28. December 2012

Media Coverage of LET'S CEE

The media coverage before, during and after the festival consisted of articles in more than 60 Austrian newspapers and magazines such as Kurier, Kleine Zeitung, Der Standard, Salzburger Nachrichten, Wiener Zeitung, Kronen Zeitung, Österreich, medianet, Horizont, VORmagazin, ray Filmmagazin, M*magazine and many more.

There were also many reports on various online portals as well as on radio and television channels such as Radio Orange, the ZIB news on Austria‘s national channel ORF and on Viennese local channel W24. The festival was also covered by media abroad in Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, and in the People‘s Republic of China.

MEDIA COVERAGE:

China Daily, March 2012: Organizers hope the festival becomes a platform for filmmakers to develop and promote films and the arts in the region. To this end, a number of exhibitions, seminars as well as a film symposium will be held during the festival.“

Stadtspionin (Austria), May 2012: „Look to the east and broaden your horizon! What film treasures are buried in Central and Eastern Europe, the Polish curator, Magdalena Zelasko, will unearth at the LET‘S CEE Film Festival. More than 30 films on tap until June 3rd: all of them Austrian premieres!“

ray FILMMAGAZIN (Austria), May 2012: A look at the list of the festival‘s confirmed international guests shows just how much the filmmakers from Eastern Europe appreciate and welcome the idea behind the LET’S CEE Film Festival. The list features the names of thirty directors, screenwriters, producers, critics and actors who will also be available for questions from all film enthusiasts in workshops or at the film symposium.

Kultúrpart (Hungary), May 2012: „The festival will feature recent art-house films, box-office hits and classics from various genres - all of them in their respective original versions with English or German subtitles or in German dubbed versions. The concept with which festival director Magdalena Żelasko wants to address the many migrants and emigrants from CEE countries living in Vienna as well as all Austrian cinema enthusiasts is clear and involves showing as many Austrian premieres as possible.

CULTURE (Poland), June 2012: The first Urania Awards were awarded to the winning films of the LET‘S CEE Film Festival on Sunday night. The Turkish film Zenne - Dancer by directors M. Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay as well as the Polish documentary Argentinian Lesson came out on top. Hollywood legend Turhan Bey was paid tribute for his life‘s work. The LET‘S CEE organizers also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for the very first time.

AND MANY MORE...