The female outlook: films and a panel at SR Socially Relevant Film Fest NY's fourth edition

NEW YORK - March 7, 2017 - PRLog -- SR Socially Relevant(™) Film Festival New York, now in its fourth year, is a festival dedicated to the promotion of socially relevant, non-violent film content, featuring human interest stories, and spotlighting works by women filmmakers.

Founded by actress/ filmmaker Nora Armani, the festival screens a sidebar of films by and about the second sex and presents a panel dedicated to Female Empowerment during Women's Month.

Panel
Women Preyed: Violence Against Women

Monica Mahendra Singh is a Motivational Speaker, a Humanitarian and well known Social Activist for Violence against Women at the UN. She was a victim of acid attack.

Piper Anderson is an award-winning writer, educator, cultural strategist and Founder of Create Forward LLC, a social impact firm that designs creative strategies for social change.

Deborah Kampmeier's first feature Virgin, starring Elisabeth Moss and Robin Wright, was nominated for two 2004 Independent Spirit Awards.

Kankana Chakraborty is from Kolkata, India. She did her BFA in Filmmaking from India and is an Independent documentary filmmaker in her country.

Mirka Hermoza Laznik is the Gender Justice coordinator of the Broad Front (Peruvian progressive political movement) in NYC and of #NiUnaMenso, a Latin American collective protest of femicide and violence against women in the region.

Nora Armani (moderator) is an award-winning screen and stage actress, filmmaker and the founder of SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY. She has an M.Sc. from LSE (University of London) in Sociology.

WHERE: Cinépolis Chelsea
(260 West 23rd Street)
WHEN: Thursday, March 16, 3-4 pm

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Program of shorts II: Women Preyed

Foreign Sounds by Eric Shahinian (about domestic violence)
Trailer: http://dai.ly/x59yl7g

Women Prayed and Preyed Upon by Kankana Chakraborty (about acid attacks and violence)
Trailer: http://dai.ly/x59yndb

Veil of Silence by Julie Gourdain (about forced adoption after teenage births)

A Flock of Birds by Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss (about female submission)
Trailer: http://dai.ly/x5ac8ae

Talent Attending: Eric Shahinian, Kankana Chakraborty, Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss.

WHEN: Thursday, March 16, 4-6pm

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Young Girls

Two films explore the problems faced by young girls all over the world, including forced marriages.

Last Night in Edinburgh by Bita Shafipour (about forced marriages)
Trailer: http://dai.ly/x5atc70

2 Girls by Jeo Baby (about adolescent girls changing conventions)
Trailer: http://dai.ly/x5ac0xr

Talent Attending: Bita Shafipour, Jeo Baby.

WHEN: Saturday, March 18, 2-4pm

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Closing Film: SPLIT by Deborah Kampmeier

Inanna, a young woman split off from her dark side and her sexuality identifies with the darkness in the autobiographical play directed by Derek. When Inanna and Derek meet in person they are instantly and deeply attracted to each other and a complicated love affair begins leaving indelible marks on both. Director Deborah Kampmeier depicts a story of female empowerment that explores the effects of sexual abuse and exploitation.

Trailer: http://dai.ly/x5axp8a

Talent Attending for photo call:
Elisabeth Moss, Rebecca Hall.

Talent Available for interviews:
Director Deborah Kampmeier and cast members: Morgan Spector, lead, Rutanya Alda, Joan MacIntosh, Miriam A. Hyman, Nancy Schwartzman, Kana Hatakeyama, Eloise Kazan, Raïna Von Waldenburg.

WHEN: Saturday, March 18, 9:15 pm

Tickets: www.SRFF2017.eventbrite.com
For more info: www.ratedsrfilms.org
The Official Trailer of SRFF 2017 (http://dai.ly/x5dpu9t)

Press Contact: Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi (929) 228 7663 clairespanish@hotmail.com