Events

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 […]

Screening: QUO VADIS, AIDA?

The European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington, D.C. and Outside the Box , in cooperation with the USC Schwarzenegger Institute and USC Shoah Foundation, invite you and a guest to attend. Academy Award Nominee for Best International Feature Written & Directed by Jasmila ZbanicProduced by Damir Ibrahimovich and Jasmila Zbanic This event will begin with […]

I Stand for Peace 

The GABA Film Initiative opened in-person events since the onset of the pandemic with a meaningful and content-rich first event on June 2, 2022! Supported and co-hosted with The Art of Living Foundation, SEEfestLA, and Ethos Film Awards, Joachim Zell, GABA Film Initiative Co-Chair, led through the program with his characteristic humor. The location was […]

World tour – L.A. Premiere of Via Transilvanica 

In the Spring of 2022, Via Transilvanica Project returns to America in several major cities, this time with the documentary film about building a most spectacular long-distance trail in the largest country in Eastern Europe, Romania. Via Transilvanica: The Road Ahead is directed by Mircea Gherase and shows the intricate making-of story of the Caraș-Severin […]

Conversation with filmmaker Rajko Grlić

SEEfest Presents: One More For the Road SEEfest is proud to host the celebrated Croatian filmmaker Rajko Grlić on Saturday, December 11, in conversation with a power panel of academics. His book, One More For the Road – A Director’s Notes on Exile, Family and Film has just been published and is available for English readers in the […]

Conversation with author Dubravka Ugrešić 

SEEfest will honor internationally celebrated author, cultural critic, and essayist Dubravka Ugrešić (“The Age of Skin,” “American Fictionary,” “Baba Yaga Laid an Egg”) with this year’s Legacy Award. She is the winner of several prestigious international awards, was the finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2009, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism 2011. Most […]

Film Screenings: Rampart & Wet Sand

Two special screenings in collab with Locarno in Los Angeles. Co-presented by SEEfest. RAMPART Marko Grba Singh, Serbia, 62’ | Color | 2021 locarnofestivalinlosangeles.com/rampartMarko spends time in the abandoned apartment of his childhood in Belgrade. Tracesof the past are being drawn and memories, both idyllic and traumatic, are combined. The family VHS archive shows his […]