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Mission::
Southeast European Film Festival educates
about the cultural diversity of Southeast Europe and fosters
cultural exchange through its annual presentations of films
from this region.
Throughout the year the program offers individual screenings
and promotes SEE films at other festivals, organizes
seminars and lectures, and creates opportunities for
cultural exchange between Southern California and Southeast
Europe.
Countries at a glance::
About Southeast
Europe
People::
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vera Mijojlic President
Spomenka Begic-Bratovic Secretary
Alan M. Strasburg Treasurer
Legal
Counsel
Douglas P. Wiita
Norminton & Wiita
http://www.normintonlaw.com
Festival Director
Vera Mijojlic
Director of Programming
Chantal Chauzy
Programmers
Adnan Dzumhur
Gregory Schenz
Elisa Iovine
Business Conference Chair
Gregory Schenz
Youth Program Coordinator
Polo Munoz
Festival Manager
Lizz Henderson
Community Outreach
Oana Sabo
Amanda Clark
Iris Marialaki
Research / Copy writing
Rich Sturdevant
Alex Lykidis
John M.
Jackie M.
Molly Mahar
Kristine Kotecki
Volunteer Coordinator
Jackie M.
Filmmaker Liaison
Nisa Ward
Festival Promo and Trailer
Editing and Production: Adam Soch
Animation: Svetlana Kasalovic, Kosta Toskovic
Music: Courtesy of Zeljko Marasovich, and Aldo
Shllaku
Original footage filmed by: Ken Aaron, Vera
Mijojlic , Polo Munoz, Bela Szkopal
Festival Poster
Photography: Michael Marker, Aaron Perez
Production Assistance: Jackie M., John M.
Brochure Design
Ragtag Design
Web Production Designer
Aaron Perez
Website Support
Duke Jabed
Ken Aaron
Newsletter Publishing
Ken Aaron
Logo Design
Jeff Potts
20/20 Creative
Festival Photography
Aaron Perez
John M.
Facebook Coordinator
Jessica Just
Goethe Institut Brochure/
Insert Design
Anna-Maria Furlong
AMF Graphics
Paris correspondent
Flavie Fontaine
Event Support:
Ramesh Rampertab, Anna Paikow, George Constantin,
Jennifer Kenyon, Clara Dykstra, Jonathan Ausubel,
Pauline French.
Special thanks to:
Ilie Ardelean, Nenad Dukic, Jelena Erceg, Liana Grancea, Michael Heim, Kathy Rae Huffman, Drita Kessler, Margit Kleinman, Dunja Klemenc, Gail Kligman, Stefan Kloo, Nada Palikovic, William Papoutsis, Sonja Perencevic., Aaron Perez, Jim Robbins, Annette Rupp, Jacob Segal, Adam Soch, Robert Spich, Bijan Tehrani, Joan and Russell Witte.
Advisory Board USA
Ken Aaron, Social Uplift Foundation, Los Angeles
Dr. Leon Alkalai, PhD., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Ilie Ardelean, chair, Romanian American Professionals Network (RAPN)
Elyas Beria, Washington, D.C.
Tom Blount, Miami
Andrea Capachietti, Humanitarian Aid Consultant and Lecturer,
Los Angeles
Carol Contes, Entertainment Attorney, Los Angeles
Claudia Correra, Katy, Texas
Prof. Wayne G. Glass, School of International Relations,
USC
Marsha Goodman, Los Angeles
Peter Gross, HP Critical
Facilities Services
Jordan Elgrably, Levantine Cultural Center, Los Angeles
Dan Einstein, UCLA Film and Television Archive, Los Angeles
Drita Kessler, DK Art Publishing, Los Angeles
Prof. Gail Kligman, Director, Center for European and Eurasian
Studies, UCLA
Lelei Lelaulu, International Development Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Gregory R. Schenz, Endgame Entertainment
Aldo Shllaku, Composer, Los Angeles
Izabela Starcic, California Advertising, Beverly Hills
Dan Tana, Dan Tanas Restaurant, Los Angeles
James Ulmer, Writer-Producer, Los Angeles
Elio Zarmati, DMZ Publishing, Los Angeles
Advisory Board EUROPE
Nenad Dukic, Film Critic, Belgrade
Mustafa Kapidzic, Kult B Publishing, Sarajevo
Won Kim, Pas de Dieux, Paris
Dunja Klemenc, Producer/Studio Maj, Ljubljana
Ankica Petrovic, Ethnomusicologist, Split
Eric Raynaud, Screenwriter, Paris
Nenad Sebek, Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in
South East Europe, Thessaloniki
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