Thoughts from the Film World
It's good to see some independent and low-budget films doing particularly well at film festivals and gaining distribution in many countries as a result. One film that springs to mind is the forthcoming Romanian release 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mingiu. Eastern European cinema is booming: Three productions from formerly communist countries have been nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film.
goEast – The Festival of Central and Eastern European Film runs in Wiesbaden from 9 to 15 April 2008. It is of course not the only festival representing this part of the world and certainly not the first but it is certainly a worthwhile addition for films that are rarely screened elsewhere. In 2008 goEast will feature a symposium on documentary film from the former Yugoslavia reflecting the ongoing quest for specific national identities. Also, there will be a dedicated Homage to Sergei Paradzhanov, the “magician with three motherlands” with the Portrait section focusing on Benedek Flieg¬auf.
The festival is growing in pace with the dynamic development of filmmaking in Eastern Europe. Over 150 fiction and documentary films from as many as 20 different countries will screen during the 7 days of the festival, and so offer considerable insight into the vigorous filmmaking scene in Central and Eastern Europe. Further opportunities to learn more about the region are offered in discussion forums and comprehensive sidebar programme. New for 2008 is the in-house cinema of the German Film Museum in Frankfurt which will beis screening films from the goEast programme simultaneously with the Festival.
goEast – The Festival of Central and Eastern European Film runs in Wiesbaden from 9 to 15 April 2008. It is of course not the only festival representing this part of the world and certainly not the first but it is certainly a worthwhile addition for films that are rarely screened elsewhere. In 2008 goEast will feature a symposium on documentary film from the former Yugoslavia reflecting the ongoing quest for specific national identities. Also, there will be a dedicated Homage to Sergei Paradzhanov, the “magician with three motherlands” with the Portrait section focusing on Benedek Flieg¬auf.
The festival is growing in pace with the dynamic development of filmmaking in Eastern Europe. Over 150 fiction and documentary films from as many as 20 different countries will screen during the 7 days of the festival, and so offer considerable insight into the vigorous filmmaking scene in Central and Eastern Europe. Further opportunities to learn more about the region are offered in discussion forums and comprehensive sidebar programme. New for 2008 is the in-house cinema of the German Film Museum in Frankfurt which will beis screening films from the goEast programme simultaneously with the Festival.
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