The renowned Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski will be the president of the international jury of the 8th edition of CinEast, the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, held from 8 to 25 October 2015.

The CinEast (pronounced “ciné-East”) festival showcases the latest cinematographic works by directors from the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The 2015 edition will be held from 8 to 25 October 2015 in a dozen venues in Luxembourg City and other towns around the Grand-Duchy, with most screenings hosted by the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, the ‘Neimënster’ cultural centre and Ciné Utopia. The festival will present around 100 screenings of more than 50 features and 40 short films from 18 countries, as well as many accompanying events (concerts and DJ parties, photo exhibition, culinary events, debates, etc.). Over 20 guest filmmakers are expected to attend the festival.

Andrzej Zulawski, who has returned after 15 years with his new film Cosmos premiered at Locarno this summer, will not only head the festival’s jury evaluating the seven films in the official competition, but will also meet the audience during a special evening dedicated to his work. Cosmos will be screened right after the CinEast 2015 Awards Ceremony on 23 October.

For the 4^th time in a row CinEast also organises a forum for film professionals ‘CinEast Pro’ exploring co-production and cooperation possibilities between producers from CEE countries and Luxembourg (and the Greater Region), which will take place on 19 October.

Full details and the complete programme, including the competition titles, of CinEast 2015 will be announced at the press conference held on 24 September at 10 am at the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg. It will be available on the festival website www.cineast.lu soon after.