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goEast-Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films
goEast-Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films
address
Office: DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum e.V.
Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt am Main
Venuesd: Caligari Filmbühne / Murnau-Filmtheater / Apollo-Kinocenter, Kulturzentrum Schlachthof in Wiesbaden / DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in F
Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt am Main
Venuesd: Caligari Filmbühne / Murnau-Filmtheater / Apollo-Kinocenter, Kulturzentrum Schlachthof in Wiesbaden / DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in F
Phone
+49 (0) 69 961220-0
eMail
heiler@dff.film
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Social media
Opening hours
Entrance fees
8 - 9 €
Sector
Festivals & Open Air; Media: Film & Photography, Design
Category
Festivals
Sponsor
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseuem e.V.
Founded
2001
Location
Wiesbaden, Frankfurt
Information
With the founding of the goEast Film Festival in 2001, the DFF (German Film Institute) revived its tradition of the Eastern European Film Weeks of the 1980s. In Wiesbaden and the Rhine-Main region, goEast presents films from Central and Eastern Europe annually, offering insights into everyday life in these neighboring countries. In 2025, Rebecca Heiler will take over as festival director and artistic director; she is the sixth woman to hold this position. The program unites current trends, new cinematic perspectives, and historical rarities, embedded in socio-political, aesthetic, and theoretical debates. Central themes include European identity and the region's transformation processes. Since its second decade, the festival has increasingly focused on transcultural perspectives and global issues. goEast sees itself as a forum for dialogue and a multiplier, organizing panels, workshops, film series, and projects with cultural and academic partners. It serves to foster networking, further education, and, in particular, film literacy among children, teenagers, and young adults.