[aha] News from NY International Independent Film and Video Festival

[Edoardo Dell'Acqua]

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> Da: Stuart Alson <filmmfest at aol.com>
> Data: 14 marzo 2008 21.37.14 GMT+01:00
> A: editing at macestudio.net
> Oggetto: News from NY International Independent Film and Video  
> Festival
> Rispondi a: filmmfest at aol.com
>
>
> NY International Independent Film and Video Festival
> March 14, 2008
> Greetings!
>
> The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival: Call  
> For Entries
>
> The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival is  
> accepting entries for Los Angeles in Summer 2008.
> Please visit www.nyfilmvideo.com, if you want to submit a film.
>
> The New York International Art Festival: Call For Entries
>
> The New York International Art Festival is accepting entries for Los  
> Angeles Summer 2008.
> Please visit: www.nyartfestival.com
>
> New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
>
> The much-anticipated New York International Independent Film and  
> Video Festival (NYIIFVF) kicked off with a bang at China Club on  
> Thursday, February 28. The opening night festivities attracted over  
> 1,500 filmmakers, artists, actors, delegates, press and industry.  
> Filmmakers flew in from all over the world, Japan, Bulgaria,  
> Ireland, India, Canada, The Netherlands, Sweden, Israel, South  
> America, Spain, the U.K. and all over the U.S. to promote and  
> network. Over 40 trailers were played on large screens throughout  
> the evening. C + C Music Factory's Zelma Davis treated guests to a  
> fantastic acapella version of Everybody Dance Now. Davis provided  
> the vocals for charity awareness music video Pop Your Panties with  
> Paris, Lindsay and Nicole. The short film was produced by Itsi  
> Atkins for Media4Humanity and screened multiple times at the  
> ImaginAsian last week.
>
>
> C+C Music Factory vocalist Zelma Davis performs live at the NYIIFVF  
> opening night party at China Club - Photo credit Andrew Kaen.
>
> Enigmatic indie guru and long-time friend of the NYIIFVF Abel  
> Ferrara officially opened the NYIIFVF at a special luncheon at the  
> Telephone Bar and Grill in the East Village. Ferrara who has  
> directed cult films such as King of New York, Driller Killer, The  
> Funeral and most recently Go Go Tales, offered some candid advice to  
> the latest wave of filmmakers and stressed the importance of  
> creating your own buzz if you want to get noticed in New York. Over  
> the first weekend films and videos from the around the world were  
> exhibited on ever topic and genre imaginable. Several screenings  
> were sold out at Village East Cinema and the festival's newly added  
> venue the ImaginAsian on the Upper East Side. The snow certainly did  
> not stop Japanese animator FROGMAN from walking the red carpet at  
> the world premiere of his latest ground-breaking animation Eagle  
> Talon The Movie - The Chancellor Only Lives Twice. The packed after- 
> party at AZZA kicked off the festival's week-long celebration of  
> parties. Ireland was well represented with the high-quality  
> documentary, The Flight of the Earls/Imeacht na nlarlai starring  
> Oscar-nominated Irish actor Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, V for  
> Vendetta). The drama documentary tells the story of Hugh O'Neill,  
> the Earl of Tyrone who travelled to Europe in 1607 to seek aid to  
> regain the lands of Ulster. Memorable screenings on Saturday  
> included New York Blood, a feature drama about a drug-dealing  
> mobster directed by Nick Oddo. Several cast members were present for  
> the screening including, Vinnie Stigma, (guitarist of Agnostic  
> Front) and Frank Aquilino (Goodfellas, King of New York and A Bronx  
> Tale).
>
> The red carpet premiere of A Call for Valor was packed with the New  
> Jersey Police Officers. Manny Collins from the New York Jets got the  
> cameras flashing when he made a special appearance to support the  
> film and its director D.R. Hernandez, a retired Latina police  
> captain turned award-winning filmmaker. The visceral docudrama short  
> tells the story of Sgt. Ken Hogan who was shot at 19 times and  
> survived a bullet in the head.
>
>
> L-R NYIIFVF Founder/Exec Producer Stuart Alson, publicist Briege  
> McGarrity, Latina filmmaker D.R. Hernandez and Manny Collins of the  
> New York Jets at the ImaginAsian on March 1
>
> Two features screening back to back attracted the attention of press  
> and distributors. Journey of a Contract Killer blew audiences away  
> and earned a nomination for Best Picture. Fantastic lead actress  
> Justine Powell (Lady Macbeth) and producer Michele Damiano  
> represented the film. Lime Salted Love starring Kristanna Loken (The  
> L Word, Terminator 3) also had its East Coast Premiere. The film  
> directed by Danielle Agnello and Joe Hall is an avant-garde drama  
> and surreal examination of guilt abuse and psychic pain set in  
> hipster enclaves of Los Angeles. Kristanna Loken was present for the  
> screening and after party at Pacha.
>
>
> L-R Kristanna Loken and NYIIFVF Founder/Exec Producer Stuart Alson  
> Photo credit: Damani Higgins
>
> Sunday's screenings included The Bulgarian cultural film The Soul  
> Has No Ethnic Origin, directed by Stoimen Vassilev. The film  
> screened downtown at the Village East and was attended by the  
> Bulgarian Consulate General, Ambassador Nikolay Milkov. Happy Valley  
> written and directed by established NYC make-up artist Tina Murgas  
> was sold out up at the ImaginAsian. The feature starring High School  
> Musical's Bart Johnson and his brothers actor/surfer Brad Johnson  
> and writer/actor Adam Johnson is a drama set in a small town chronic  
> care facility.
>
>
> L-R Cast members Brad, Bart and Adam Johnson at the red carpet  
> premiere of Happy Valley
>
> Comedian Jackie the Joke Man Martling showed his support for the  
> independents by showing up for the Happy Valley premiere. The former  
> lead writer for The Howard Stern Show was on top form on the red  
> carpet, cracking jokes, posing for pictures and conducting  
> interviews with IFQ-TV's Shorty Brown.
>
>
> L-R IFQ-TV's Shorty Brown with Jackie The Joke Man Martling at the  
> ImaginAsian
>
>
>
> ITN Distribution will have an office RIVIERA Stand C11 at the Marche  
> du Film/Cannes, May 14-25th, 2008
>
> ITN Distribution is accepting feature length and short films for  
> possible acquisitions. If you are seeking distribution, please send  
> a DVD copy of your film to:
>
> ITN Distribution
> Attn: Acquisitions
> 505 E. Windmill Lane
> Suite 1B-102
> Las Vegas, NV 89123
>
> www.itndistribution.com
>
> Independent Film Quarterly magazine
>
> Independent Film Quarterly (IFQ magazine) will launch its annual  
> Cannes Edition in May 2008. The Cannes Edition will feature  
> interviews with Asia Argento (Screened 3 films in Cannes 2007: Go Go  
> Tales, Boarding Gate, Une vieille maîtresse; past films in Cannes:  
> The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, Marie Antoinette,  
> Transylvania, Last Days), Danny Glover, Kevin Spacey , Cécile de  
> France (Hosted the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, High Tension, Quand  
> j'étais chanteur, L'Auberge espagnole, The Russian Dolls, upcoming  
> films: L'Ennemi public n° 1, L' Instinct de mort), Kathleen  
> Robertson (Tin Man, Hollywoodland, XX/XY, I Love Your Work),  
> Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster, Talk to Me, Dirty Pretty  
> Things, She Hate Me), Director John Sayles (Return of the Secaucus  
> Seven, Lone Star, Matewan, Lianna, Limbo, Honeydripper), Director  
> Alex Cox (Sid and Nancy, The Queen of the Night, Repo Man, Walker),  
> Producer Michael Cerenzie (Before the Devil Knows Your Dead) and  
> Director Ira Sachs (Married Life, Forty Shades of Blue). IFQ  
> magazine will be handed out during Cannes and will hit the shelves  
> in June 2008. There will be an IFQ issue release party during Cannes.
>
> For advertising and more information, please email  
> nicolefilms1 at aol.com
>
> www.independentfilmquarterly.com
>
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> Sincerely,
>
>
> Stuart Alson
> NY International Independent Film and Video Festival
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