SEEfest Media Kit for Email - South East European Film Festival

MEDIA KIT
CINEMA CAN SHOW YOU THE WORLD
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ABOUT SEEfest
S
EEfest is the premier Hollywood showcase
for the cinematic and cultural diversity of
Southeast Europe. Now approaching its tenth
anniversary, the festival presents award-winning
and acclaimed films, art installations, filmmaker
talks, and a business conference celebrating and
promoting the cinema and peoples of this dynamic,
critical, and volatile region where East meets West.
festival days in May and over 30 additional
dynamic programs and events throughout
the year. Festival attendees of all ages have
deep roots in philanthropy, support of the arts,
cultural institutions, and, the Hollywood industry.
SEEfest is the only dedicated venue for powerplayers from Los Angeles and Southeast Europe
(from the Balkans and the Danube to the Black
Sea and the Caucasus) to meet, share work with
SEEfest caters to a diverse audience through an audience and each other, and develop new
its 40 film premieres over the course of five projects together.
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Offering world-class programming
and ground breaking films.
Showcasing award winning and
notable filmmakers and talent from
the region.
Pioneering and connecting passionate
trail blazing filmmakers.
Access to loyal and engaged
audience of film lovers.
Starting with opening night at the
prestigious Writers Guild Theatre in
Beverly Hills, 40+ films, including 28 North
American and Worldwide premieres, are
screened in over five theatres throughout
Los Angeles to several thousand attendees.
SEEfest enriches our LA film
world by showcasing the work
of new and seasoned film
makers and offers us glimpses
into the hearts, minds, and
experiences of those who live,
travel, or work in the region.
Gail Kligman
Director, UCLA Center
for European and
Eurasian Studies
An example of a highly
specialized festival
providing a theatrical
platform for foreign films;
the fest draws several
thousand attendees...
Marketing to Moviegoers
by Robert Marich
SEEfest does a terrific
service by presenting
thought-provoking films
from South East Europe
to the Los Angeles film
community.
Ron Yerxa
Academy Award-winning
producer of Little Miss Sunshine
and Nebraska
[SEEfest is] a
showcase dedicated
to bringing Southeast
European cinema to
the heart of LA.
The Hollywood Reporter
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No Man’s Land
Danis Tanović
Bosnia
Before the Rain
Milcho Manchevski
Macedonia
Sarajevo
Andreas Prochaska
Austria
Oscar® for Best Foreign
Language Film, 10th
Anniversary Gala
Nominated for Best Foreign
Language Film, retrospective
screening
World Premiere at
SEEfest 2014
Medal of Honor
Calin Peter Netzer
Romania
Halima’s Path
Arsen Anton Ostojić
Croatia
A Touch of Spice
Tassos Boulmetis
Greece/Turkey
Winner of 14 international
awards and 5 nominations
Winner of 22 international
awards from 20 festivals
around the world
Beloved classic, one of the
highest grossing Greek films
of all time
Bliss
Abdullah Oguz
Turkey
The Trap
Srdan Golubović
Serbia
Gravehopping
Jan Cvitkovič
Slovenia
Winner of 14 international
awards including Council of
Europe’s Prix Odyssee Human
Rights Award
Winner of 17 international
festival awards and U.S.
remake rights
Winner of 10 international
awards
Tirana, Year Zero
Fatmir Koçi
Albania
I Am Not Your Friend
György Pálfi
Hungary
Whose is this Song?
Adela Peeva
Bulgaria
Multiple awards in Germany,
Belgium, Slovakia, and
Greece
Nominated for Crystal
Globe at the Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival
Iconic Balkan film nominated
for Best European
Documentary and winner
of FIPRESCI prize Mumbai
International Film Festival
BUSINESS
CONFERENCE
SEEfest’s annual Business Conference is a dynamic platform
for Hollywood innovators and entrepreneurial filmmakers
interested in opportunities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Featured speakers included executives from Warner
Bros., Walt Disney Studio, Mace Neufeld Productions, Film
Finances, Bona Fide Productions, Relativity Media, United
Talent Agency, Weissman/ Markovitz Communications, L.A.
Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Cinedigm, Double4Studios,
LA FilmForum as well as co-production executives from
Europe and independent producers and filmmakers from
Hollywood and Eastern Europe.
Connecting Hollywood and
South East Europe
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SEEfest, a film festival that I consider one of the
most important among the film events in the annual
Hollywood calendar.
Arnold Schwartzman
Academy Award-winning
documentary film director of Genocide
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SEEfest SPECIAL EVENTS
SEEfest events and Festival promote cultural diversity breaking down ethnic and social barriers
to encourage cultural exchange. Recent special events include:
• AFI Fest Los Angeles: yearly hosting of films from Eastern Europe
• Austin Film Society: SEEfest Austin, first-ever retrospective of cinema of the
Balkans in Austin, Texas
• UCLA Film Archive: Slovenia Begs to Differ, first West Coast retrospective
• Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, and Los Angeles Film Forum, first West Coast
retrospective of the legendary Serbian filmmaker Vlatko Gilic
• The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, first SEEfest spin-off festival of select films, to
launch new digital cinemas for film lovers in Orange County
BUSINESS PARTNERS: Laemmle Theaters, Goethe-Institut, UCLA Center for
European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management,
Consulates of Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria,
Turkey, Italian Cultural Institute, cultural community groups of Eastern Europeans,
international film festivals in the U.S. and overseas, productions companies,
international sales agents and distributors, producers and filmmakers, and
national film centers and organizations in Europe and Eurasia.
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GRANTS & AWARDS
Center for European
and Eurasian Studies
www.international.ucla.edu/euro
Syd and Jan M
Silverman
Foundation
City of West Hollywood
California 1984
SEEfest has received recognition from the California Assembly, County of Los Angeles, and
City of Los Angeles, “for enhancing the cultural life and creating opportunities for cultural
exchange between Southern California and South East Europe” and “contribution to the
cultural vitality of Los Angeles.”
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SEEfest provides an ongoing view of
fascinating cultures and currents that
would otherwise go unseen. In this era
of interdependence, such insights are not
only culturally rewarding, but can prove
essential in furthering peace and productive
relations with such a volatile, diverse and
fast-changing part of the world.
Charles Bernstein
film composer, author and educator,
winner of ASCAP-Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award, and
multiple EMMY and Academy of Sci-Fi and Horror nominations
BECOME AN AGENT OF CHANGE
• Support Global Entertainment and promote PROMOTE EDUCATION
diversity of subject matter and content within Films selected for the festival explore universal
themes and human concerns. SEEfest movies
the United States.
enrich our understanding of issues that run deeply
• Encourage education by supporting an beneath divides between people, ethnic groups,
religions and cultures.
organization dedicated to providing a cultural
platform and resource for filmmakers.
ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING
The festival provides a hub for filmmakers to network
• Cultivate ethnic diversity by supporting cross- and pitch new projects. Several international coborder programming.
productions for feature films are now in production
as a direct result of the connections made at SEEfest.
• Become engaged with the NEW vibrant multiethnic audience that is the driving force behind DIRECT ACCESS TO FACILITIES, TALENT,
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND FESTIVALS
the shifting media landscape.
THROUGHOUT SOUTH AND EASTERN EUROPE
• Facilitate in-depth understanding of the AND BEYOND.
Sponsors have access to SEEfest’s vast network of
Euro-Asian divide where pivotal changes are
local resources in South and Eastern Europe. SEEfest
taking place.
acts as a connector facilitating industry networks
across the region.
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BECOME A SPONSOR
Become a sponsor! Support the only festival dedicated to the cinema from 15+
countries of South East Europe and Eurasia. Join our stellar roster of foundations and
sponsors and take the journey to the crossroads of South East Europe through film.
Donate online at the festival web site: www.seefilmla.org or mail a check to:
[
SEEfest
7119 W. Sunset Blvd., #306
Los Angeles, CA 90046
]
South East European Film Festival is a 501 (c) 3 non profit, public benefit corporation.
Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by the law.
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SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS
Thomas
Blount
Peter and
Mary Gross
Consulate
of Bulgaria
Stefania
Magidson
Consulate
of Croatia
Consulate
of Turkey
Consulate
of Greece
Film &
Television
Archive
COLLAGE VIDEO
(818) 240-4040
The
Malolli
family
supports
SEEfest
CineLink
Sarajevo
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Consulate
of Hungary
FOOTHILLS
MEDIA
Foothills Media is proud to be a
sponsor of SEEfest
Levantine
Cultural Center
Polish Film
Festival
Los Angeles
October 8-17, 2013
www.polishfilmla.org
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SEEfest HELPS YOU REACH A DIVERSE MARKET
Unprecedented access to
a highly desirable diverse
multi-ethnic audience.
According to the 2010 Census there
are 5.6 million people of South East
European ancestry in the US—10%
(556,791) live in California with
approximately 200,000 in Los Angeles.
• 18 countries represented
• 1,600+ Facebook fans and
Twitter followers
• 2,000 festival attendees
• 3,000 special event attendees
• 5,000+ Youtube fans
• 7,000 active members
ETHNIC DIVERSITY:
65% of SEEfest’s audience is ethnically diverse,
affluent, educated in the media and arts community
(46% East Europeans; 5% South American; 1.8%
Asian; 5.5% other; 7.3% decline to state ethnicity).
35% is of non-ethnic descent.
INCOME:
35% over $100,000 annual income.
30% between 65,000 – 99,000 annual income
22% between 35.000 – 64,000 annual income
5% less than 35,000 annual income (includes students)
7% decline to state annual income
AGE DISTRIBUTION:
37%
28%
21%
13%
between 35 - 54 age group
between 55 – 69 age group
between 18 – 34 age group
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DISTRIBUTION
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES, FILM/MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY:
StarLine Tours Southern California
The Beverly Hilton
UCLA campus
USC campus
Occidental College campus
Berkeley campus
UCI campus
Pomona Colleges campus
Claremont Graduate School campus
Stanford University campus
Community colleges campuses
California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of Technology
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
Italian Cultural Institute
AFI Fest
Los Angeles Film Festival
Film festivals of European countries in Los
Angeles
Long Beach Cinematheque
Santa Ana Frida Cinemas
Laemmle theaters
Departments and individuals at film studios and
production companies
Guild members
Members of the Los Angeles Film Critics
Association
Film critics and journalists
Print, broadcast, and online media, film
bloggers, film schools
Community organizations, local theaters and
actors groups
Local businesses, art galleries, coffee shops,
book stores
Travel agencies specializing in Eastern European
and Eurasian markets
Los Angeles public libraries
Offices of elected officials
Consulates and diplomatic missions
SUBSCRIBERS TO FESTIVAL E-NEWSLETTER
ALSO INCLUDE CLUSTERS IN THE FOLLOWING
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS:
UNITED STATES
most subscribers from California, New York,
West Virginia, and Illinois. Top cities: Los
Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, New York,
Chicago.
CANADA
Ontario and Quebec, followed by British
Columbia
EUROPE
Southern Europe (Romania #1)
Western Europe (Germany #1)
Eastern Europe (Poland #1)
Northern Europe (Sweden #1)
EURASIA/Western Asia (Turkey #1, followed by
Cyprus, Israel, Azerbaijan, and Georgia)
FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES, AND
LOCATION FILMING SERVICE PROVIDERS:
Film distribution companies
International film sales agents
Offices and departments of the Council of
Europe
European Union Media Program
Film festivals and markets
Print, broadcast and online media
Universities, art and ethnographic museums,
academic organizations
National Film Centers across Southern, Eastern
Europe and Eurasia
Funding entities, national film funds, funding
boards, banks
Travel agencies, hotels, local airlines
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CONTACT
[
SEEfest
7119 W. Sunset Blvd., #306
Los Angeles, CA 90046
USA
]
www.seefilmla.org
[email protected]
/seefest
@seefilmla
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We need to know more about
the rest of the world and this is
such a wonderful way to do it.
Michael Heim
was a distinguished professor of Slavic languages at
UCLA, and award-winning translator of
Milan Kundera and Anton Chekhov, among others
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