an occasion to meet and
discuss about opportunities for future co-productions and collaborations. This year the event will have a special focus on
documentary films and several case studies of past or ongoing
co-production projects will be on the agenda.
The forum is not opened to the general public, however, interested producers and representatives of film institutions and the film industry can apply by
writing to [email protected]
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19 October
Monday
18.30
IN THE CROSSWIND / RISTTUULES
UTOPIA (Estonia 2014) by MARTTI HELDE
14 June 1941. Thousands of people from the Baltic countries are removed from their homes. Erna, married and the mother of a young
daughter, is sent to Siberia. For her, time takes on another dimension. Based on a true story told using magical visual techniques, the
film is a poignant journey through an unthinkable and little known
human experience.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTOR (see p. 41)
21.00
UTOPIA
FAMILY FILM / RODINNÝ FILM
(Czech Rep.-Germany-FR-SI 2015) by OLMO OMERZU
A husband and wife set sail across the ocean, leaving their two children to explore the freedom of being home alone. The boat goes
down, and so does the family. A dog, stranded on a desert island, is
their only hope. Second film of the talented Slovenian film director
(but shot in Czech), premiered in the San Sebastian Film Festival’s
New Directors Competition in September 2015.
JIŘÍ KONEČNÝ (1973) is a Prague-based producer of fiction and documentary films. He is
the founder and owner of the production company Endorfilm. The films he produced have
been screened and awarded at many international festivals including four times Berlinale.
Recent films: Koza by Ivan Ostrochovsky (Toronto IFF 2015, 11 awards since Berlinale Forum
2015), Aferim! by Radu Jude (Silver Bear for Best Directing Berlinale 2015, Romanian Oscar
bid), Always Together by Eva Tomanova (Nomination for Best First Appearance IDFA 2015).
20.00
AC
LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY / LIZA, A RÓKATÜNDÉR
(Hungary 2015) by KÁROLY UJJ-MÉSZÁROS
romantic musical comedy, 98 min, en subtitles
Fox-fairies are evil demons from Japanese folklore, who rob men
of their lives. Liza, a 30-year-old nurse, goes in search of love, but
her ill-fated admirers all die on their first date. All her dating efforts
ending in fatal accidents, Liza is convinced that she has become
a fox-fairy. A peculiar and poignant comedy set in a fictionalized
1970s Hungary with a capitalist system, Liza, The Fox-Fairy is a fairy
tale for grownups, with a tinge of irony.
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20 October
Tuesday
18.30
CIN
DRIFTER
(Hungary-Germany 2014) by GÁBOR HÖRCHER
A close-up portrait of a rebellious racecar-driving teen coping with
the twists and turns of life in rural Hungary. The young rebel, Ricsi,
lives life on the edge. Driving cars without a license, theft and escaping from the cops are all just part of his daily routine, much to
his parents’ despair. Ricsi can’t stand routine nor the expectations
of his deadbeat father. Anyway, where was he when Ricsi needed
him most? Drifter was shot over a period of five years and is a portrait of a unique young man who takes life into his own hands.
With the support of the Balassi Institute Brussels
GÁBOR HÖRCHER (1980) is a Hungarian film-maker. He studied psychology, law and film,
but has also worked as a waiter in London, bartender in Greece and human rights teacher at
a university in Cambodia. Involved in film-making since 2008, he runs the Kraats Film company together with Marcell Iványi. Gábor’s first feature film project, Drifter, won the Robert
Bosch Co-production Prize in 2011 and premiered at IDFA winning Best First Appearance
Award in 2014. His fiction short film titled Ricsi premiered at Clermont-Ferrand and, shortly
after, won Best Hungarian Short Fiction Prize at Mediawave Film Festival in 2015.
18.30
NEI
DISCO POLO
(Poland 2015) by MACIEJ BOCHNIAK
In the crazy 90s Poland, Tomek and Rudy, two guys from the countryside that, driven by a passion and a vision, leave their boring life
to reach the top 10 of the Disco Polo music charts. They found a
music band and start to realise their “American dream”. But success
has its price. Dollars only give a fake feeling of freedom and waking
up from the American dream can be full of surprises and painful…
20.30
NEI
ŠIŠKA DELUXE
(Slovenia-FYROM-Czech Republic 2015) by JAN CVITKOVIČ
One day three childhood friends in their thirties, doing odd jobs for
a living, decide to open a pizzeria together. This bittersweet comedy
tells the unpretentious story of ordinary guys trying to find their way
and make the best of their lives just like everyone else.
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20 October
Tuesday
18.30
THE CLEANER / ČISTIČ
UTOPIA (Slovakia 2015) by PETER BEBJAK
Tomáš, a funeral service cleaner, longs for social relationships. Observing other people’s personal lives, unnoticed, dampens his solitude and becomes a hobby, which turns into passion when he discovers feelings he has never had before.
The Cleaner is a film about problems in interpersonal communication taking place in nowadays Bratislava. It is about how strongly
events from our childhood can influence us and how hard it is for
us to cope with them.
21.00
BROTHERS / BRACIA
UTOPIA (Poland 2015) by WOJCIECH STAROŃ
Two brothers who managed to escape from a Soviet forced labor
camp, are unable to escape from one another. One of them is an
artist and a dreamer, the other, a pragmatic scientist and the two of
them share a love-hate relationship.
Grand Prix of the Critics’ Week at Locarno Film Festival 2015. Third
screening worldwide.
20.00
AC
LISTEN / ЧУЙ
(Bulgaria 2014) by DIANA IVANOVA
documentary, 76 min, de subtitles
A story of one of the most dangerous enemies of communist countries – the US funded Radio Free Europe. For the Bulgarian State
Security the radio remained the biggest enemy of communist Bulgaria till 1989. Why was Radio Free Europe so dangerous and why
did it become a legend for several generations?
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20 October
Live soundtrack to Innemann’s 1927 comedy
An Old Gangster’s Molls
Tuesday
CINÉ-CONCERT WITH THE CZECH TRIO NEUVĚŘITELNO
NEUVĚŘITELNO, a trio of outstanding young Czech musicians, will perform a live soundtrack to the recently restored version of the silent film An Old Gangster’s Molls
by Svatopluk Innemann (1927), a classic slapstick comedy starring the famous Czech comedian Vlasta Burian.
The band’s name translates as ‘The Unbelievable’ and
their music is a mixture of styles such as rock, jazz, swing,
blues, with elements of traditional folk and classical music. Having performed live scores to numerous films, the
band ensures that their music accentuates the film’s message, is built around it, respects its soul and lets the images ‘breathe’.
Neuvěřitelno use a range of instruments such as guitar,
double bass, mandolin, drums and kalimba, but also explore the sounds of voices, percussion and all sorts of artefacts, some of which belong in the kitchen rather than
to a band of musicians. They have performed with the
film at various venues and festivals around Europe (Bonn,
Warsaw, Pordenone, etc.) and this is their first ever performance in Luxembourg.
tickets 10/12 EUR (with/without pass)
20.30
CIN
AN OLD GANGSTER’S MOLLS / MILENKY
STARÉHO KRIMINÁLNÍKA
(Czechoslovakia 1927) by SVATOPLUK INNEMANN
The descendant of an impoverished aristocratic family is to marry
his creditor’s eccentric daughter. He, however, is in love with another girl, so he convinces his uncle to take over his courtship duties. He hopes that his elderly relative will succeed in dissuading
the unwelcome bride, but the exact opposite happens...
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Monde
de sécurité
Bâloise
Mir maachen Iech méi sécher.
Votre sécurité nous tient à cœur.
Making you safer.
www.baloise.lu
SHORT FICTION FILMS MARATHON (NORTH)
18.30
-22.00
NEI
Wednesday
A selection of short fiction films from the Czech Republic, Poland,
Slovakia and the Baltic countries. Come and cast your vote for the
Audience Award. With free snacks and drinks served during the break.
Mother Earth / Matka ziemia
by Piotr Zlotorowicz (Poland 2014,
30 min)
Maciek begins to take care of an
old orchard, and discovers his
supernatural abilities.
Story of Nothing / Mine de rien
by Grzegorz Jaroszuk (Poland-France
2015, 19 min)
A woman ignored by everyone
around her finally attracts their
attention thanks to an unexpected
event.
Interrogator / Tardytojas
by Jurgis Matulevičius (Lithuania
2015, 21 min)
A Soviet secret police interrogator
is about to meet and question a
talented writer. He rehearses the
interrogation in order to be strong
and convincing.
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21 October
What We Did Before We Drank
Cocoa Together / Čo sme robili
predtým, ako sme šli spolu na
kakao
by Aramisova (Czech RepublicSlovakia 2014, 32 min)
What is the value of energy invested
into friendship? How can you defend
yourself when there is no one to stick
up for you?
All My Dead / Trausla sirds
by Astra Zoldnere (Latvia 2014, 14 min)
They met on Christmas Eve at the
morgue. She wants him, but he
wants to disappear.
Check Point
by Adam Felix (Slovakia 2014, 30 min)
Ester’s vacuum cleaner blows air
out instead of sucking it in. The
stubborn girl comes up with a radical
solution…
Castratus, the Boar / Kastrāts kuilis
by Raitis and Lauris Abele (Latvia
2014, 23 min)
Valter breeds his pigs and sings in
the local church choir. His childhood
secret, however, prevents him from
integrating in the community.
The Residential Home / Dom opieki
by Antonio Galdamez and Jakub
Stolecki (Poland 2014, 12 min)
Residents of a nursing home
gradually disappear. A female
resident decides to take action and
prepares an escape plan.
21 October
Wednesday
18.30
CIN
BABAI
(Kosovo-Germany-FYROM-France 2015) by VISAR MORINA
Ten-year old Nori and his father Gezim earn their living by selling
cigarettes in pre-war Kosovo of the 90s. Gezim suddenly leaves Kosovo, without Nori. Angry, yet determined, Nori sets out on a perilous journey to find his father. With the persistence only a child can
have, he confronts his father and cannot forgive him for his desertion.
Best Director award at Karlovy Vary 2015.
20.30
CIN
LOSERS / КАРЪЦИ
(Bulgaria 2015) by IVAYLO HRISTOV
coming-of-age comedy, 100 min, en subtitles
Elena, Koko, Patso and Gosho are high school students in a small provincial town in Bulgaria. They are inseparable friends and share the
belief that they are losers. Koko is a shy boy who is in love with Elena.
Elena wants to be a singer. She is really excited about the upcoming
concert of a famous rock band. The e`vent shakes up the whole town
giving birth to new love affairs, disappointments and complicated
relationships. Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival 2015.
IVAYLO HRISTOV (1955) is a Bulgarian actor and director who graduated from the Department of Acting at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, NATFIZ. He worked at
Sliven Drama Theatre «Stefan Kirov» and later at the Theatre of the Bulgarian Army in Sofia.
He has played more than 50 roles in theatre, and more than 20 in feature films. He has directed stage productions, such as Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll,
Graduate, etc. Since 1992, he has been teaching acting at NATFIZ. His first feature, Emigrants
(2003), that he directed together with Ludmil Todorov, won several national awards and was
screened at a number of film festivals. Footsteps in the Sand (2010) was entered at the 32 MIFF.
He is the author of the book The Actor in Cinema and one of the founders of the prestigious
Bulgarian theatre awards, Askeer.
18.30
-22.00
NEI
SHORT FICTION FILMS MARATHON (NORTH)
A selection of short fiction films from the Czech
Republic, Poland, Slovakia and the Baltic countries
See previous page
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21 October
Wednesday
19.00
SON OF SAUL / SAUL FIA
UTOPIA (Hungary 2015) by LÁSZLÓ NEMES
October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian
member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners
isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination.
The first feature film by László Nemes plunges its viewer directly
into the heart of a concentration camp. The camera follows Saul
throughout the film, revealing only his immediate surroundings,
and creating an organic film space of reduced proportions close to
human perception. Thus, not simply witnessing or observing, we actually descend into hell with Saul.
Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
In the framework of
21.00
THE CLEANER / ČISTIČ
UTOPIA (Slovakia 2015) by PETER BEBJAK
Tomáš, a funeral service cleaner, longs for social relationships. Observing other people’s personal lives, unnoticed, dampens his solitude and becomes a hobby, which turns into passion when he discovers feelings he has never had before. A film about problems in
interpersonal communication taking place in nowadays Bratislava.
It is about how strongly events from our childhood can influence us
and how hard it is for us to cope with them.
20.00
AC
THE INVISIBLE CITY / NEREDZAMA PILSETA
(Latvia 2014) by VIESTUR KAIRISH
An emotional and cinematographic journey to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: a supposedly hellish place, whichturned out to be a paradise for some people. They live in villages entirely overwhelmed by
nature and lead their unrealistic Atlantean life, from which even the
war in Ukraine seems to be happening on another planet. A journey
into the ‘Zone’ penetrated by nature, and the lives of the locals.
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22 October
Thursday
ŻUŁAWSKI EVENING
18.30
MASTERCLASS ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI
CIN
The presence of Andrzej Żuławski as the president of
the CinEast jury will be an opportunity for the public to
find out about his long cinematographic career. Starting
from his debuts in Poland and in France, through his international successes (L’important c’est d’aimer, La femme
publique, Possession, Fidelité), his return to Poland and his
long silence until his directorial come back two months
20.30
CIN
ago at the Locarno Film Festival with Cosmos (shown at
CinEast on the 23/10). This encounter will be also an opportunity to hear Andrzej Żuławski talk about himself, ask
him questions and understand better his filmography.
Moderated by the film director, scriptwriter and cinephile
Derek Woolfenden.
Tickets available at www.luxembourg-ticket.lu
POSSESSION
(France-Germany 1981) by ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI
drama/horror, 122 min, fr subtitles
Mark comes back home to Berlin after working away from home
for some time. Anna, his wife, wants to leave him. He thinks she’s
having an affair with Heinrich, but Heinrich says she left him for
someone else, too. In a very tense and neurotic atmosphere, Mark
finally understands that her new lover is not human…A stunning
drama where human and non-human beings mingle and develop troubling and wonderful presences, always in the shadow of
the Berlin wall. Best Actress award for Isabelle Adjani at Cannes
Film Festival 1981.
ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI (1940) is without any doubt one of the most renowned living Polish directors. His films are
powered by magnetic performances from his actors, destructive passions, violent manichaeism and romantic lyricism. He has worked with numerous French and international actors, such as Romy Schneider, Sophie Marceau,
Isabelle Adjani, Francis Huster, Jacques Dutronc, Guillaume Canet, Lambert Wilson and Valérie Kaprisky. In addition
to making films, he also works in theatre and has written over a dozen novels and short stories. His filmography
includes, among many others, L’important c’est d’aimer, Possession, La Femme publique, Chamanka and La Fidélité.
After a break of 15 years, Andrzej Zulawski returned to cinema this year with the adaptation of Gombrowicz’s novel
Cosmos that premiered at the Locarno film festival this summer, winning the prestigious Pardo for Best Director.
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22 October
Thursday
18.30
NEI
AFERIM!
(Romania-Bulgaria-Czech Republic 2015) by RADU JUDE
historical comedy/drama, 108 min, en subtitles
This wild east variation of a ‘western’ uses impressive black and
white cinematography and a good dose of infectious humour and
sharp cynicism to portray an authentic image of an historical period
and the social situation of gypsies at that time, with clear parallels
with the present day.
20.30
NEI
DANIEL’S WORLD / DANIELŮV SVĚT
(Czech Republic 2014) by VERONIKA LIŠKOVÁ
Can a paedophile lead a happy life? That is what Daniel (25) asks
himself every single day. He does not know what will eventually
prevail in his life. Will it be joy or sorrow? Every day is a small battle
against himself.
FOLLOWED BY A DEBATE ON THE TOPIC OF PAEDOPHILIA WITH
LATIFA BENNARI (L’ANGE BLEU) AND MARISSA DARUWALLA
19.00
UTOPIA SON OF SAUL / SAUL FIA
(Hungary 2015) by LÁSZLÓ NEMES
A truly unique, devastating, but uplifting experience of the hell that
was Auschwitz. Grand Prix at Cannes 2015.
(more info p. 51)
21.00
BABAI
UTOPIA (Kosovo-Germany-FYROM-France 2015) by VISAR MORINA
Immigration to the EU through the eyes of a Kosovar ten-year old
boy. Best Director award at Karlovy Vary 2015.
(more info p. 50)
20.00
AC
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SHORT FILMS EVENING
A special programme of short fiction, documentary and animated
films from Central and Eastern Europe.
Life with Herman H. Rott by Chintis Lundgren (Croatia-DenmarkEstonia 2015, 11 min)
Castratus, the Boar / Raitis and Lauris Abele (Latvia 2014, 23 min)
Our Curse / by Tomasz Śliwiński (Poland 2013, 27 min)
Quiet Mujo / by Ursula Meier (Bosnia and Herzegovina-France-Switzerland 2014, 11 min)
The Residential Home / by Antonio Galdamez and Jakub Stolecki
(Poland 2014, 12 min)
22 October
Thursday
A fun fusion evening mixing cinematography and music!
19.00
GW
We kick off with a screening of the utterly irresistible comedy Liza,
the Fox-Fairy, a fairy tale for grown-ups set in fictionalised 1970s
Hungary and spiced up with colourful Japanese (!) pop elements,
an enjoyable blend of Asian folklore with fanciful Amélie-inspired
artistic direction, tinged with irony and black humour (with English
subtitles, see p. 25 for details).
After the screening, the author of the film’s soundtrack, Hungarian
musician Ambrus Tövisházi, will personally throw a lively DJ party
like no other. His project ‘Erik Sumo presents Tokyo Disko’ will give
you a taste of the sugary 70s Asian pop from the movie and other
unmissable kitsch tunes. So go wild the (Far)Eastern way! Multicoloured vintage outfits recommended.
LIZA & TOKYO DISCO!
19.30 Screening of Liza, the Fox-Fairy
21.30 DJ party ‘Erik Sumo presents Tokyo Disko’
tickets 5/7 EUR (with/without pass)
Organised in collaboration with
AMBRUS TÖVISHÁZI (1976) is a Hungarian composer, musician and producer, as well as the
founder of several Hungarian bands, including Amorf Ördögök, Péterfy Bori & Love Band
and Erik Sumo Band. He composed the music for the films Az igazi Mikulás (The Real Santa),
Pánik (Panic) and Liza, a rókatündér (Liza, the Fox-Fairy), and as a music producer he contributed to several musical projects (Unbending Trees, Kiscsillag, Hó Márton).
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23 October
Friday
18.30
CIN
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CE LUME MINUNATA
(Moldova 2014) by ANATOL DURBALĂ
April 2009. Petru comes back for the holidays to his native Moldova, unaware that people are demonstrating against the Communist authorities. Mistaken for a demonstrator, he’s suddenly attacked and arrested.
The film shows the police brutality and demonstrators’ humiliation
during the 2009 events, which received very little coverage in Western
countries.
18.30
NEI
THE INVISIBLE CITY / NEREDZAMA PILSETA
(Latvia 2014) by VIESTUR KAIRISH
An emotional and cinematographic journey to the Chernobyl
Exclusion Zone: a supposedly hellish place, whichturned out to
be a paradise for some people. They live in villages entirely overwhelmed by nature and lead their unrealistic Atlantean life, from
which even the war in Ukraine seems to be happening on another
planet. A journey into the ‘Zone’ penetrated by nature, and the
lives of the locals.
With the support of the Latvian Embassy in Brussels
VIESTUR KAIRISH (1971) is a Latvian director born in Riga. He graduated from the Latvian
Academy of Culture as a theatre and film director. He has shot several award-winning documentary films, such as The Invisible City (2014), Pelican In The Desert (2013), Olympic Man
(2009), The Monument (short, 2005), Romeo and Juliet (2004), and feature films such as The
Dark Deer (2006), Leaving By The Way (2001), The Wedding (2000). Chronicles of Melany will
be his next film.
20.30
NEI
FLOTEL EUROPA
(Denmark-Serbia 2015) by VLADIMIR TOMIĆ
In 1992 a wave of refugees from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached Denmark. A giant ship, Flotel Europa, became a temporary home for a thousand people waiting for decisions on their
asylum applications. Among them was a 12 year old boy, Vladimir,
who fled Sarajevo together with his mother and older brother. This
is his story of growing up on the ship juxtaposed with personal
VHS archive material shot by refugees.
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23 October
Friday
AWARD S CEREM ON Y
During the Awards Ceremony held at the Cinémathèque de la Ville
de Luxembourg from 8.30 pm, the international jury composed of
the director Andrzej Żuławski, the actor Vicky Krieps, the producer
Alexandra Hoesdorff, the director and producer Yann Tonnar and
the director Ina Ivanceanu will announce the winner of the Grand
Prix and the Special Jury Prize of CinEast 2015. The press jury will
announce the winner of the Critics’ Prize.
The film awarded the Grand Prix will be shown again on the last day
of the festival, Sunday 25 October at the Cinémathèque.
Right after the Ceremony, the president of the jury Andrzej Żuławski
will present his latest film Cosmos.
20.30
CIN
COSMOS
(France-Portugal 2015) by ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI
Witold just failed his law-school exams and Fuchs has just quit his
job. Arriving for a few days away at a so-called family guesthouse,
they are greeted by a series of unsettling omens: a sparrow hanging in the forest, then a piece of wood in the same condition, and
finally signs on the ceiling and in the garden… Andrzej Żuławski’s
first film after 15 years is based on the novel of Witold Gombrowicz.
The film premiered this summer at the Locarno Film Festival where
it received the prestigious Silver Leopard award for Best Direction.
(for biography go to p. 53)
20.00
ARIS
TON
LOSERS / КАРЪЦИ
(Bulgaria 2015) by IVAYLO HRISTOV
coming-of-age comedy, 100 min, en subtitles
Elena, Koko, Patso and Gosho are high school students in a small
provincial town in Bulgaria. They are inseparable friends and share
the belief that they are losers. Koko is a shy boy who is in love with
Elena. Elena wants to be a singer. She is really excited about the
upcoming concert of a famous rock band. The event shakes up the
whole town giving birth to new love affairs, disappointments and
complicated relationships.
Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival 2015.
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24 October
Saturday
19.00
CIN
THE LESSON / УРОК
(Bulgaria-Greece 2014) by PETAR VALCHANOV &
KRISTINA GROZEVA drama, 105 min, en & fr subtitles
A young teacher in a class of students - there’s a robber in her class.
She says she’ll find who did it is and give them “a good lesson”.
But she gets into debt to money-lenders who threaten her family. Now she has the dilemma of whether to break her principles…
This multi-award-winning debut, and finalist of the EP‘s LUX Prize,
paints a Dardennes-like authentic picture of the bleak reality of being in financial trouble.
In collaboration with
21.00
CIN
PEACE TO US IN OUR DREAMS
(Lithuania-Russia-France 2015) by ŠARŪNAS BARTAS
Peace to Us in Our Dreams is a story about a man, his daughter and
his girlfriend spending a weekend in a country house. All in a state
of personal crisis, they are constantly trying to reach out to each
other, finding it difficult to express their feelings and their fears or
to give the sound advice the others need. Characterised by long
shots and heavily-loaded landscapes, this is probably the most intimate and personal of Bartas’ films to date.
18.30
-21.00
NEI
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SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS MARATHON
A selection of short documentary films (audience award)
See page 59
24 October
SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM MARATHON
18.30
-21.00
NEI
Some of the most interesting short documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe. Come and cast your vote for the Audience
Award. With free snacks and drinks served during the break.
End of the World / Koniec świata
by Monika Pawluczuc
(Poland 2015, 40 min)
An intimate, creative and immensely
visual documentary where several
stories weave into one narrative
during one night.
Play!
by Andrej Kolenčík
(Serbia 2014, 12 min)
A boy trapped in limbo between two
polar opposite worlds, spends his
time amongst gambling adults in a
casino.
2nd Floor / 2.em
by Hajni Kiss
(Hungary 2014, 20 min)
An intimate look into the life of a
home for the elderly, and the story
of a male nurse who tries his best to
cheer up the residents.
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Saturday
Prodigal
by Livia Ungur and Sherng-Lee
Huang (Romania-USA 2015, 8 min)
Capturing candid street scenes
in urban Romania, this surprising
documentary tracks the relationship
between the filmmaker and the
place she used to call home.
The Doctor Leaves Last / Медик
iде oстанньою
by Svitlana Shymko (HungaryUkraine 2014, 27 min)
During the Revolution of Dignity,
Tanya decided to leave her elderly
mother in a small town, and become
a volunteer doctor in Kyiv.
Mat Goc
by Dužan Duong (Czech RepublicVietnam 2014, 19 min)
How do the children of Vietnamese
parents in the Czech Republic view
Vietnam – is Western culture closer
to them than the culture of their
parents?
The Face of Ukraine: Casting
Oksana Baiul
by Kitty Green (Ukraine-Australia
2014, 7 min)
Little girls from Ukraine audition
to play the role of gold medalwinning figure skater Oksana Baiul,
whose tears of joy once united their
troubled country.
Our Curse / Nasza klątwa
by Tomasz Śliwiński (Poland 2013, 27 min)
A personal statement of the director
and his wife, who have to deal
with the very rare and incurable
disease of their newborn child Leo –
Ondine’s Curse.
Second Chance / Druhý pokus
by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia 2014, 10 min)
How to explain the notion of the
‘Slovakia’ of the past twenty years
to a stranger, a visitor from another
planet?
24 October
Saturday
19.00
S&K
East vs. West country clash!
Come hungry, traditional food available.
CLOSING EVENT WITH FREEBORN BROTHERS AND
Loads of fun guaranteed! With the concerts of two eccentric bands - t��
he Freeborn Brothers (PL, gypsy hobo trash grass)
and Sean & Zander (USA, folk, country,
rock, bluegrass) – as well as Eastern European food and drinks, the Closing Event
of CinEast 2015 should be as enjoyable as
lounging on a stack of hay!
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Freeborn Brothers play a dangerous mix of musical styles
overflowing with energy and humour. Constantly touring
Europe, the three-member Polish band played around 200
shows in 2014 in more than 14 countries. While their first
album Two Man Orchestra (2013) featured highly energetic
songs and some spooky waltz, the recent second collection, Gypsy Hobo Trash Grass, is a little more melodic, bursting with songs made with heart and soul.
24 October
Saturday
Dress code:
anti-urban farming style!
SEAN & ZANDER
Sean&Zander is an American duo comprising vocalist
Sean Wheeler and multi-instrumentalist Zander Schloss.
The twosome plays a hybrid of folk, country, pop, ragtime,
bluegrass and gospel that boasts a good dose of energy
and spirituality and is executed with a soulful dash of
Americana charm not often heard west of the Mississippi.
20.30 Sean & Zander
22.00 Freeborn Brothers
tickets 12/15 EUR (presale/door)
free drink with pass
GASTRONOMY
Please come hungry!
Throughout the evening you can enjoy
hearty dishes and snacks from our region
- Polish bigos, Ukrainian varenyky, Balkan
burek etc. as well as a wide selection of
traditional drinks (beers, wines, spirits &
more).
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DANS LE CADRE DE L’EXPOSITION EPPUR SI MUOVE
LIVE PERFORMANCE | MUDAM AUDITORIUM
PIERRE BASTIEN, SILENT MOTORS
18.10.2015, 14h00
© Photo : Studio Walter | Prix d‘entrée au Mudam : 7€
Mudam Luxembourg
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
3, Park Dräi Eechelen
L-1499 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
www.mudam.lu
25 October
Sunday
14.00
AC
KIDS SHOW
An entertaining programme for children and their parents in the
cosy atmosphere of the Ancien Cinéma café club.
Bolek and Lolek, Mole, Prince Ki-Ki-Do and other animated heroes
will share their adventures with your little ones, who can also enjoy
various toys and games while the big ones taste some of the cakes
and special drinks the venue is well-known for.
14.00 FREE SPACES
MUDAM (Luxembourg-Austria 2015) by INA IVANCEANU
Free Spaces is a documentary film based on the Spaces project
mapping artistic and cultural actions in public spaces of
Yerevan, Tbilisi, Chisinau and Kiev. It gives a new perspective
of these cities through artists and activists who try to regain
their right to the city space and their freedom of expression in
creative and innovative ways.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTOR AND THE PRODUCER
Organised in collaboration with
and Amour fou Luxembourg
INA IVANCEANU is a documentary film-maker based in Vienna, Austria. Her work includes
documentaries for cinema, participatory video workshops (film and its analysis, as part of
participatory action research) and the documentaries for different audiences beyond the
art-house context – from the field of visual arts to marginalised social groups. In her documentary films, she focuses on societies in transformation, in particular in a post-communist
context.
15.00
CIN
PAT ET MAT
(Czech Republic 2011-2012) by MAREK BENEŠ
children animation, 40 min, with no spoken language
Pat and Mat are two inseparable friends who share a passion for
tinkering. They often face mostly self-made problems and try to
solve them using any possible and impossible tools and methods.
Unfortunately, it usually turns out quite badly and the result is not
always what is expected ... The funny awkwardness and surprising
inventiveness of the two adorable characters will certainly win the
hearts of even the most non-technically oriented children.
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25 October
Sunday
16.30
CIN
ZERO POINT / NULLPUNKT
(Estonia 2014) by MIHKEL ULK
teenage drama, 114 min, en subtitles
Subjected to mental abuse by his classmates, Johannes neglects
his studies and takes drugs with old friends. He also has to deal
with his mother’s mental illness. He understands he’s now reached
‘zero point’ and has to rebuild his life. Zero Point, based on the
eponymous best-selling novel, is a drama about a young man’s
will to face school bullying, family problems and low self-esteem.
18.30
CIN
DAVID
(Czech Republic 2015) by JAN TĚŠITEL
David, a mentally disabled young man, decides to leave the security of his family. One night he takes the train and escapes to
Prague. On his journey in the big city he discovers a whole new
world, gets entangled in unexpected situations and faces loneliness, disrespect, lies and hunger, pushing him to the very limits.
20.30
CIN
GRAND PRIX WINNER REPETITION
Repetition of the film awarded the Grand Prix of CinEast 2015
announced during the Awards Ceremony on 23 October.
Check the festival website for details.
18.30
NEI
GODS / BOGOWIE
(Poland 2014) by ŁUKASZ PALKOWSKI
biopic, 112 min, en subtitles
A story of a self-made man – Dr Zbigniew Religa – who, despite the
harsh communist reality, fulfilled his professional dream and revolutionised cardiac surgery in Poland. Nevertheless, Gods is not just
a story of great success, but also of getting up after a fall. This film
has been one of the most successful Polish films in terms of admissions since 1989 and has received a long list of national awards.
FOLLOWED BY THE CHARITY PROJECT FINALE INCLUDING THE
SALE OF THE PHOTOS FROM THE URBAN STORIES EXHIBITION
(see next page)
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C H A R IT Y P R O J E C T
25 October
Sunday
CHARI T Y FI NAL E
As in previous years, the CinEast 2015 festival is organising its own Charity Project. Thanks to your contributions
last year we managed to help the orphanage in Udaitsi
(Ukraine) and make the lives of the children living there
a bit more cheerful. This year we would like to support
the Polish foundation ‘Gajusz’ (based in Łodz), which
provides care for children with chronic and incurable
diseases in a hospice and in people’s homes as well as
perinatal care.
“The Palace” is what they call their hospice, which is dedicated to children who are terminally ill and deprived of
parental care – mostly orphans whose parents cannot or
do not want to be reached. The Palace is their home, not
their hospital! Both the medical staff and the volunteers
make this place a very safe, cosy and a cheerful place to be.
Thanks to the home care service, patients can spend their
most valued and treasured days in the comfort of their
homes, with their parents by their side. Gajusz provides
around-the-clock free medical, psychological, and social
care.
In the framework of the perinatal care, Gajusz oversees the
care of our youngest patients, before and after their birth.
Families receive free professional support (medical, diagnostics, psychological, social and organisational) and palliative care for children born with terminal birth defects.
They help every child, no matter how small they are, because no children should suffer loneliness.
With your contributions we could help Gajusz improve
the living conditions of their little patients. The foundation would like to buy a device which cleanses the air in
the rooms of sick children and creates a healthier environment, reducing the risk of airborne pathogens affecting
patients.
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How can you support this initiative? You can put your donations in one of our piggy banks available in the main
venues. They will be publicly smashed open and your donations will be counted by volunteers at the last festival
event at Neimënster on Sunday 25 October, the screening
of the film Gods. After the screening and during the days
which follow you will also be able to purchase photos from
the “Urban Stories” exhibition. But you can also help by
simply purchasing the festival pass - 1 EUR from each pass
purchased goes to the Charity Project automatically. 100%
of the collected funds will be sent on to Gajusz.
Christian,
future « Palme d’Or »
LET’S MAKE A BETTER TOMORROW
FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS
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on bgl.lu
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ENOUGH FOR OUR CHILDREN
IN A CHANGING WORLD
CIN
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UTOPIA
Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
17, pl. du Théâtre, Luxembourg
www.cinematheque.lu
Neimënster
28, rue Münster, Luxembourg
www.neimenster.lu
Ciné Utopia
16, av. de la Faïencerie, Luxembourg
www.utopolis.lu
Ancien Cinéma
AC
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23, Grand Rue, Vianden
www.anciencinema.lu
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CineAriston
9, rue Pierre Claude, Esch sur Alzette
www.caramba.lu
CineKursaal
KUR
8, rue des Martyrs, Rumelange
www.caramba.lu
CineWaasserhaus
WAAS
avenue des Bains, Mondorf-les-Bains
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45, rue de la Gare L-7590 Beringen (Mersch)
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Melusina 145, rue de la Tour Jacob, Luxembourg
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Sang&Klang
1, rue des Trois Glands, Luxembourg
www.sangaklang.lu
Mudam
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3, Park Dräi Eechelen, Luxembourg
www.mudam.lu
Rotondes
Place des Rotondes, Luxembourg
www.rotondes.lu
Brasserie Le Neimënster
28, rue Münster, Luxembourg
www.abbaye.lu
Gudde Wellen
17, rue du Saint Esprit
Luksemburg
www.deguddewellen.lu
ENTRANCE
FEES
ENTRANCE FEES
Festival pass*: 20 € Single tickets: 5 €
Screenings at Ancien Cinéma (except 18 Oct) and
the Kids show (Neimënster) are free.
*The pass does not guarantee seating
------------------------------------------------------------Why buy
a festival
pass? pass?
Why
buy
a festival
- unlimited access to over 90 screenings and 50 different
features
- 3 € discount at the concert of Klezmafour & DJ Kosta
Kostov
- 2 € discount at the cinéconcert by Neuvěřitelno
- 1 welcome drink at the Gypsy Soul event
- 1 free drink at the Closing event with Freeborn Brothers
- 1 € from each purchased pass goes directly to the
Charity project
...and all this for just 20 €
------------------------------------------------------------Klezmafour & DJ Kosta Kostov: 12/15 EUR
(presale+with pass/door) 5/7 EUR (after 22.30 with/
without pass)
Cinéconcert by Neuvěřitelno: 10/12 EUR
(presale+with pass/door) Wlodek Pawlik Trio: 20 EUR
Gypsy Soul: entry&food 12/15 EUR (presale/doors),
entry only 8 EUR
Masterclass: -/5 EUR (with/without pass)
Closing event: 12/15 EUR (presale/door), free drink
with pass
Photography exhibition: free entrance
Gastronomy evening: 13/17/20 EUR
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CINEAST TEAM
Radek Lipka (programme director), Hynek Dedecius
(artistic director), Gloria Morano (festival coordinator),
Maciej Karczewski (financial manager), Anna Sowada
(project manager), Martyna Adamska (guests
manager), Zsuzsanna Cser (print coordinator),
Dörte Muß-Gorazd (school screenings), Julia Wack
(communication), Dariusz Adamski (graphic design),
Martin Křemenák (webmaster),
Diana Gallasová, Eszter Papp, Videlina Dimitrova,
Carmen Gruber, Marina Seliškar, Sébastien Louis,
Vitalijus Kiselius, Meelik Mallene, Heinrihs Puciriuss,
Łukasz Koźma, Monika Osvald, Ewa Pawłowska,
Bálint Juhász, Malina Sirotic, Hannah Skrinar, Abigail
Moreno Ginés, Aleksandra Jović.
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