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 celebrations.
Festival Founding Artistic Director Nora Armani will present the winning documentary films at the Cannes Film Festival Doc Corner, May 14–23rd:
- Small Small Thing, directed by Jessica Vale;
- Not Who We Are, directed by Carol Mansour;
- Five others from the festival’s slate.
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.
The films from the Rated SR slate at Cannes are: Coal Rush, Coney Island: Dreams for Sale, Orphans of the Genocide, From the Black You Make Color, Stable Life and Born in Adana.
In New York, a new partnership with IndiePix will see six short films from the Rated SR slate streamed and released on DVD under the heading Rated SR on indiepixfilms.com