Editor

 The Chelsea Film Festival is releasing the list of films that are selected for this year's Edition. Nineteen Feature-length films have been selected in the 2015 Official Lineup.

Thirteen different countries are represented this year: Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

In light of this year's focus: "Women in Film and Media", we are proud to announce that the Official lineup includes a majority of titles directed (5), produced (8) and written (6) by Women.

Fifteen Films are in competition for the Chelsea Film Festival Grand Prix.

The Official List of Films is below, which also includes the Run Time, Genre, Country of Origin, Director(s), and Premiere Status.

AROUND EVERY CORNER (2015)
112 min | Drama | United States | NY Premiere
By Joe Gawalis

BEAST OF CARDO (2014)
103 min | Drama | Dominican Republic | Special Selection/Out of Competition
By Virginia Sanchez Navarro

BEHIND SOME DARK CLOUD (2015)
94 min | Drama, Romance | United States | World Premiere
By Chelsea Kane

BEYOND GLORY (2015) 
78 min | War | United States | US Premiere
By Larry Brand

DAWN (2014)
95 min | Drama, History, Thriller | Switzerland, UK, Germany, Israel | NY Premiere
By Romed Wyder

DAY RELEASE (2015)
80 min | Action, Drama, Romance | Spain | NY Premiere
By Geoffrey Cowper

DRAWERS (2015)
124 min | Drama, Family, Mystery | Turkey | US Premiere
By Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay

FLYTRAP (2015)
80 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | United States | US Premiere
By Steve Berke

FOR YOU WERE ONCE STRANGERS (2015)
79 min | Documentary, Drama, News, War | United States, Israel | US Premiere
By Ruth Berdah-Canet

IMMINENT THREAT (2015)
73 min | Documentary, War I United States | Special Selection/Out of Competition
By Janek Ambros

MARRY ME (2014)
94 min | Comedy | Belgium | US Premiere
By Kadir Balci

ONYX (2015)
76 min | Drama | Argentina | US Premiere
By Nicolás Teté

P.T.S.D Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2015)
72 min | Drama | United States | World Premiere
By Cedric Godin

SEMPER FIDEL (2014)
81 min | Drama, Family | United States, Cuba, United Kingdom | US Premiere
By Robert Pietri

SOLITARY (2015) - OPENING FILM (Out of Competition)
89 min | Drama | United States, United Kingdom | NY Premiere
By Sasha Krane

TAPIS ROUGE (2015)
90 min | Drama | Switzerland, France | US Premiere
By Kantarama Gahigiri & Frederic Baillif

THE FIANCES OF IMILCHIL (2015)
53 min | Docu-fiction | France, Morocco | US Premiere
By Leandre-Alain Baker

THE HISTORY OF KATHARINA WALSER (2015)
Original Title: Das Deckelbad – Die Geschichte der Katharina Walser
97 min | Drama | Switzerland | US Premiere
By Kuno Bont

VALLEY (2014) - CLOSING FILM (Out of Competition)
Original Title: Emek
86 min | Drama | Israel, France | US Premiere
By Sophie Artus

All feature film trailers and synopsis are available here: www.chelseafilm.org/2015-feature-lineup

The 2015 Short Film lineup will be released soon.
  

CFF was founded by actresses Ingrid & Sonia Jean-Baptiste to give voices to the unheard by providing a platform to independent films and discovering new talents.

Chelsea Film Festival Board of Directors consists of renowned industry insiders: Paul Calderon, Elizabeth Kemp, Bruno Chatelin  and John Patrick Shanley and a few more.

The Chelsea Film Festival program will highlight international feature-length, short films and documentaries from independent or emerging filmmakers. The Third Edition of the Chelsea Film Festival will focus on "Women in Film & Media", and will introduce foreign films to the public.

As Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, Founder of The Chelsea Film Festival, stated: 

“Making the World a Better Place by Giving a Voice to the Unheard”

The Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) will hold its third edition in New York from October 15-18th, 2015 at the SVA Theatre, Katie Murphy Amphitheatre (FIT), David Dubinsky Student Center (FIT) and other locations in Manhattan. 

Our Mission:
 

The Chelsea Film Institute is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural organization that will help expose the underprivileged youth in Chelsea, NYC to the arts. Throughout the year, CFI will offer free Arts classes to these economically disadvantaged children.

Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) is an international film festival, enlightening the work of emerging filmmakers, producers, and actors. It offers a wide range of films, such as shorts, documentaries, and feature-length pieces. It empowers the work of risk-taking storytellers and remains committed to its mission to discover and develop independent artists and audiences around the world.
 
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