Throughout the year Los Angeles hosts a great number of festivals focused on highlighting the cinema of specific geographic regions or countries. Among them, the annual South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles allows American audiences the opportunity to experience films from about 18 countries of South East Europe, showcasing diversity of cultures and cinematic talents.
SEEfest was twice the recipient of the prestigious festival grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and five other awards for programming excellence from the State of California, County and City of Los Angeles, and Cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.
The 2016 edition of the festival runs April 28 – May 5 at Ahrya Fine Arts and Music Hall in Beverly Hills, the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and West Hollywood Council Chambers/Library. This year the program focuses on the many faces of exile, both external and internal, and includes stories both piercing and lifting that share as many facets of the human experience of exile as there are films. A full slate of high quality features and timely documentaries will begin on Opening night April 28 at Ahrya Fine Arts theater with the premiere of Bosnia’s Oscar entry "Our Everyday Life," directed by Ines Tanović, who will attend the screening.
The festival was designed to showcase the cinema from South East Europe, a part of the world that is as tumultuous as it is fascinating. “We are deeply honored to have several wonderful films on the program that do what cinema does best, take us up close and personal with real people on a perilous trek toward uncertain future,” says SEEfest Founder and Artistic Director, Vera Mijojlić.
The list of acclaimed features and documentaries include a young boy’s journey across hostile borders in search of a father in Visar Morina’s "Babai," which was Kosovo's Oscar entry at the most recent Academy Awards; a documentary about refugees "Logbook_Serbistan"" by the celebrated Serbian director and lifelong rebel, Želimir Žilnik; a romantic comedy from Australia about Greek-Muslim love, "Alex & Eve" by Peter Andrikidis; Bulgarian coming-of-ager "Losers," a self-deprecating reference to the society at large by Ivaylo Hristov; Serbian morality tale about corrosive hidden truths, "A Good Wife" by celebrated Eastern European actress-turned-director Mirjana Karanović and which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival; a love story on the mine fields dotting the border-crossings between Turkey and Greece, "Riverbanks" by Greek director Panos Karkanevatos; a photographer’s album of the 20th century in "The Eye of Istanbul" from Turkey, by Binnur Karaevli and Fatih Kaymak; the riveting political thriller "Why Me?" by Tudor Giurgiu from Romania; Serbia's moving Oscar entry "Enclave" by veteran helmer Goran Radovanović, and more films ranging in cinematic sensibility from quiet observation to irreverent humor.
For more information and tickets visit Here.
SEEfest was twice the recipient of the prestigious festival grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and five other awards for programming excellence from the State of California, County and City of Los Angeles, and Cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.
The 2016 edition of the festival runs April 28 – May 5 at Ahrya Fine Arts and Music Hall in Beverly Hills, the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and West Hollywood Council Chambers/Library. This year the program focuses on the many faces of exile, both external and internal, and includes stories both piercing and lifting that share as many facets of the human experience of exile as there are films. A full slate of high quality features and timely documentaries will begin on Opening night April 28 at Ahrya Fine Arts theater with the premiere of Bosnia’s Oscar entry "Our Everyday Life," directed by Ines Tanović, who will attend the screening.
The festival was designed to showcase the cinema from South East Europe, a part of the world that is as tumultuous as it is fascinating. “We are deeply honored to have several wonderful films on the program that do what cinema does best, take us up close and personal with real people on a perilous trek toward uncertain future,” says SEEfest Founder and Artistic Director, Vera Mijojlić.
The list of acclaimed features and documentaries include a young boy’s journey across hostile borders in search of a father in Visar Morina’s "Babai," which was Kosovo's Oscar entry at the most recent Academy Awards; a documentary about refugees "Logbook_Serbistan"" by the celebrated Serbian director and lifelong rebel, Želimir Žilnik; a romantic comedy from Australia about Greek-Muslim love, "Alex & Eve" by Peter Andrikidis; Bulgarian coming-of-ager "Losers," a self-deprecating reference to the society at large by Ivaylo Hristov; Serbian morality tale about corrosive hidden truths, "A Good Wife" by celebrated Eastern European actress-turned-director Mirjana Karanović and which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival; a love story on the mine fields dotting the border-crossings between Turkey and Greece, "Riverbanks" by Greek director Panos Karkanevatos; a photographer’s album of the 20th century in "The Eye of Istanbul" from Turkey, by Binnur Karaevli and Fatih Kaymak; the riveting political thriller "Why Me?" by Tudor Giurgiu from Romania; Serbia's moving Oscar entry "Enclave" by veteran helmer Goran Radovanović, and more films ranging in cinematic sensibility from quiet observation to irreverent humor.
For more information and tickets visit Here.
- 4/28/2016
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Local and international executives come together at second Riding The Greek Wave conference organised by Hellenic Film Academy.
WIth much political and financial upheaval in the country, Greek cinema has finally received a much needed shot in the arm.
This happened during the weekend-long second edition of Riding the Greek Wave, the annual conference organised by the Hellenic Film Academy in the presence of a selected group of foreign film executives.
For the first time since the early June shut down of the public radio and television network (Ert) by the government, a move that blocked all financial backing made more or less regularly available by the network to local productions, the government confirmed in public that the backing to local productions would resume shortly in the wake of the appointment in the very next days of a CEO to head the TV and Radio public network actually in the restructuring process.
A spokesman...
WIth much political and financial upheaval in the country, Greek cinema has finally received a much needed shot in the arm.
This happened during the weekend-long second edition of Riding the Greek Wave, the annual conference organised by the Hellenic Film Academy in the presence of a selected group of foreign film executives.
For the first time since the early June shut down of the public radio and television network (Ert) by the government, a move that blocked all financial backing made more or less regularly available by the network to local productions, the government confirmed in public that the backing to local productions would resume shortly in the wake of the appointment in the very next days of a CEO to head the TV and Radio public network actually in the restructuring process.
A spokesman...
- 10/2/2013
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The Dardenne brothers have begun shooting their latest film - one of 21 features to receive a major financial boost from Eurimages.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have commenced principal photography on Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit) in Seraing, Belgium.
For full production details visit
Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)
Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and Fabrizio Rongione play the leads alongside a variety of Belgian actors including Olivier Gourmet, Christelle Cornil and Catherine Salée.
The film follows 30-year old Sandra (Cotillard) and her husband (Rongione) on their hunt across the city for colleagues prepared to sacrifice their bonuses so she can keep her job.
Artificial Eye pre-bought the film for the UK from Wild Bunch, which is handling international sales. Sundance Selects has acquired it for the Us.
This €7m ($9.1m) film will be co-produced by Les Films du Fleuve (Belgium), Archipel (France) and Bim (Italy).
The technical crew will be mainly Belgian, including...
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have commenced principal photography on Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit) in Seraing, Belgium.
For full production details visit
Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)
Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and Fabrizio Rongione play the leads alongside a variety of Belgian actors including Olivier Gourmet, Christelle Cornil and Catherine Salée.
The film follows 30-year old Sandra (Cotillard) and her husband (Rongione) on their hunt across the city for colleagues prepared to sacrifice their bonuses so she can keep her job.
Artificial Eye pre-bought the film for the UK from Wild Bunch, which is handling international sales. Sundance Selects has acquired it for the Us.
This €7m ($9.1m) film will be co-produced by Les Films du Fleuve (Belgium), Archipel (France) and Bim (Italy).
The technical crew will be mainly Belgian, including...
- 6/26/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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