Category Archives: Press Releases

The vibrant atmosphere of New York City recently hosted a prestigious gathering for film enthusiasts—the Egyptian American Film Festival. This year’s edition highlighted an experimental filmmaker whose work not only won accolades at festivals, but attempted to capture how love … Continue reading →

Big Universe Adventures Productions will offer a limited streaming release of Eric Rosen’s short film Netuser.​ Tony Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Denis​ O’Hare plays Peter Sardovski, an activist whose life unravels when a nightmare about political violence turns … Continue reading →

Cosmo, originally from South Sudan seeks help from a childhood friend “Moon,” a poet. Having lived over a decade in Maine, USA, after having to flee his home country, he attempts to tell his story for the first time through … Continue reading →

Behind the Bars is an animated short film by award-winning animator Neely Goniodsky, exploring the themes of racial oppression, prejudice, and the power of art to overcome and communicate one’s struggles to the world. Based on a poem by Edward Smyth Jones. … Continue reading →

Celebrating the Life of One of the Original “Mad Men” The Greenwich Village Film Festival will host the world premiere of the documentary, Harv on October 25, 2017. Shot during the final three months of Harvard Toback’s life, this touching … Continue reading →

Presented by: Cinema Studies Graduate Student Association, San Francisco State University Dates: October 19 + 20, 2017 Keynote Speaker: Stephanie Boluk & Patrick LeMieux Contact Email: CSGSA@mail.sfsu.edu As the primary mode of experiencing moving images has drifted from the silver … Continue reading →

Forbes announced today its second annual Under 30 Short Film Festival, a short film competition for filmmakers, under the age of 30, who are innovating and using a variety of techniques to accomplish a range of missions, from entertainment to advocacy. Submissions … Continue reading →

First Run Features is proud to announce the theatrical premiere of The Pulitzer at 100, the latest documentary by Oscar- and Emmy-winning director Kirk Simon. The film opens at the prestigious Lincoln Plaza Cinema on July 21, with other cities … Continue reading →

During the month of May, Filmatique will host a collection of films from New Asian Voices. First films from Peng Fei Song, Hyun-ju Lee, and Eddie Cahyono screen alongside the elegant third feature from Le-Van Kiet. Though from countries as … Continue reading →

In his 1926 essay “Cult of Distraction,” Siegfried Kracauer drew attention to the recently constructed grand movie theaters of the time, calling them “palaces of distraction” and “shrines to the cultivation of pleasure.”  In such palaces, he wrote, “the stimulations of the senses succeed each other … Continue reading →