SEEfest Catalogue 2011
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SEEfest Catalogue 2011
FESTIVAL LOCATIONS THURSDAY 4/28 - SUNDAY 5/1 GOETHE-INSTITUT LOS ANGELES 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 PARKING: Underground parking free with validation after 6pm, and free all day Saturday and Sunday MONDAY 5/2 UCLA CAMPUS IN WESTWOOD 8:30 am SEE FEST BUSINESS CONFERENCE UCLA Faculty Center 480 Charles Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095 PARKING STRUCTURE 2: Enter campus from Hilgard Ave. at Westholme 6:00 pm SEE FEST CLOSING NIGHT GALA UCLA James Bridges Theatre PARKING STRUCTURE 3: Enter UCLA campus from Hilgard Ave. 2 WHO WE ARE Founded in 2002, the South East European Film Festival pioneered the concept of regional, cross-border programming with issuedriven films that tell a larger story about South East Europe, where borders of all kinds are fluid and porous just as often as poisonous. By presenting multiple points of view from this troubled region, the festival unlocks delicate doors into human existence, highlighting concerns of our time that resonate with American audiences. Through year-round film screenings, art picnics, a business conference, and other events, collaboration with diplomatic/cultural/ arts/media partners and youth volunteers in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities, SEE FEST also serves as a resource for educators, young scholars, youth volunteers and the media. TICKET INFO http://www.itsmyseat.com/SEEFEST.html South East European Film Festival 7119 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 306, Hollywood, CA 90046 www.seefilmla.org 3 PREMIER SPONSORS CENTER FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES PATRON SPONSORS Enhancing and promoting the international components of management through research, teaching, field studies and outreach. Enriching Lives L.A. County Board of Supervisors through L.A. County Arts Commission 4 PATRON SPONSORS Est. 1964 9071 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood (310) 275-9444 DK Art Publishing Inc Fine Art Publishing House WITH THE SUPPORT OF Consulate General of Hungary in Los Angeles 5 PATRON SPONSORS Movies are a great way to travel GYPSY SPIRIT: HARRI STOJKA, A JOURNEY Bon voyage, Thomas Blount Celebrates Romanian Cinema at 2011 SEE FEST And congratulates the festival on its engaging program with great films from South East Europe. Blue Heron Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life of Romania’s orphaned and abandoned children and providing them greater access to life’s opportunities. Advancing cutting-edge practices and inspiring creativity in the management of global media, entertainment and sports industries. Canyon Dental Smile Center & Calabasas Dental Spa Lights, camera, action! Smile! You’re in good hands. Quality dental care provided by Dr. Tania Baker and staff at our beautiful office in Calabasas, 4937 Las Virgenes Rd., Suite 203, Calabasas CA 91302 Tel 818.880.5520 6 MEDIA SPONSORS THE EUROPE YOU LOVE Wholly subtitled in English and commercial free! 1 (800) 483-3875 www.eurochannel.com The Leader in International Entertainment: “The most channels, the most packages, the most languages.” DISTRIBUTION PARTNER W W W. VA N G U A R D C I N E M A . C O M 7 PROGRAM APRIL 28 - MAY 1 GOETHE-INSTITUT LOS ANGELES THURSDAY, APRIL 28 This evening is made possible with the support of Alan M. Strasburg. SHELTER (Podslon) | 7:00 pm Bulgaria, 2010, feature; 88 min; North American Premiere Writer/Director: Dragomir Sholev Producer: Rossitsa Valkanova Dragomir Sholev A boy on the verge of adolescence in the post-communist no man’s land quietly rips through the last vestiges of his parents’ old world in this impressively directed debut feature from newcomer writer-director Dragomir Sholev. With excellent cast (Cvetan Daskalov, Yanina Kasheva, Kaloyan Siriiski, Irena Hristoskova, Silvia Gerina) and beautifully photographed by Krum Rodriguez, the film was co-written by Romanian Razvan Radulescu (“The Death of Mr. Lazarescu”, “Paper Will Be Blue”, “Tuesday after Christmas” among others). DAD (Oča) | 8:45 Slovenia, 2010, feature; 70 min, North American Premiere Writer/Director: Vlado Škafar Producer: Frenk Celarc Vlado Škafar A young boy whose parents are divorced finally gets to spend some time with his dad. On a beautiful summer day the two of them go fishing, surrounded by unspoiled nature, as if they were alone in the world. As emotions slowly surface, the distant world around them eventually steps in... Venice Critics’ Week programmers wrote that Dad was “a film of suggestive images, evocative sounds, lyrical connections and secret intermittences of the heart...” and the film’s spirituality “is worthy of the masterpieces by Tarkovsky and Sokurov.” Following the documentary “Letter to a Child,” this is director Škafar’s feature debut. He is currently working on “Mom,” the last installment of the trilogy. 8 FRIDAY, APRIL 29 APNEA (απνοια) | 6:30 pm Greece, 2010, feature, 87 min; U.S. Premiere Director: Ari Bafalouka Producers: Elisabeth Tsouctidi, Ari Bafalouka Ari Bafalouka Brooding twenty-three-year-old Dimitris (Sotiris Pastras, a twotime Olympics participant) is undergoing punishing training for the national swimming team. He can also hold his breath underwater longer than others, and finds solace when his body and mind are in a state of suspension. But after achieving success in the European championships the swimmer feels emptier than ever, and keeps spending more and more time alone in the pool while memories of his one real-life relationship flood his mind. WHITE AS SNOW (Kar Beyaz) | 8:30 pm Turkey, 2011, feature, 82 min; U.S. Premiere Writer/Director: Selim Günes Producer: Nur Günes Selim Günes With his father in prison and his mother forced to travel to a distant town every day for her job, 9-year-old Hasan must care for his younger siblings and supplement his mother’s income by selling ayran, the salty yogurt drink, to weary winter travelers. One of Turkey’s most gifted still photographers, first-time director Selim Günes infuses his film with a visual artistry befitting the delicate drama of a boy struggling to survive a cold winter’s day, one hour at a time. 9 SATURDAY, APRIL 30 KAPITALISM, Our Improved Formula | 1:00 pm (Kapitalism -- Reteta Noastra Secreta) Romania/France/Belgium 2010, documentary, 80 min North American Premiere Writer/Director: Alexandru Solomon Producers: Ada Solomon, Pascaline Geoffroy, Cedric Bonin Alexandru Solomon Renowned filmmaker Alexandru Solomon invites Ceausescu, former dictator of Communist Romania, to revisit his country 20 years after he had been executed on Christmas Day of the revolutionary 1989. The dictator haunts present-day capitalist society, commonly referred to as the ‘Wild East’ and still deeply rooted in its communist past. Capitalism with a K – an Eastern European cocktail of power and money – is the ‘Wild East’s twin of Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” MAY IT FILL YOUR SOUL | 2:30 pm USA, 2011, documentary, 60 min; World Premiere Writer/Director/Producer: Timothy Rice Timothy Rice This is the story of the Varimezov family of brilliant Bulgarian traditional musicians. It begins at the end of the Ottoman Empire and traces the family’s musical legacy in parallel with the political history of Bulgaria from 1878 to the present. After the fall of communism in 1989, Ivan and his wife Tzvetanka brought the soulful tradition of song and dance first to America and then the world. 10 ME, MY GYPSY FAMILY AND WOODY ALLEN | 4:00 pm (Io, la mia famiglia Rom e Woody Allen) Italy, 2009, documentary, 50 min; Los Angeles Premiere Writer/Director: Laura Halilović Producer: Davide Tosco Award-winning “Me, My Gypsy Family & Woody Allen” is the story of the Halilović family who came to Italy from Bosnia Herzegovina at the end of the ‘60s, and lived in caravans until 1996. It is an intimate portrayal of the end of a nomadic lifestyle. Told in the first person with irony and wit, Laura documents the process of accepting her origins while rejecting the expectations of family to realize her dream of becoming a film director. Laura Halilović This screening is sponsored by Voice of Roma, Sebastopol, CA. WHITE BUTTON (Bijelo dugme) | 5:00 pm Serbia, 2010, documentary, 90 min West Coast Premiere Director/Producer: Igor Stoimenov Igor Stoimenov Legendary rock band “Bijelo dugme” (‘white button’) from Sarajevo took Yugoslavia by storm in the early 1970s and ruled the charts for 15 years. Its founder, Goran Bregović, has since become a global world music phenomenon. Featuring rare archival footage of the music scene in Yugoslavia in the late 1960s and early 70s, the film’s timeline closely mirrors the transformation of Yugoslavia from the poster country for Eastern bloc neighbors to a place on the brink of disintegration in 1989. MOTHER OF ASPHALT (Majka asfalta) | 7:00 pm Croatia, 2010, feature, 107 min; Los Angeles Premiere Director: Dalibor Matanić Producer: Ankica Jurić-Tilić Late one night Mare decides to leave her Dalibor abusive husband and, with their 7 year-old Matanić son, begins her search for a new life. Marija Škaričić’s award winning performance brings to life Mare’s increasingly challenging situations, which she desperately presents to her son as a game. When they find themselves at Christmas time without money, friends, or even compassion, help comes in the unlikeliest of places. 11 SUNDAY, MAY 1 SOME OTHER STORIES (Neke druge price) | 1:00 pm Bosnia/Croatia/Macedonia/Serbia/Slovenia/Ireland, 2010, feature/omnibus, 110 min; U.S. Premiere Directors: Ivona Juka (Croatian Story), Ana Maria Rossi (Serbian Story), Ines Tanović (Bosnia & Herzegovina Story), Marija Džidževa (Macedonian Story), and Hanna Slak (Slovenian Story) Executive Producer/Project’s Author: Nenad Dukić Ivona Juka Ana Maria Rossi Ines Tanović Marija Džidževa Hanna Slak The brainchild of Serbian film critic and producer Nenad Dukić, the film is a high-concept project with five stories exploring the themes of motherhood and pregnancy, directed by women filmmakers from five former Yugoslav republics. “Croatian Story” follows an anguished painter who must decide whether or not to keep one of her unborn twins, diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Serbian Story” finds an expectant mother in the same emergency room with a charming killer, while “Bosnia-Herzegovina Story” centers on a financially strapped Sarajevo family whose son’s lover is pregnant. “Macedonian Story” unfolds in a clinic where a drug addict struggles to keep her baby, and “Slovenian Story” ends the omnibus on a humorous note with a nun who finds her own way to immaculate conception. Wine reception following the screening co-sponsored by Women in Film International Committee, with Ivy Road Entertainment. THE WAR IS OVER (Lufta mbaroi) | 3:30 pm Macedonia/Switzerland, 2010, feature, 95 min; West Coast Premiere Writer/Director: Mitko Panov Producers: Mitko Panov, Moni Damevski, Vanja Aljinović Mitko Panov Through the intimate perspective of a Kosovo-Albanian family exiled in Switzerland, this film explores issues of cultural assimilation. Rasim has no desire to leave his ancestral home until the 1999 war changes his mind. Once a proud and respected teacher in Kosovo, he is now tormented by being an outsider in this new country. Having lost the physical connection with his land and culture, Rasim is unable to stop his life from unraveling. This screening is sponsored by the Consulate General of Switzerland. 12 IN THIS WAITING (Σε τούτο το καρτέρι) | 5:30 pm Cyprus, 2011, documentary, 70 min North American Premiere Writer/Director/Producer: Anna Tsiarta Anna Tsiarta Some two thousand Greek and Turkish Cypriots went missing during the intercommunal conflicts of the 1960s and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Seven relatives of the missing recall their harrowing stories: from their last moments together with their loved ones until recent exhumations, which began to shed light on their possible fate. As they struggle to come to terms with what happened then and what the future may hold, their stories reveal how these events shaped not only their lives but also their divided country. MEDAL OF HONOR (Medalia de onoare) | 7:00 pm Romania/Germany, 2009, feature, 104 min; L.A. Premiere Director: Calin Peter Netzer Producer: Liviu Marghidan Calin Peter Netzer One of the most lyrical films to come along from the fertile Romanian New Wave, “Medal of Honor” introduces us to an ordinary senior citizen, Ion I. Ion who suddenly gets a medal of honor for bravery shown in WWII, but which he cannot recall… Deeply humanistic, with well-calibrated humor, “Medal of Honor” features a bravura performance by stage actor Victor Rebengiuc and an excellent supporting cast. This screening is made possible with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, and Stefania Magidson. 13 KIOSK PROGRAM & ON-DEMAND DAILY APRIL 29 - MAY 1 GOETHE-INSTITUT LOS ANGELES FRIDAY, APRIL 29 THE FLOOD (Poplava) | 4:00 pm Croatia, 2010, documentary, 40 min; North American Premiere Writer/Director: Goran Dević Producers: Hrvoje Osvadić, Goran Dević Goran Dević Once every twenty years Kosinj and neighboring villages in the Lika region of Croatia suffer from major flooding due to torrential rains and snow meltdown, turning the place into a huge lake. The only means of transportation and connection to the rest of the world are a few boats. In 2010 two volunteer ferrymen navigate the high waters and rescue stranded neighbors from Serbian and Croatian villages, delivering supplies to the disaster area and becoming the only link between the two communities, and the world. WASTELAND (Pustara) Croatia, 2010, experimental documentary, 26 min North American Premiere Writer/Director: Ivan Faktor Producer: Vera Robić Škarica Ivan Faktor I will never know what wasteland is. Is it something deep inside, or is it everywhere else, outside of us, something weighing heavily on the morning, afternoon and evening’s sky; or something completely different, something entirely else – that last thing we no longer know why it still aches for the skies, while lying that it wants only the wasteland? Delimir Rešicki, Wasteland (fragment) 14 METAMORPHOSIS - IMMERSIVE KAFKA Hungary, 2009, experimental short, 42 min Director: Sándor Kardos Producers: Katherine W. Cook, Barnabas Takacs, and Dorottya Mathe Sándor Kardos Using interactive technology, director Sándor Kardos shot “the most authentic adaptation of Kafka’s famous story...where Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect. The film tells the entire story from Gregor’s perspective, as Kafka envisioned, and features several interactive features available on-line and on interactive DVD.” imdb/Barnabas Takacs BIRDS WAY (Drumul Pasarilor) Romania, 2009, documentary, 56 min; North American Premiere Director: Klára Trencsényi, Vlad Naumescu Producer: Libra Film, Romania Klára Trencsényi Vlad Naumescu Magic realism permeates “Bird’s Way,” a tale about a remote Old Believers’ village in the Danube Delta following the route of migrant birds. The community of Old Believers were once fugitives, excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1666, who found refuge in the wild Delta where they were able to preserve old rituals, Russian customs, and their sacred language. LUKOMIR – SIX MONTHS OFF | 6:00 pm (Winterslaap in Lukomir) The Netherlands/Bosnia Herzegovina, 2010, documentary, 29 min; North American Premiere Director: Niels van Koevorden Producers: Jemima van der Tholen, Floor Houwink ten Cate Niels van Koevorden From November until April in a small village near Sarajevo, a mere eleven inhabitants remain for the long, lonely winter as snowfall makes the roads impassable–and the villagers isolated from the outside world. Three of the eleven who stay behind share with us their daily routine and how they survive the winter, as well as each other. 15 SATURDAY, APRIL 30 MARRIED TO THE CAMERA | 1:00 pm (Kamerayla İzdivaç) Turkey, documentary, 2010, 51 min; North American Premiere Director: Doğa Kılcıoğlu Producer: Can Kılcıoğlu Doğa Kılcıoğlu “Marriage with Esra Erol” is a very popular matchmaking TV show in Turkey. Thousands of people apply, ready to marry complete strangers as millions of viewers at home watch every morning. “Married to the Camera” focuses on the people who are looking for a chance at romance in the hallways of a huge TV studio. SUNDAY, MAY 1 PYRAMIDS OF ATHENS | 1:00 pm (Pyramides tis Atinas) Greece, 2010, short, 15 min; L.A. Premiere Director/Producer: Yolanda Markopoulou Yolanda Markopoulou In Metaxourgeio, a multicultural neighborhood in Athens, a young Egyptian immigrant named Ismael feels threatened when a mysterious group of people enters the warehouse where he has been squatting. Until, that is, he finds out what they have come for... 16 ELEVATOR (Ashensori) Kosovo, 2010, short, 27 min; North American Premiere Writer/Director/Producer: Burbuqe Berisha Burbuqe Berisha The story takes place in an apartment building, where the main character - a writer - encounters odd and noisy characters that interfere with his ability to create. Frustrated, he resorts to cutting the power and disabling the elevator. However, the residents now resort to other ways of making their incessant noise. Finally, the writer decides to close the building so nobody can move. MUSHROOMS OF CONCRETE (Kerpudhe Betoni) Albania/Belgium, 2010, documentary, 23 min North American Premiere Director: Martijn Payens Producer: John VandeKerckhove Martijn Payens Albanian Communist dictator of 41 years, Enver Hoxha, who ruled from 1944 to 1985, left behind 750,000 bunkers he ordered built along the coast to protect the country from an unspecified enemy. Today they are transformed into storage rooms, night clubs, luxury restaurants, and tourist attractions. TWELVE NEIGHBORS (Odos Sfaktirias) Greece, 2009, documentary, 52 min.; North American Premiere Writer/ Director/Producer: Marianna Economou “Twelve Neighbors” seems to be the ultimate social experiment as it documents the lives of twelve diverse people that live as neighbors on a small street in Athens. A Pakistani immigrant, a poet, two eightyyear-old sisters, a dancer, a drug addict, and an old man are just some of the people sharing this street. Marianna Economou 17 MONDAY, MAY 2 CLOSING NIGHT GALA 6:00 PM UCLA JAMES BRIDGES THEATER PARKING STRUCTURE 3: Enter UCLA campus from Hilgard Ave. THE FRESCO – Curse of Dragulea (Fresca – Blestemul lui Dragulea) Romania, 2010, 3D animation, 15 min; North American Premiere Writer/Director: Ion Octavian Frecea Ion Octavian Frecea Everything in this film is speeding by and bursting with colors and sounds: struggling lovers, fairy tale demons, and a legend of the curse…. GYPSY SPIRIT: HARRI STOJKA, A JOURNEY Austria, 2010, documentary, 90 min; North American Premiere Director: Klaus Hundsbichler Producer: Rudolf Klingohr The “Buena Vista Social Club” of South East Europe, “Gypsy Spirit” is a superb musical journey with some of the world’s best Gypsy musicians as they travel to India to uncover the roots of their music. Harri Stojka, one of Austria’s most talented jazz musicians, comes from a Roma family of musicians who hailed from Wallachia 150 years ago, and who instilled in him a passion for music at an early age. In 2010, Director Klaus Hundsbichler followed Stojka and his Gypsy Swing Ensemble on their fascinating odessey as they toured for five weeks through India and China. This screening is made possible with the support of the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles, and Thomas Blount. 18 Klaus Hundsbichler ABOUT US BOARD OF DIRECTORS FESTIVAL POSTER Vera Mijojlic, President Spomenka Begic-Bratovic, Secretary Alan M. Strasburg, Treasurer Nermina Filipović, Dina Ćerić & Azra Mujkić dizajnerke@gmail.com BROCHURE DESIGN Daniel Searle LEGAL COUNSEL Douglas P. Wiita Norminton & Wiita http://www.normintonlaw.com WEB SITE BY AGENA http://www.agena.rs/ ONLINE & WEB PRODUCTION DESIGNER Aaron Perez FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Vera Mijojlic NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING Elyas Beria DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING, FEATURE FILMS Chantal Chauzy LOGO DESIGN Jeff Potts, 20/20 Creative GUEST PROGRAMMER, DOCUMENTARY FILMS Rada Šešić FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY Aaron Perez, John Marsh, Michael Baron, Maja Pejovski, Marina Milošević, Paula Markow, Patricia Lomeli ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMER Adnan Džumhur ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE Georgi Iliev, Elisa Iovine, Maja Manojlović GOETHE INSTITUT BROCHURE/INSERT DESIGN Anna-Maria Furlong, AMF Graphics BUSINESS CONFERENCE Honorary Chair, Ron Yerxa COMMUNITY & MEDIA OUTREACH Muna Ćosić, Kristine Kotecki, Oana Sabo, Amanda Clark, Ioana Moldovan, Molly Mahar, Guergana Gougoumanova, Ioana Barbu, Alice Bardan, Burcu Gezek Harbert, Nadina Ćosić, Flavie Fontaine, Sabra Chili, Nancy Kazar, Shirley Moirin INDUSTRY MARKETING Debra Fink CORPORATE RELATIONS MANAGER David Hurst MEDIA DEVELOPMENT Hipolito-Polo Munoz OUTREACH MANAGER Julia Naskova GRANTS CONSULTANT Deirdre Hennings FESTIVAL PROMO AND TRAILER FESTIVAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Muna Ćosić Editing and Production: Hipolito-Polo Munoz Motion graphics designer: Kim Tang Music courtesy of: Zeljko Marasovich and Aldo Shllaku Original footage filmed by: Ken Aaron, Vera Mijojlic, Polo Munoz, Bela Szkopal EVENT SUPPORT Ramesh Rampertab, Jackie Marsh, John Marsh, Ivo Mehmedović, Riccardo Camera, George Constantin, Monique Lukens, Erika Hoyle, Isabella Mancini, Clara Dykstra, Jonathan Ausubel. SPECIAL THANKS TO Peter and Mary Gross, Drita Kessler, Michael Heim, Margit Kleinman, Gail Kligman, Bogdan Brkic, Aleksandar Sotirovic, Stefan Kloo, Stefania Magidson, Liana Grancea, Nada Paliković, Corina Suteu, Silvia Rogozea, Sonja Perenčević, Jim Robbins, Annette Rupp, Jacob Segal, Robert Spich, Atil Inac, Bijan Tehrani, Nelson Gayton, Jaimie Conley, Joan and Russell Witte. ADVISORY BOARD USA Ken Aaron, Social Uplift Foundation, Los Angeles / Ilie Ardelean, Romanian-American Professionals Network, Los Angeles Atanas Baker, Los Angeles / Elyas Beria, Washington, D.C. / Thomas Blount, Miami / Andrea Capachietti, Humanitarian Aid Consultant and Lecturer, Los Angeles / Carol Contes, Entertainment Attorney, Los Angeles / Jelena Erceg, Architect, Los Angeles / 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, Center for European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA / Mark Ryavec, Former Honorary Consul General of Slovenia, Los Angeles / Aldo Shllaku, Composer, Los Angeles / Dan Tana, Dan Tana’s Restaurant, Los Angeles / James Ulmer, Writer-Producer, Los Angeles ADVISORY BOARD EUROPE Nenad Dukić, Film Critic, Belgrade / Mustafa Kapidzić, Kult B Publishing, Sarajevo / Won Kim, Pas de Dieux, Paris / Dunja Klemenc, Producer/Studio Maj, Ljubljana / Ankica Petrović, Ethnomusicologist, Split / Eric Raynaud, Screenwriter, Paris 19 SUPPORTING SPONSORS STAR TREATMENT FOR YOUR CAR! *Lagom: Swedish for “just right; just the right amount.” Team members at Lagom Specialists work closely with clients to find the right fit for any event or consulting challenge. NORM’s 76 on Sunset at Laurel / (323) 654-8073 20 LAGOM Specialists. +1 212 673 1909 / www.lagomspecialists.com 2012 and beyond... SEE Fest has been delighting audiences for six years and has shown hundreds of films–many of them worldwide, North American, or US premieres. And in 2012, SEE Fest plans to present more films than ever before. The Festival can only grow with help from our wonderful patrons, sponsors and audiences. If you would like to be a part of our campaign to expand and improve the South East European Film Festival, please be in touch with the Festival Director or Corporate Relations Manager and visit our website at www.seefilmla.org. ...a lot more to see! 21 CULTURAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS T.E.A.C.H. 12th Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles October 11-20, 2011 www.polishfilmla.org Social Uplift Foundation Cultural art events, education, economic development, and projects for and about the Roma www.voiceofroma.com WITH THE SUPPORT OF Consulates General: Austrian / Bulgarian / Croatian / Greek / Hungarian / Romanian / Swiss / Turkish AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS Peter and Mary Gross / Thomas Blount / Aris Anagnos / Drita Kessler Atanas and Tania Baker / Stefania Magidson / Jacob Segal / Dejan Ristic/ Carol Contes Anthony Saidy / Jane Tessa ten Brink / Alan M. Strasburg / Mladen Milicevic Mike M. Gojcaj / Alison Yerxa / Frank Kaminski / Nevenka Grubor / Greta Zenelaj 22 SEEFEST THANKS SUPPORTERS IN EUROPE KLAS FILM BULGARIA SEEFILM PRODUCTIONS SERBIA LIBRA FILM ROMANIA AGENA SERBIA 23