goEast Film Festival

Launched in 2001 by Deutsches Filminstitut, goEast revolves around films made in Central and Eastern Europe. For seven days, goEast unfolds a diverse programme encompassing cinematic trends, experimental positions and historical rarities in Wiesbaden. The agenda of goEast, conceived as a forum of east-west dialogue, is dominated by questions of (multiple) European identities and processes of rapid social and political transformation. The programme expresses a cultural mission: to provide a public platform for remarkable, unusual and engaged films unlikely to find distribution on the commercial cinema circuit. Festival visitors, including filmmakers and industry specialists from Germany and abroad, local film enthusiasts and international guests, praise the quality and special atmosphere of a festival that facilitates the exchange of skills and knowledge each year. goEast is dedicated to the cinematic experience, to new developments and topical themes, to the artistic heritage of eastern European film.