Festival Year 2009
“The Filmfestival in Cottbus became the most important springboard for East European offspring movie makers.”
Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, 16.11.2009, Barbara Breuer (regional newspaper)
“The FilmFestival Cottbus is like grapes with the various countries combined producing a rounded bouqet.”
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Potsdam, 5.11.2009, Interview with Nana Djordjadze (regional newspaper)
“From today on the city turns into a mecca of eastern and middle European film makers.”
Sächsische Zeitung, 10.11.2009, Beowulf Kayser (regional newspaper)
“The filmfans in Cottbus can be really envied. Each year in November so many impressive films are coming into town, which are shown nowhere else in Germany. That is what is making the FilmFestival so unique. It focuses only on productions from Eastern Europe.”
TOP-Magazin Brandenburg, Berlin, Dezember 2009 (regional newspaper)
“With an upcoming 20th anniversary, FilmFestival Cottbus has developed as the world’s leading festival of Eastern European cinema.”
International Film Guide, London, 2010
Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, 16.11.2009, Barbara Breuer (regional newspaper)
“The FilmFestival Cottbus is like grapes with the various countries combined producing a rounded bouqet.”
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Potsdam, 5.11.2009, Interview with Nana Djordjadze (regional newspaper)
“From today on the city turns into a mecca of eastern and middle European film makers.”
Sächsische Zeitung, 10.11.2009, Beowulf Kayser (regional newspaper)
“The filmfans in Cottbus can be really envied. Each year in November so many impressive films are coming into town, which are shown nowhere else in Germany. That is what is making the FilmFestival so unique. It focuses only on productions from Eastern Europe.”
TOP-Magazin Brandenburg, Berlin, Dezember 2009 (regional newspaper)
“With an upcoming 20th anniversary, FilmFestival Cottbus has developed as the world’s leading festival of Eastern European cinema.”
International Film Guide, London, 2010