The awards are: Vanya Exerjian - Empowering Women and Girls Award, Grand Prize Narrative Feature, Grand Prize Documentary, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Award, Best Ensemble Work, Best Actor in a Feature Film, Best Actress in a Feature Film, Best Actor in a Short Film, Best Actress in a Short Film, Immigrant Filmmaker Award, and three winning scripts from the script-writing competition.
"On our fifth year, SRFF is thrilled to continue its quest to spotlight the most impactful stories from around the world," said Nora Armani, Founding Artistic Director of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival. "Our goal is to highlight films and filmmakers who choose to tell socially relevant stories oft not given a commercial platform. These films have a strong impact on people's lives."
The 2018 Fifth Edition of SRFF screened 70 films from 35 countries in the narrative feature, documentary feature, short film, and immersive VR/360º categories, along with finalists in script-writing. The winners are selected by a hand-picked international jury of industry veterans.
SRFF's original trophies are the Molten Bowl, designed and donated by Michael Aram and a wine by City Winery bearing the specially designed 5th-anniversary label of SR Film Festival. In-kind awards include Inclusion in InkTip, download certificates by Final Draft, consultation services by Cinema Libre Studio and Candy Factory Films, distribution on IndiePix, stock footage by Pond5 and more.
GRAND PRIZE NARRATIVE FEATURE:
The jurors: Nicole Ansari-Cox, Najla Said, Valerio Caruso, and Andre Degas.
Awardees in ex aequo:
Lou Andreas-Salomé:
German, Italian, Russian w/English subtitles
Lou Andreas-Salomé
Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/
Hot Country, Cold Winter | David Safarian | Armenia, The Netherlands, Germany | 2016 | 104 min
Armenian, Russian with English subtitles
A tale of a man and a woman suffering near-absurd circumstances during a total energy crisis right after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Their narratives, recollections, imagination, and dreams are depicted in this powerful narrative feature film dealing with a period of recent modern history.
Trailer:http://
GRAND PRIZE DOCUMENTARY FILM:
The jurors: Claus Mueller, Morgan Jenness, Dirk Robertson, and Edie Nugent.
Hotel Everest | Claudia Sobral | USA | 2017 | 39 min
Filmed over a tumultuous two-year period, the film follows the efforts and relationship between two unlikely peace activists: Eden Fuchs, a retired Israeli army colonel, and Ibrahim Issa, a Palestinian born in a refugee camp, are joined by the Idahoan founders of the Centre for Emerging Futures, Whit and Paula Jones at the Hotel Everest.
Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/
For more information on all of the films screened at the Fifth Annual Edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY, please visit www.ratedsrfilms.org.
--Grand Prize Narrative Feature (ex-aequo): Lou Andreas-Salomé:
--The Vanya Exerjian Empowering Women & Girls Award: Ruchira Gupta - Apne Aap
--Grand Prize Documentary:
--Best Ensemble Work in a Feature: Darcy by Heidi Philipsen-Meisner & Jon Russell Cring
--Best Narrative Short: Malik and the Turtle by Adnane Tragha
--Best Documentary Short: The Hammamis by Molly Bareiss
--Best Actor in a Feature Film: Johnathan Tchaikovsky in Darcy
--Best Actress in a Feature Film: Yana Druz in Hot Country Cold Winter
--Best Actor in a Short Film: Azhar N'Dahoma in Malik and the Turtle
--Best Actress in a Short Film: Jasmin Riggins in Free Period
--VR/360º Award: My Beautiful Home by Romain Vakilitabar
--The Women Film Critics Circle Award: I Seek Asylum by Anna Southgate
--The Immigrant Filmmaker Award: Robert Tutak for Ellis Island
--Finalist Script 1st place/Winner:
--Finalist Script 2nd place: Shepherding Cassie by Mike Oborn
--Finalist Script 3rd Place: American Snake Pit by Dan Tomasulo
The rapidly-growing, social-issue focused festival is now in its fifth year. SRFF is a multi-faceted event that embodies the cultural values of New York and the world. SRFF showcases socially relevant films from emerging, international and local filmmakers. Several spotlight programs, industry workshops, and panels on different issues highlight the festival.
The Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY is pleased to announce its 2018 partners and sponsors, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (https://lmcc.net/)
ABOUT SRFF NY
SR Socially Relevant ™ Film Festival New York is a 501(c) 3 non-profit film festival founded by actress Nora Armani. The Mission of the SRFF is to shine the spotlight on filmmakers who tell compelling, socially relevant™, human interest stories, across a broad range of social issues. During its first five years, the festival has showcased 277 films from 35 countries. Submissions re-open mid-May and are received from all over the world.
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