goEast
A million roses and coal
UKRAINE: The impact of war on three generations of women, blending personal stories, family archives, and historical parallels.
«We select visually powerful documentaries that function well on the big screen»
goEAST: With the 24th edition currently underway, Modern Times Review spoke with its Director Heleen Gerritsen on her role, inspirations, the festival's place within a broader continental sphere, and more.
Eastern promises
ELECTIONS: Tricked by cynical populists' fake commitments for their own obscure ends, the elderly residents of an entire village in Georgia are left toothless, figuratively and literally.
Victory Day
RUSSIA: Victory Day in Russia in 2022 – barely six weeks after Putin's invasion of Ukraine – plays out the same tired old themes of the Red Army's victory over Nazism in 1945, with those celebrating eagerly taking up the new propaganda of victory.
goEast spotlights marginalised voices across 24th edition
For the fifth consecutive year, the #goEast Film Festival is set to present the RheinMain Short Film Award, carrying a prize of €2,500. A regional festival jury of three members will select the winner, focusing on films from the post-Soviet space. Notable entries include The Late Wind by Shugyla Serzhan, which portrays a young Kazakh…
goEast announces its 2024 competition slate of 16 films from Central & Eastern Europe
The 24th edition of the #goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is set to commence on 24 April, 2024, in Wiesbaden, Germany. The festival, a cultural highlight of the region, is poised to present a rich collection of films with a total of €21,500 in prizes up for grabs. The most prestigious…
Still life
UKRAINE: Filmmaker Maciek Hamela provides a singular and emotional snippet of the war as he drives Ukrainians over the border into Poland.
Grief in close-up
WAR: A loving reconstruction of a war hero's human aura as a counterpoint to mere martyrdom and anonymous statistics.
Report: B2B Doc Documentary Industry Days 2023
B2B Doc: Modern Times Review looks back at the week of panels and presentations that made up the 2023 B2B Doc Documentary Industry Days programme.