The Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday 24 October at 19:00 at Kinepolis Kirchberg, followed by the screening of the closing film The Diary of a Chambermaid by Radu Jude (mostly in French). The various juries will announce the winners of the CinEast 2026 Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, Critics' Prize, Young Talents Award and Audience Awards.

This week also brings more of this year’s ciné-debates, each followed by a discussion with our guests:

• "Filmmaking and Film Production in Times of Illiberalism" – on artistic freedom and censorship, following Feels Like Home, with scriptwriter Attila Veres and producer Ádám Farkas (neimënster, 20/10)
• "Belarus at a Crossroads" – following Not Made for Politics, with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, and member of parliament Paul Galles (neimënster, 21/10)

Ciné-concert: today, Tuesday 20 October, don’t miss The Conductor by Andrzej Wajda, presented with a brand-new live score by Michał Pepol and his ensemble (International premiere), at the "Wajda in Two Acts" evening (Théâtre des Capucins, 20:45) – part of our Andrzej Wajda centenary retrospective.

Here is a look at some of the highlights of this final week:

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

• Guria (Georgia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria…) (21/10, 18:30, Ciné Utopia) – Luxembourg avant-premiere in the presence of director Levan Koguashvili and co-producer Donato Rotunno; the film is also Georgia's official entry for the Oscars
• OHO Film (21/10, 15:00, Mudam) – screening followed by a Q&A with co-writer Urška Jurman (Mudam meets CinEast)
• Smile at Last (24/10, 20:30, Cercle Cité) – screening followed by a Q&A with actress Monika Raide

CONCERT

• Closing concert with Taqsim Driver and DJ Skaot (23/10, 19:00, Rotondes)

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Tribute to Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov (22/10, 18:30, Ciné Utopia), around Black Money for White Nights, in the presence of Petar Valchanov
• Polish evening (22/10, 20:30, Ciné Utopia), with The Queen and the Smokehouse in the presence of director Iga Lis
• Tribute to Ildikó Enyedi, President of the International Jury (25/10, 19:00, Kinepolis Kirchberg), with On Body and Soul followed by an extended Q&A with the director

The 19th edition of the festival offers Luxembourg audiences more than 120 screenings of a selection of over 65 feature films and 60 short films from 20 Central and Eastern European countries. Also on the festival programme: meetings with around forty international guests, 6 film debates, 6 concerts, a major photography exhibition at neimënster (“Crossroads”, until 21/10), screenings for young audiences and a Focus on Bulgaria. A selection of films is also available online in our “CinEast Online Cinema”.

The CinEast 2026 Festival is organised by CinEast asbl in cooperation with the Cinémathèque, neimënster, the Kinepolis Group, the Cinextdoor network and others. Main partners and sponsors: Luxembourg Ministry of Culture, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Let's Make It Happen, Film Fund Luxembourg, Polish Film Institute, PwC Foundation Luxembourg and Kulczyk Investments. Co-funded by the European Union's Creative Europe programme.

Website: www.cineast.lu / Contact: festival@cineast.lu