Events

Interview with Vera Mijojlic 

Global streaming SCENE72, an online community for film festival professionals across the globe, is hosting this live stream on Wednesday, May 31, at 4:30 pm PST. New Zealand-based and Toronto native, Damian Bartolomucci, head of growth marketing for SCENE72, will have a wide-ranging conversation with SEEfest founder and festival director Vera Mijojlic about the festival […]

Film Screening: ‘Waterfront’

Film screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Miloš Jovanović Thursday, May 25, 20235:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)Bunche 10383 map Limited seats available. FREE event. Register today! The Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS) in co-sponsorship with theUCLA Department of History and the South East European Film Festival (SEEfest)invite you to the screening […]

SEEfest Writers’ Showcase 2023

Writers Showcase Lineup: FREEDOM, KANSAS by Shannon TL Kearns, directed by Andrew HamerPresenting Darrett Sanders, Sarah Lilly, and Shannon TL Kearns MALICKby Cassio Tolpolar, directed by Adam MichardiPresenting Jamie Andrews, Steven Strobel, and Erika Rudo THE DEVIL’S CHORD by Deven Ladson, directed by Dawn FieldsPresenting Loki D. Wolf, Jeffrey Scott, Malachete Perry, Chantrelle Lewis, Stephanie […]

SEEfest Literary Salon 2023

Poetry From Behind the Iron Curtain Györgi Petri’s Poems performed by Radnóti Miklós Theatre, Budapest/Hungary András Pál, actorTamás Rozs, cellist Monday, April 24, 2023, 7pmMiMoDa Dance Studio5774 W Pico Blvd,Los Angeles, CA 90019 Györgi Petri (1943-2000), born to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest, was a leadingHungarian poet, writer, and translator. Petri studied Hungarian literature andphilosophy […]

Czech Animation Day April 15

East Los Angeles College, Cinema Without Borders Foundation, and Consulate General of the Czech Republic Los Angeles present the Eight Edition of ELAC International Animation Day dedicated to Czech Animation on: Saturday, April 15th from 12:30 PM to 4 PM Screenings will be held at: East Los Angeles College1301 Avenida Cesar ChavezMonterey Park, CA 91754Building […]

SAFE PLACE

A traumatic event – a suicide attempt – creates a rift in a family’s everyday existence. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself. The […]

War on Culture/War on Memory: Ukraine, Bosnia and the Global Defense of Heritage

Jerusalem of the Balkans

Connect with the Sephardic Jewish Community of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Sarajevo community dedicates this program in memory of Moshe (Moris) Ben David Albahari. OPENING REMARKS: H.E. SVEN ALKALAJ, BiH Ambassador to the U.N. and Fmr. Foreign Minister. A CONVERSATION WITH: President of the Community H.E. JAKOB FINCI who is also the former BiH […]

Special screening of Smaranda

The fascinating life of Romanian Smaranda Braescu All are welcome to this special screening of Smaranda about the fascinating life of Romanian Smaranda Braescu, world-record-holder in skydiving, a woman way ahead of her time. With director Cornel Mituț and other special guests attending the post-movie reception. Originally from Romania, Smaranda broke the absolute world record […]

Theo Angelopoulos Retrospective

SEEfest is a proud community partner of UCLA Film & TV Archive landmark retrospective, Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos, from October 14 through December 18. This major career retrospective includes all of Greek writer-director Theo Angelopoulos’ feature films and a selection of shorts. Internationally recognized as one of the most important auteurs […]