SEEfest Staff Writer | April 5, 2015, 10:47 AM Nick Bergen is a musician and composer for visual and interactive media. A recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has extensive experience in arranging and producing music and has written and produced music for mobile games, advertisements, and television. Nick moved to Los Angeles […]
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SEEfest Staff Writer | March 28, 2015, 11:37 AM Dear friends and supporters, we are so proud to share with you the latest recognition given to the festival which we have built together with all of you. It comes from the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, in recognition of all those many years […]
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SEEfest Staff Writer | March 23, 2015, 8:35 AM Gregory Irwin is a screenwriter and documentarian currently working with USC Shoah Foundation, an academic institute founded by Steven Spieberg, to assemble and distribute an archive of over 53,000 audiovisual testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. In addition to his […]
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Vera Mijojlic | March 4, 2015, 5:10 PM We are grateful to our programmers and large group of film professionals, aficionados and students who helped screen the films for 2015 festival. The work continues to finalize the features shortlist, and we are excited about the thematic variety and presence of many first-time directors. SEEfest […]
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SEEfest Staff Writer | March 3, 2015, 5:10 PM Critically Acclaimed Indie Film To Have Limited Theatrical Release in the US and Canada, Opens in Los Angeles at Laemmle Music Hall Theater, March 13-19, 2015 “Love Hunter,” the musical/comedy/drama by Serbian born NY based filmmakers Nemanja Bala and Branislav “Brane” Bala, will embark on […]
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SEEfest Staff Writer | February 8, 2015, 6:39 PM “Monument to Michael Jackson” wins Eastern European Award in Santa Barbara: Best Film in Eastern Bloc Competition – Features (Santa Barbara, February 7, 2015) – Sleeper hit at this year’s Santa Barbara fest, Serbian director Darko Lungulov’s Monument to Michael Jackson was awarded today the top prize in the Eastern European […]
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SEEfest Staff Writer | January 22, 2015, 1:34 PM With three out of five films coming from Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the nominations underscore the growing relevance of our region’s filmmakers. The five nominees are: IDA (Poland), LEVIATHAN (Russia), TANGERINES (Estonia), and TIMBUKTU (Mauritania) and WILD TALES (Argentina). IDA LEVIATHAN TANGERINES TIMBUKTU WILD […]
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Vera Mijojlic | January 15, 2015, 7:07 PM Films from countries clustered in and around the region of South East Europe (SEE) represent 20 percent of all submissions for the Best Foreign Language Film! And if you add films from countries not from the same geographical region but which are thematically about it, such […]
Read moreSEEfest Staff Writer | December 21, 2014, 5:35 PM Four films from Eastern Europe make the shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film: TANGERINES (Estonia/Georgia), CORN ISLAND (Georgia), IDA (Poland) and LEVIATHAN (Russia). 4 out of 9 is a feast to celebrate. Congrats to all filmmakers, Zaza Urushadze, George Ovashvili, Pawel Pawlikowski and Andrey Zvyagintsev. […]
Read moreVera Mijojlic | December 7, 2014, 7:27 PM It is with great pleasure that we announce that our friends, fellow SEEfest volunteers, Tina Mascara and Guido Santi are celebrating the theatrical release of their newest documentary, Monk with a Camera, a film about the life and journey of Nicholas Vreeland. It will be opening […]
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