SEEfest 2025 - Save the Date! April 30 - May 7

Submissions for 2025 are now CLOSED.

Latest Reviews

20 Years of SEEfest: From 2006 to 2025 – Video

20 Years of SEEfest: from 2006 to present The 20th annual South East European Film Festival (SEEfest), co-presented by ELMA, the foundation for European Languages and Movies in America, is excited to bring you another stellar lineup. Presenting and celebrating the cinematic and cultural diversity of 20 countries of the Balkans and Caucasus, the film […] Read more

Pitch The SEEfest Review

The SEEfest Review is now accepting pitches on a rolling basis for essays and critiques covering film, literature, art, history, and music. Please review our guidelines before sending us your pitch. We look forward to hearing from you. Due to the volume of pitches we receive, we may be unable to reply to each pitch, […] Read more

Review: Anora

Weeks have passed since the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, which took place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The film Anora by Sean Baker was the evening’s triumph, winning five statuettes out of six nominations, making it the most awarded film at the event. By Aleksandr Tverdokhleb. Read more

Review: “Bounds” and “I Want a Country”

Where do you go when your country has dissolved or fallen apart? By Allie Rigby Read more

Review: The Seagull

“We need new forms,” declares Konstantin Treplev, a fledgling playwright and son of an aging actress, of the theatre. By Amanda L. Andrei. Read more

Review: First Light by Zafer Şenocak

What does it mean to exist in one place, physically, but mentally and emotionally exist elsewhere, simultaneously suspended in past, present, and future? By Allie Rigby. Read more

Review: God of Carnage

Ah, modern-day parenting. By Amanda L. Andrei. Read more