SEEfest 2026 - Save the Date! April 29th - May 6th

UCLA FILM SCHOOL & SEEfest PANEL: EASTERN GATE

Monday, April 14th @ 7PM

Apps are all the rage! 
Micro drama / Verticals Global Boom
Perspective from the festival circuit: impact of documentary cinema
Co-Productions: Today‘s innovative practices  



PANELISTS:
Thomas Pallier, director
Hettie Lynne Hurtes, actor
Toni Bell, documentary impact producer
Valentina Ganeva, director
Magda Marcella, actor, writer, producer  

Moderators: Vera Mijojlic and Hans-Martin Liebing  

The panelists will engage in a lively conversation and share their perspectives with film school students and local independent filmmakers on processes involved in domestic and international fiction and nonfiction development of properties for streaming services, and apps. Some of the topics will include:

–       bridging the gap between markets and tastes
–       evolving global streaming landscape
–       latest trends in fiction and nonfiction development
–       creative and business practices for emerging filmmakers
–       international co-productions

SEEfest program and activities are supported, in part, by ELMA Foundation for European Movies in America; Romanian Cultural Institute, New York; UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies; Goethe-Institut Los Angeles; Blue Heron Foundation; Austrian-American Council West, Los Angeles 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 Arts Project Grant from the City of West Hollywood's Arts Division.