CinEast 2020 main theme "Planting the future. Our planet and societies at a crossroads"

Going "hybrid" - CinEast 2020 presents films in cinemas and online

"Planting the Future" photo exhibition (Neimënster)

Cinédocs - extraordinary real life stories

Getting intimate with touching dramas

Apéro Jazz: HeFi Quartet (Neimënster 25/10)

Focus on Hungary

CinEast@Mudam - a documentary about Jan Švankmajer

Closing event with Branko Galoić Trio (Melusina 23/10)

Four debates after selected films (climate activism, corruption & power of media, online sexual abuse, eco-communities)

New country - Belarus

CinEast 2020 Awards

CinEast 2020 Awards

Grand Prix: Servants
Special Jury Prize: Mare
Critics' Prize: Stories from the Chestnut Woods 
Audience Award: Collective
Audience Awards for the Best Short Films: Lake of Happiness (fiction), Way of Sylvie (animated), We Have One Heart (documentary) details

Focus on Hungary

Focus on Hungary

In 2020 CinEast puts the spotlight on Hungarian cinema and culture with a wide selection of new Hungarian features and shorts and a Hungarian band performing at the festival Opening party. More information

CinEast 2020 trailer

CinEast 2020 trailer

The official trailer of the 13th edition of CinEast. Created by Ágnes Kocsis and Noémi Mehrli, based on footage from the film Eden by Ágnes Kocsis. Additional cinematography by Vitalijus Kiselius.

Visar Morina

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director Exile

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Visar Morina

director Exile

Visar Morina

Visar Morina was born in Pristina (Kosovo) and is based in Cologne. From 2004-2010 he studied film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. His diploma film Death by Suffocation received awards at several national and international festivals, including ‘Most Surprising International Film of the Year’ at the Odense IFF in 2010. His subsequent short Of Dogs And Wall Paper (2013) was selected for the International Short Film Competition at Locarno IFF 2013 and nominated for the German Short Film Award in 2014. His much-acclaimed debut Babai (2015) received multiple awards, including Best Director and European Cinema Label at Karlovy Vary IFF, Best Script at Filmfest München and also the Special Jury Prize at CinEast. Exile is his second feature film. The script was honoured with the German Federal Award Lola in Gold for an unfilmed screenplay. The film premiered at the Sundance IFF, was presented at the Berlinale and won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film at this year’s Sarajevo IFF.