COMPETITION PROGRAMME– Film school students from 16 countries –  the Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia,Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA– will be competing for the Golden, Silver and Bronze Egg awards.

RETROSPECTIVE OF GREATNESS – This year’s retrospective is dedicated to one of today’s most important filmmakers, Jim Jarmusch. The program will present four of his works: Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Dead Man (1995), and Broken Flowers (2005).

CONTEMPORARY TRENDSwill present some of last year’s best releases. Following the screenings, the authors and actors will hold daily workshops with students from film schools and academies. Küstendorf Film Festival will be opened by Emir Kusturica and his Maradona by Kusturica.

The programme included Cannes prize-winners Gomorrah by Italy’s MatteoGarrone; Hunger by UK director Steve McQueen; Tulpanby Kazakhstan director Sergey Dvortsevoy; Three Monkeys by Turkey’s Nuri Bilge Ceylan andOliver Stone's newest film W.

On last festival day, Küstendorf Film Festival will present Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, movie directed by Zhang Yimou.