LISTEN IN HERE!: BLOGTALKRADIO NORA ARMANI is an writer, actor and filmmaker born in Egypt of Armenian parents. Her own stage creations Sojourn at Ararat, Nannto, Nannto and On the Couch with Nora Armani earned international accolades during extensive tours on four continents in over twenty five cities. Invited to Armenia to star in the films Deadline in Seven Days, Last Station and later, Labyrinth, she becomes cultural ambassador (1991-93), promoting Armenian cinema worldwide.She recently appeared on the acclaimed new CBS TV series Golden Boy opposite Theo James, and played lead roles in the films Was My Whole Life Wrong? By Maxine Pugh and Salaam Shalom by Dima Sbeitan, as well a TV Pilot

Rated SR - Socially Relevant Film Festival When March 14-20, 2014 Where Quad Cinema 34 West 13th Street # B New York, NY 10011 Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York is a new non-profit film festival which will run March 14-20, 2014 at New York’s Quad Cinema. Founded by award-winning actor, filmmaker and curator Nora Armani, the festival will showcase films with human interest stories and socially relevant themes as a response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms of storytelling. Rated SR aims to promote positive social change through the powerful medium of cinema. It believes that through raised awareness, expanded knowledge about diverse cultures, and the human c

New film festivals are reason for cautious optimism, at least for cinephiles. They often bring new films and perspectives to audiences and in the best of cases, broaden one's horizons. The 2014 inaugural Rated SR -- Socially Relevant Film Festival at the Quad certainly accomplished both these things. Organized by genre, theme and country of origin, the different sessions brought a diverse and eye-opening group of over fifty films from eighteen countries to downtown Manhattan audiences, each one presumably carrying with it a "social relevant message" of some importance. The films presented dealt with everything from the little-known Hamshen Armenian Community in Turkey which was forcibly conv

NEW YORK – What kicked off with a very successful week on Friday March 14, 2014 at the Quad Cinema with Momcilo Mrdkaovic’s Mamarosh and a celebratory reception at The Fourth Restaurant, closed on Thursday, March 20, 2014 with an equally successful awards night at New York’s Tenri Cultural Institute. Read the Full Article At: Kingsroad.it

Rated SR for Socially Relevant: The Birth of a New NYC Film Festival By Nora Armani | Women and HollywoodMarch 17, 2014 at 11:41AM A story of transforming personal tragedy into meaningful work. The inaugural edition of Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (March 14-20 at New York's Quad Cinema) assembles 55 films from 18 countries, offering an uplifting, enlightening, and artistically satisfying experience that celebrates life. Many of the talented filmmakers -- 40% of whom are women -- will be present at this inaugural edition, some having traveled all the way from Armenia, Canada, Cuba, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Serbia, South Korea, Switzerland, and The Netherlands. Thi

26Entertainment’s debut feature film, "Dovid Meyer," has been named an official selection at the 2014 Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival in New York City. "Dovid Meyer" will compete with 10 other feature films, as well as a strong cast of documentaries and shorts created by filmmakers from 18 different countries. Created to use the powerful medium of film to bring awareness to social issues in a non-violent fashion, the film festival will take place from March 14-20 at the Quad Cinema , 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY. "Dovid Meyer" will screen at 7 p.m. on March 17. "Dovid Meyer" explores the life of a young religious Israeli boy (Dovid) whose beloved father is killed by terrorist r

Running from March 14-20, the Rated SR Film Festival kicks off its inaugural year with a great line-up of socially relevant films and discussions. Founded by filmmaker Nora Armani, Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York aims to raise awareness on social issues and offer solutions through film. The festival brings over 50 films from 18 different countries and will take place on March 14th and run until the 20th at the historic Quad Cinema. Rated SR chooses to highlight films that don’t rely on egregious violence and crime to tell stories that focus on themes ranging from human loss to immigration to mental illness. In addition to an impressive feature line-up, a short film program

Rated SR is the clever short name for the Socially Relevant Film Festival that will be held at the Quad Cinema in New York between March 14 and March 20. To my knowledge this is the first time such a festival has been held and based on the evidence of the six films I’ve seen, it would be very good if it became a permanent feature of New York’s rich cultural and political tapestry. It might be obvious from my Counterpunch review of “From both sides of the Aegean” that the subject of ethnic cleansing in Turkey is very close to my heart. Despite my love of Turkish culture, I feel an even deeper connection to the people who have resisted forced assimilation. That in essence is the subject of Ham

Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York , a new non-profit film festival will run March 14-20, 2014 at New York’s Quad Cinema. Founded by award-winning actor, filmmaker and curator Nora Armani, the festival will showcase films with human interest stories and socially relevant themes as a response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms of storytelling. Rated SR aims to promote positive social change through the powerful medium of cinema. Amy Goodman will deliver the festival’s keynote address on Tuesday, March 18th and she will give out the “Rated SR Social Justice Award” for raising awareness to issues outside mainstream media. Such is the philosophy behind Democracy No

OK: It's yet another film festival here in NYC, but this one does indeed seem a little different, at least. The Rated SR: Socially Relevant Film Festival New York, a new non-profit film festival running March 14-20, 2014, at New York’s Quad Cinema, offers an international selection of narrative and documentary features representing a dozen nations. According to its press release, RATED SR "focuses on socially relevant human stories and raises awareness of social problems by offering positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema. Rated SR believes that through raised awareness, expanded knowledge about diverse cultures, and the human condition as a whole, it is possible to create a

Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival Preview: The Throwaways Posted by Wilson Morales March 18, 2014 Making its world premiere tonight at the Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival is The Throwaways, a look at police violence and the problem of mass incarceration up in Albany but also on a national scale. The Throwaways is the story of homeless filmmaker and ex-felon, Ira McKinley, documenting his struggle to bring positive changes to his community in inner-city Albany, NY. As he strives to get his voice heard and capture the stories of people living on the margins, McKinley confronts the unavoidable stories of his past and battles against the stigma of being formerly incarcerated. Gu

Loin des paillettes et des exubérances de l’industrie hollywoodiennes, le festival de cinéma Rated SR Socially Relevant, dont c’est la première édition et qui se tiendra du 14 au 20 mars à New York, s’attarde sur des thèmes sociétaux forts, aux antipodes des clichés. Nora Armani, l’actrice et réalisatrice égyptienne à l’origine de ce projet avait depuis longtemps à coeur d’organiser un tel événement «l’idée est née en moi en réaction à la violence croissante sur nos écrans, ainsi qu’aux formes cinématographiques agressives (musique et bruitages trop forts, montages saccadés et successifs, mouvements de camera impatients et fortuits), qui deviennent de plus en plus présents sous prétexte de r

Socially Relevant Film Festival: a festival like no other 14 to 20 March in New York Published on 02 March 2014 by Noélie Viallet From 14 to 20 March was held in New York a film festival like no other just born, the Socially Relevant Film Festival. The idea? And if the cinema, instead subject us to a kind of passivity where equal entertaining violence and romanticism, in a discontinuous strip of images engulfed by the retina, encouraged us to societal change? This is The idea of Nora Armani, actress and Read the Full Article At: Paris-Newyork.TV

Amy Goodman NEW YORK - Feb. 28, 2014 - PRLog -- Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York a new film festival running March 14-20, 2014 at New York’s Quad Cinema adds an opening night selection, spotlight screenings, and shorts to its impressive roster of over 50 films from nearly 20 nations. Amy Goodman, author and host of the internationally acclaimed independent news program Democracy Now! will present a keynote address on the role that socially relevant films play in fostering change on Tuesday, March 18th. The Rated SR Social Justice Award will be presented to one of the five contending festival films: Coal Rush, Control, Destiny's Bridge, Forward 13: Waking up the American D