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CANNES: The first edition of Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York was a huge success with the screening of 55 films from 18 countries and exciting opening and closing night celebrations.
“Amy Goodman provided a rousing keynote address to a festival that will hopefully last well into the future.” Wrote The Huffington Post.
Festival Founding Artistic Director Nora Armani will attend the Cannes Film festival to presents the winning documentaries: Small Small Thing, directed by Jessica Vale, and Not Who We Are, directed by Carol Mansour, from the festival’s slate at the Cannes Film Festival Doc Corner, May 14-23rd, along with Coal Rush, Coney Island: Dreams for Sale, Orphans of the Genocide, From the Black You Make Color, Stable Life and Born in Adana. To arrange for a meeting and for details visit: www.cinando.com/SquareMangoFilms
Grand Prize Winner, Small Small Thing, will also have its New York City theatrical premiere at The Quad Cinema, from June 6–12, 2014. This week–long run is offered by Rated SR Film Fest as the Grand Prize, courtesy of the QuadFlix Select program.
In New York, a new partnership with IndiePix http://www.indiepixfilms.com will see six short films from the festival’s slate released on DVD and VOD under the heading: Rated SR Films. New sponsorship and partnership opportunities are available at Rated SR that is already the talk of the media with a reach over 1M followers & likes. Contact: ratedsrfilms@gmail.com for information.
Sponsor Presentation: http://youtu.be/gx7colpL9K0 // Opening Night: http://dai.ly/x1kg777
Closing Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN3VcWdi1KM
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Submissions for 2015 (the 2nd edition) of Rated SR Film Festival open in June 2014. Main sidebars are: Women Filmmakers of the Middle East and The Forgotten Genocide 100 years later. More information may be found on the festival’s website: www.ratedsrfilms.org.
To arrange for a meeting with Ms. Armani in Cannes call: +33 6 51 61 19 62 or email: squaremangofilms@gmail.com ENDS
