RATED SR - Socially Relevant FIlm Festival New York is a festival and film lab that aims to satisfy a market need concentrating on everyday positive human stories. THE MISSION of the Festival is to spotlight filmmakers who are producing films that tackle the social and environmental issues of the day without relying on gratuitous effects, loud soundtracks and sensationalism to draw in an audience.
Rated SR aims to showcase socially relevant films of high artistic value that educate, enlighten, entertain but most of all can be commercially viable. Socially Relevant films can be funny, dramatic, romantic, adventurous, comical, suspenseful, intellectually challenging, historical, psychologically inclined, or tell a story that matters. In short, Rated SR films can be anything BUT boring!
Rated SR launches in Manhattan, the entertainment capital of the world where the films are screened, and has Filmmaker panels that run in parallel. The festival takes place in mid-March annually - March 14-20, 2014
Founded by Artistic Director Nora Armani, Rated SR is based in New York and has the festival screenings alongside a filmmakers' lab. The films that are shown are international and can come from any country in the world including but not limited to the USA. The screenings take place at the Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village in New York City.
The film festival coincides with the growing trends related to socially conscientious consumers who seek alternatives to films that deal with gratuitous violence and sensationalism to make a box office entry.
March 2014 marks the festival's inaugural year.
GRAND PRIZE:
One lucky filmmaker of a feature length documentary or narrative film, will win a FREE one-week run at the QUAD CINEMA in New York on its QUADflix SELECT Program. See www.quadflixselect.com for details. The award is generously donated by the Quad Cinema.
This is an all-encompassing package that includes all the features necessary to successfully launch an indie film in New York City and enter the US market. This is an $11,000.00 value.
There are additional smaller prizes for the short fiction and a DVD-VOD distribution deal offer for the documentary sections, ranging from $500-$1000 of cash and in-kind donations.
Programming is done by the collective and professionals on the advisory committee.
