Academy Award, Golden Globes and Emmy-nominated film director Robert Dornhelm, who was the recipient of the SEEfest 2018 Legacy Award, was interviewed by TransAtlantic Panorama (watch the interview by clicking the red play arrow, above). His 1977 documentary film, The Children of Theatre Street was nominated for an Oscar; 2002 TV miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story received 3 Golden […]
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The Annual South East European Film Festival #SEEfest is back in Los Angeles with its 13thedition, bringing world premieres, European talent and an Industry Accelerator with seminars, panels and 1-on-1 meetings to The City of Angels. From April 26th through May 3rd the festival will showcase movies from this culturally rich area in the South East of […]
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Academy Award and Emmy nominated director Robert Dornhelm will receive the South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) Legacy Award during the opening night of the 13thAnnual Film Festival. The prolific Austrian Film & TV director will receive the award during the red carpet gala event on April 26th, 7 PM at the Writers Guild Theater […]
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SEEfest’s Passport to Trieste Takes Angelenos on a Cinematic Journey to South East Europe The 13th annual South East European Film Festival (SEEfest), April 26 – May 3, brings a large selection of feature, documentaries and short films to the Writers Guild Theater, Laemmle Music Hall and West Hollywood Council Chambers/Library campus, highlighting a bygone era of 100 […]
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You are invited… Trieste Literary Salon Focusing on the cultural climate of Middle Europe/Mitteleuropa in 1910 Sponsored by Austrian-American Council West RSVP Required. Tickets are free. The Panel Thomas Harrison, author of the seminal book “1910“, and professor in the UCLA Department of Italian. His research focuses especially on Italy and Austria, and the region of Trieste and northern Adriatic from 1860 […]
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SEEfest Kicks Off the Pre-Festival Season on April 6 with a special musical theater performance by Irina Maleeva. Don’t miss the chance to see a live performance of the celebrated 1970’s ingénue of Fellini’s Satyricon, Spirits of the Dead/Toby Dammit and Roma, and the co-star of Orson Welles’ The Merchant of Venice, Irina Maleeva. Gypsy in My Soul is a […]
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Online cultural magazine Transatlantic Panorama (TAP) has just published an interview with film director Otto Banovits, whose short film Donkey Xote won Best Short Film Award at SEEfest 2017. He talks about his migratory life that took him from Sweden to Hungary to England and Los Angeles, and how this journey informed his work – and […]
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We are delighted to share with SEEfest fans the news from Budapest where our festival’s long time friend and renowned filmmaker, educator and mentor Gyula Gazdag was honored at the Budapest International Documentary Festival with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations! Gyula Gazdag is a professor at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He has […]
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By Anna Spyrou – Dorothea Paschalidou, producer of Worlds Apart, written/directed by Christopher Papakaliatis, and starring J.K. Simmons, spoke to SEEfest about the movie and her producing career in Los Angeles. SEEfest: Can you tell us a little about yourself and how you got involved in the film industry? Dorothea: I was born in Athens, […]
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By Anna Spyrou Los Angeles, July 2017 Greek-American Evan Spiliotopoulos, screenwriter of the 2017 live action remake of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, spoke to SEEfest about the Disney hit movie and his writing career in Los Angeles. SEEfest: Tell us a little about yourself […]
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