SR Socially Relevant Film Festival

About

SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY is a film festival that focuses on socially relevant human interest stories and raises awareness to social problems by offering positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema. SRFF believes that through raised awareness, expanded knowledge about diverse cultures, and the human condition as a whole, it is possible to create a better world free of violence, hate, and crime.

SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York shines the spotlight on filmmakers who tell compelling, socially relevant™ narratives across a broad range of social issues without resorting to gratuitous violence and violent forms of movie making.

Awards

• Narrative feature Grand Prix: In-kind winning awards a total value of $20-25K
• Special Jury Prize for Narrative Feature film.
• Grand Prize Documentary Feature
• Best Narrative Short
• Best Documentary Short
• Audience Award
• Best Actor, Best Actress awards

Rules

• In order to qualify for competition selection, films MUST be at least NEW YORK PREMIERES, preferably US or North American or event World Premieres.
• The documentary submitted should be made January 1st four years before the year of the festival, or later, meaning Juaniry 1st 2017 or later.
• The feature film should be made on or after January 1st, three years before the festival year or later, meaning January 1st 2018 or later.
• Shorts films follow the same guidelines, though in some cases, with shorts that are really good, we are more flexible both with the New York premiere status and the year of making but not older than 2017.

Subtitle language: English. 

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Festival founder: Nora Armani