Published by Aviva Press

Mar 17, 2014

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First Time Fest: The Second Time Around

By Maria Esteves – March 17, 2014

FIRST TIME FEST 2014 (FTF 2014), hosted by NeueHouse will be held at Loews Village VII Cinemas, New York, April 3-7, 2014. FTF 2014, the second time around will showcase twelve new international films by prominent filmmakers from around the world along with panel discussions, the John Huston Award for outstanding film achievement and FTF Grand Prize Award for theatrical distribution. FTF 2014 Opening and Closing films are PARIS IS BURNING (1990), directed by Jennie Livingston; and TARGETS (1968), directed by Peter Bogdanovich. For more information, visit: http://www.firsttimefest.com.

Grammy Award winning recording Tony Bennett, center,

with festival founders Johanna Bennett, right, and Mandy

Ward at First Time Fest: The Second Time Around, Kick

off press reception held at NeueHouse, New York, Monday,

September 30, 2014.

Grammy Award winning recording artist Tony Bennett, left,

and actor Joseph Sirola at First Time Fest: The Second Time

Around, Kick off press reception held at NeueHouse, New

York, Monday, September 30, 2014.