Meet the East

In addition to the festive opening, goEast looks back on 25 years of festival history with a colorful program of films, guests and an exhibition. The Yugorettes and quirky genre cinema will of course not be missing in the anniversary year!   

Discussions, Panels, Exhibition 

• Cinetalk with the director of THE ECLIPSE, Nataša Urban, and the Yugoretten (Fri. 25.04. / 18:30) 

• Yugoretten Panel “Under the Sun” (Sat. 26.04. / 14:30) 

• Cinetalk with Margarethe von Trotta about her film ROSA LUXEMBURG together with Urs Spörri. (Sat. 26.04. / 15:30) 

• Also in the program: U ARE THE UNIVERSE (Sat. 26.04. / 16:45, Tue. 29.04. / 19:00 in Gießen) 

• Cinetalk with the producer of TIMESTAMP, Natalia Libet (Sun. 27.04. / 15:00) 

• KILL ME SOFTLY (Mon. 28.04. / 18:00) 

• Exhibition: 25X25 (Foyer of the DFF Tue. 15.04. to Thu. 15.05. Admission is free!)

From April 15 to May 15, visitors to the Film Museum in the foyer of the DFF in Frankfurt will encounter 25 influential personalities of the Central and Eastern European film industry, as well as a selection of their films. 

For more information on the films shown, please use the search function on the website.