FESTIVAL DATES for the next edition: March 18-22, 2020 - Cinema Village, 22 E 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
Submissions for the 2020 Edition re-open May 22 - 2019
PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION, THE RULES, and THE TERMS thoroughly before completing your submission.
SRFF does NOT waive entry fees. In some exceptional cases discount codes are offered.
SRFF believes waiving entry fees hurts the integrity of the competition. The same rules and entry fees sh...
The SR - Socially Relevant Film Festival New York launches its 4th annual edition with an open for call for entries May 11. Following the hugely successful three past annual editions with a combines 157 films screened from 35 countries, the fourth edition is scheduled to take place March 13-19, 2017 at the Bow Tie Chelsea Cinemas and The School of Visual Arts Social Documentary Film Campus in New York City, with additional parallel venues for special events.
Founded by Actor Filmmak...
OPEN CALL FOR FILM and SCRIPT ENTRIES
SR Socially Relevant Film (™) Festival New York (Rated SR) - 3rd edition
March 14-20, 2016
SR Socially Relevant (™) Film Festival New York, a new non-profit film festival, will have its 3rd edition in March 2016 at over 3 venues: The Tribeca Cinemas in Tribeca, The Maysles Cinema in Harlem and The School of Visual Arts SocDoc in Chelsea, with additional venues for special events. Founded by actor-filmmaker Nora Armani...
Cannes: SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York launches 3rd edition and opens Early Bird submissions during the Cannes Film Festival 2015!
SR Socially Relevant (TM) Film Festival New York wrapped its 2nd annual edition after week-long screenings of 53 films from 33 countries and four industry panels in March. SR Film Festival honored Albert Maysles posthumously with the Lifetime of Inspiration Award while the festival’s special Justice and Peace Award went to Israeli Filmmaker Guy Da...
SR(™) Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (Rated SR) - 2nd edition
March 16-22, 2015
SR Socially Relevant Film Festival (™) New York, a new non-profit film festival, will have its 2nd edition in March 2015 at 3 venues: The Tribeca Cinemas in Tribeca, The Maysles Cinema in Harlem and The School of Visual Arts SocDoc in Chelsea. The festival showcases socially relevant films with human interest stories as a response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms of storyte...
CANNES: Following a hugely successful inaugural edition with 55 films from 18 countries, Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York, with Paris-based partner Square Mango Films, brings seven docs from the Rated SR festival’s winning slate to the Cannes Film Festival Doc Corner.
Small Small Thing, directed by Jessica Vale, winner of the Rated SR feature competition, will have a theatrical release in New York June 6-12, Not Who We Are, directed by Carol Mansour, winner of th...
Rated SR- Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (City and Upstate) is premiering in March 13-21, 2014. Screenings and a Filmmakers' lab will take place respectively in New York City at the Quad Cinema, and Upstate New York at the Carey Institute/ Carey Center for Global Good. The grand prize is an all-encompassing one week's release of the winning film at the Quad Cinema in New York City.
Festival Founding Artistic Director, Actress/filmmaker Nora Armani and Founder Director o...
