A SPECIAL THEATRICAL SCREENING: VALLEY OF PEACE @ FRIDA CINEMA
SEEfest invites you to attend:
A SPECIAL FREE THEATRICAL SCREENING OF VALLEY OF PEACE
A bona fide Cannes classic, and a beloved gem, Slovenian film VALLEY OF PEACE made history when the lead actor,
John Kitzmiller, an American GI from WWII, was the very first Black actor ever to win Best Actor Prize
in Cannes, in 1957! Virtually unknown in the U.S., John Kitzmiller’s celebration has long been overdue for his
trailblazing path in the cinema of the 1950s and 60s.
Kitzmiller’s star turn and a timeless war time story crowned VALLEY OF PEACE one of the enduring
Cannes Classics and masterpieces about humanity in war times.
March 30, 2025
5:00pm
Frida Cinema
305 E 4th St Ste 100, Santa Ana, CA 92701
RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKETS
1956, Slovenia; 82 min.
Directed by France Štiglic
Written by France Jamnik, Vladimir Koch, Ivan Ribič, France Štiglic
Starring: John Kitzmiller, Evelyn Wohlfeiler, Tugo Štiglic
Cinematography: Rudi Vaupotič
Editing: Radojka Tanhofer (Ivančević)
Composer: Marijan Kozina
During WWII in Slovenia, two orphaned children seeking the imaginary Valley of Peace run into a downed black American pilot who tries to protect them from the Germans until the Yugoslav Partisans can arrive.
SEEfest program and activities are supported, in part, by ELMA Foundation for European Movies in America, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies , the California Arts Council, a state agency; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, and with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are deeply grateful for their past and current support of our programs. The Dutch film program is supported by Dutch Culture USA of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.