Competition Line Up

The East End Film Festival’s awards system is a vital part of the festival’s mission to discover, debate and develop new voices in cinema. EEFF’s main prize is reserved for the most outstanding, powerful and distinctive piece of cinema from a first or second time director. The Best Feature Award winner is invited to return to the East End Film Festival the following year, heading up the festival’s jury and serving as Director in Residence.

The EEFF Director in Residence works alongside the festival’s programming team to create a special line up of films within the EEFF programme. Taking the form of a country specific focus, previous Directors in Residence have included Bobby Parnescu (Francesca, Romania, 2010), Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan, India, 2011), Armando Bo (El Ultimo Elvis, Argentina, 2012), Sebastian Hoffman (Halley, Mexico, 2013), and Noaz Deshe (White Shadow, Tanzania, 2014), who prompted a a radical departure from our normal strand in 2015 with Deprogrammed, which rejected the very idea of national identity. This year’s Director in Residence, Tolga Karacelik, brings the idea of national cinema back to the fore.

We are delighted to present the Official EEFF Competition line up for 2016 here.