Awards for Turkish, Bulgarian, Slovak, Croatian, Montenegrin, Slovenian, Hungarian and Serbian films
Wed, 2012-05-09 13:58
Seventeen industry people served as jury members, awarding diverse films and unique voices for which SEEFest is well known. Young Bulgarian-American filmmaker Kristina Nikolova won Best Debut Feature award for FAITH, LOVE AND WHISKEY, following an expat's journey between two homes; Slovak elegiac journal of music recordings of Roma singers CIGARETTES AND SONGS by Marek Sulik and Jana Kovalcikova won Best Documentary, with Honorable Mention going to Croatian GABRIEL by Vlatka Vorkapic; two shorts, THE VISIT from Slovenia's Miha Mazzini, and COLD SHOWER from Hungary's Orsy Nagypal shared Best Short (fiction) award, while German production MURDER REVISITED by Serbian filmmaker Milan Miletic won award for Best Documentary Short.
Bridging the Borders Award, with jurors Bijan Tehrani, editor-in-chief, Cinema Without Borders; Kevin Cassidy, international news editor, The Hollywood Reporter; and Fareed C. Majari, director of the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles.
Best Documentary Award, with jurors Margit Kleinman, director, Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades; Arnold Schwartzman, Oscar-winning filmmaker and designer; Valentina Ganeva, film editor;
Best Debut Feature Award, with jurors Ana Maria Bahiana, author and film critic; Matthew Mishory, filmmaker; and Zeljko Marasovich, film composer;
Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary Awards, with jurors Prince Gomolvilas, playwright; Jelena Mrdja, actress; Marsha Goodman, EMMY-winning casting director; and Jelena Erceg, visual effects artist.
Best Cinematography Award, feature and documentary film, with jurors Boris Schaarschmidt, cinematographer; Michael Pessah, cinematographer; Nicholas Fahey, cinematographer; and Hans Diernberger, visual artist.
Two more SEEFest films in U.S. distribution
Sun, 2012-03-18 14:48
Ari Bafalouka's APNEA from Greece and Igor Sterk's 9:06 from Slovenia are now available to a wider U.S. audience thanks to our festival's distribution partner Vanguard Cinema. Check the trailers and Vanguard's catalog for other world cinema titles, including more SEE FEST films from south eastern Europe:
ALIVE by Artan Minarolli (Albania); BEHIND THE GLASS by Zrinko Ogresta (Croatia);... read more
Exit, Stage Left: Works by Cristian "Smear" Gheorghiu at the Goethe-Institut
Sun, 2012-03-18 14:20
Every six weeks the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles invites a young emerging artist to present her/his works. Artist of the month in March through April is Romanian-born Cristian Gheorghiu (aka SMEAR). Opens March 22 @ 8pm.
5820 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 101; @ 8:00 pm walk and tour of exhibition at the Goethe-Institut
"Cristian Gheorghiu's (aka SMEAR) visceral, highly personal style of painting emulates the messy workings of the total-information age, layering forms and images with powerful, slashing brush strokes of rhythmic, unifying... read more
Rooster's Breakfast at Stanford University
Thu, 2012-03-15 21:59
Slovenian Film Club is hosting the screening of one of the most audience-friendly films shown at SEE FEST, Rooster's Breakfast. The movie is winner of national awards for best director, best screenplay and best actor. It won SEE FEST and CINEMA WITHOUT BORDERS Best Film Award in 2009. Written and directed by Marko Nabersnik, and produced by Franci Zajc. Screening courtesy of ARSMEDIA, Ljubljana!
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
350 Serra Mall, D. Packard Electrical Engineering building
Room: Packard 101 (in the main lobby of the building)
