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    NORA ARMANI TO ORGANIZE FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK

    http://asbarez.com/111029/nora-armani-to-organize-film-festival-in-new-york/
    Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

    Nora Armani and Mike Camoin

    BY PETER BELSITO
    >From Sydney's Buzz Blog

    In Cannes recently we met with Nora and Mike and were taken by their
    ambitious plans to organize a new New York City and state based film
    fest that deals mainly with the type of films we love the most. They
    bring impressive qualifications to this new task and we look forward
    next year to participating. The Rated SR "Socially Relevant" New
    York Film Festival Shines New Light on Film Violence. Nora Armani,
    Festival Founding Artistic Director, recently announced this new
    Film Festival to launch in both New York City and Rensselaerville,
    New York on March 14-20, 2014.

    Entitled 'Rated SR' for Socially Relevant, the festival is a response
    to the proliferation of violence and related social ills in today's
    movie industry. The fest aims to satisfy a market need to concentrate
    more on everyday positive human stories seeking an audience.

    The Downstate-Upstate event will provide Festival attendees and
    public alike with the best of both worlds: the buzz of Manhattan and
    the rural setting of Rensselaerville. The main goal of the Festival
    is to support filmmakers who are producing films that tackle the
    tough social and environmental issues of the day without relying on
    gratuitous violence or sensationalism to draw in an audience.

    "Rated SR aims to show that socially relevant films can be of high
    artistic value, educate, enlighten, but most of all equally entertain
    and be commercially viable," said Armani who holds extensive festival
    organizing and curatorial skills honed from decades of experience in
    the United States and overseas markets. Armani organized film weeks
    at London's ICA, Cine Lumiere, AFI in Los Angeles and Kennedy Centre,
    collaborated with Paris's Pompidou Centre, The Edinburgh and Cambridge
    Film Festivals and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Armani
    had her films in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival
    and is invited to attend the Producers Network at the Cannes Film
    Festival this year.

    Armani is joined in organizing "Rated SR" by Mike Camoin,
    Founder of the Festival's Filmmaker's Lab that will take place
    March 18-20th during the Upstate portion of the fest. Camoin is
    an Albany-based filmmaker, producer and director with a number
    of completed documentaries and shorts. Camoin is currently in
    post-production with "An American Life: The Journey from Violence
    to Hope" centered on mental illness and criminal justice featuring
    David Kaczynski. Armani and Camoin met serendipitously in Rotterdam
    during the fest's synergetic industry forum and quickly discovered a
    mutual interest in non-violent storytelling. It is this synergy they
    want to carry over to New York with "Rated SR."

    Joining Armani and Camoin is Carol Ash, President of the Carey Center
    for Global Good, in Rensselaerville, NY, which will host the Upstate
    section of the Festival on its 100-acre campus. "The Carey Center
    for Global Good's mission is bringing together innovative and dynamic
    people from around the world to seek creative solutions to the most
    pressing challenges of the day. Rated SR's theme of nonviolence make
    this partnership particularly unique," said Ash whose facility began
    hosting dialogues through film in 2012.

    "We're quite fortunate to have found a partner in the Carey Center
    for Global Good," stated Camoin.

    Keeping with the tradition of the institute, the Upstate retreat
    center is an ideal facility for filmmakers to gather in a supportive
    environment and move their respective and significant stories to
    completion. "The screening and lab components are designed to be
    complimentary," he noted.

    Henry Ford once said "Coming together is a beginning, staying together
    is progress, and working together is success." The film festival
    also coincides with growing trends related to socially conscientious
    consumers. A number of independent research studies show there is
    a growing desire by consumers around the globe to do business with
    socially conscious companies.

    Armani is a seasoned actor and filmmaker who notably draws her
    inspiration, among others, from the work of Sherry Lansing, Oprah
    Winfrey and Nelson Mandela.

    Armani studied drama and sociology in England and currently divides
    her time between London, Paris and New York. Her most recent work
    "Moving Stories" will screen at the Monaco Film Festival in the
    official selection in May 2013.

    Mike Camoin is founding member and former President of Upstate
    Independents, Inc. He is an advisory board member to The New School of
    Radio and Television, and serves as a consultant to the Albany Film
    Commission. He's appeared on Vox-Pop with WAMC's public radio Alan
    Chartock discussing all things independent motion pictures. Camoin
    is also attending the Producers Network at the Cannes Film Festival.

    The Carey Center for Global Good, located on an historic 100-acre
    estate, features a unique setting for conferences, meetings, events
    and retreats. The mission of the Carey Center for Global Good is to
    bring together innovative and dynamic people from around the world
    to seek creative solutions to the most pressing challenges of the day.

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