"a must-attend global event
among >50 unmissable film festivals<"
(Variety 2007)

FilmFestival Cottbus – Festival of East European Cinema

• The leading Festival of East European Cinema
• Every year a representative survey of the contemporary feature film 
  production of the Central- and Eastern European area
• Internationally unique in terms of its comprehensive programme and
  the diversity of participating countries; high quality, contemporary  
  selection of films
• Defined programme profile including shorts and children’s and youth 
  films with an emphasis on feature films
• Prizes with a total value of 79.500 Euros

SECTIONS

• Feature Film Competition
• Short Feature Competition
• Specials: Preview, Tribute, Homage, Presentations
• Spectrum: current trends, international co-productions
• National Hits: popular successes from Eastern Europe
• Russkiy Den (Russian Day)
• Focus 2010: globalEAST
• Retrospective
• Children’s Film