Al Este is a film festival that takes place in France, Colombia and Peru. Its main objective is to spread Central and Eastern European countries’ film culture in Europe and Latin America, allowing and strengthening the openness and dialogue between these two parts of the world.

 
Every year, Al Este invites a significant number of spectators and professionals, it proposes a compettion feature category, on fiction and documentary, as well each country base proposes a selection of shortfims in competition, and a tour Al Este including feature films.

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It is organized by Soda Films and Association A l'Est du Nouveau, along with the cooperation of cultural and gubernamental institutions, several national film centers, private enterprises, volunteers, and professionals with the same aim of promoting film and creation of new audiences, in the globalization context.