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goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden
goEast - Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films
Friedrichstr. 32
65185 Wiesbaden
Germany
phone +49-611-2 36 84 30
fax +49-611-23 68 43 49
http://www.filmfestival-goEast.de
email: info@filmfestival-goEast.de
Festival Director
Gaby Babić
Year of Foundation 2001
Event Date from 10 April 2013 till 16 April 2013
in Wiesbaden, Germany
Sections Competition (feature and documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe), Highlights, Symposium, Students' Competition, Specials, Project Market
Category Documentary, Feature, Short, Student FilmTerms of Entry Central and Eastern European feature and documentary films; student films from selected film colleges
feature film competition: 35 mm, 80 min and more
documentary competition: 35 mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta, DV, 30 min and more, production year: 2011/2012/2013, no distribution or TV broadcasting in Germany before the festival dates
Subtitles English subtitles recommended German subtitles recommended
Format 35 mm, DigiBeta PAL, Beta SP PAL
Registration Deadline 31 December 2012
Fees none
Attendance Figures 9,000
Participants of the Film Industry more than 300 guests and distributors, festival scouts, TV commissioners, representatives of non-profit organizations; about 100 representatives from Central and Eastern Europe
Prizes/Awards
COMPETITION
Skoda Film Award for Best Feature Film (Euro 10,000)
Best Documentary "Remembrance and Future" (Euro 10,000)
Best Director (Euro 7,500)
Award of the Federal Foreign Office (Euro 2,000)
FIPRESCI Award
Special Mentions
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Jury Award:
Best Short from a non-German Film School (Euro 1,500)
Audience Awards:
Best Experimental/Documentary Film (Euro 1,000)
Best Fiction (Euro 1,000)
Best Animation (Euro 1,000)
CO-PRODUCTION PRIZE FOR YOUNG GERMAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILMMAKERS
Maximum funding assistance of Euro 70,000 awarded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in three categories:
Animation
Documentary
Short Film
Number of Films Shown more than 100 films from around 30 Central and Eastern European countries
Media Coverage 80 representatives of the media present, strong response in German print media with large summaries; broad coverage in national trade magazines
Evaluation Founded in 2001, this festival of Central and Eastern European films forms a most promising supplement to the more traditional Cottbus Film Festival, which takes place in autumn. Thanks to close connections to the German Film Institute (Deutsches Filminstitut DIF) in Frankfurt, the organizers have very profound background information at their disposal. In addition to the competition section and its three awards, the symposium and the retrospective, the student film sidebar also attracts extensive PR and media attention. Directors are invited directly by the festival, which covers travel and accommodation costs.
