South East European Film Festival Los Angeles (SEEfest) is a competition festival presenting cinematic and cultural diversity of 18 countries of the Balkans and Caucasus to American audiences. It provides a platform in the U.S. for the discovery of new talent from South East Europe, with a wide selection of films, art and literary talks, workshops and panels.
The festival serves as the cultural hub and resource for scholars and filmmakers, and creates opportunities for cultural exchange between Hollywood industry professionals and filmmakers from South East Europe. It is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, public benefit corporation.
SEEFest is a competition festival. Unless otherwise stated all films are eligible for one of the following Awards:
Best Narrative Feature ($2,000)
Best Documentary Feature ($1,000)
Best Narrative Short ($500)
Best Documentary Short ($500)
Best Animated Short ($500)
Best Cinematography ($500)
Audience Award
ACCELERATOR: Impact Award, for Best Project (Valuable Post-Production Packages)
The juries are comprised of Hollywood film industry professionals and award-winning filmmakers. Audience Award is given to the highest-scoring film based on the audience ballots.