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For detailed conditions see website: www.ratedsrfilms.org
IMPORTANT NOTE: ONCE SELECTED IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION SELECTION A FILM OR A SCRIPT MAY NOT PULL OUT OF THE FESTIVAL OR WITHDRAW ITS SUBMISSION FROM THE COMPETITION OR OTHER CATEGORIES.
GENERAL RULES
FESTIVAL DATES for the next edition: March 13-18, 2024, - Lincoln Center, Cinema Village, 22 E 12th Street, New York, NY 10003 and National Arts Club.
Submissions for the 2024 Edition re-open May 22 - 2023
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 should apply to all applicants so no one film is favored over another. We understand the financial constraints of making films and the costs involved in submitting to Festivals. However, we also feel that submitting free of charge does not help anyone as it takes the seriousness out. We hope you can find it in your budget to submit your film to the festivals that will best help your career and your film's career move further forward.
In some exceptional cases when working with partner organizations, we offer discount waivers to individual filmmakers who are members of these partner organizations.
Special student discount waivers (with proper proof) are offered.
SR Socially Relevant (TM) 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. SR (TM) believes that through raised awareness, and 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 (TM) 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.
Human interest stories and character-driven films reflect good storytelling as shorts, documentaries, narrative features, and scripts in the competition.
SR films can be commercially viable and can become box office successes when distributed through the proper channels and platforms.
SR (TM) Films are enlightening, uplifting, entertaining, and most of all artistically appealing.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
SR - Socially Relevant Film Festival New York is a festival that focuses on socially relevant film content and human interest stories.
SR aims to showcase socially relevant films of high artistic value that educate, enlighten, entertain, and that can be commercially viable. Socially Relevant films can be funny, dramatic, romantic, adventurous, comical, suspenseful, intellectually challenging, historical, psychologically inclined, or tell a story that matters. In short, SR films can be anything BUT boring!
THE MISSION of the Festival is to spotlight filmmakers and their films that tackle the social and environmental issues of the day without relying on gratuitous violence, special effects, loud soundtracks, and sensationalism to draw in an audience. The festival supports its filmmakers beyond the weeklong festival, as it showcases the selection of films in other venues and at the Cannes Film Festival Doc Corner.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Founded by Artistic Director Nora Armani, SR is based in New York. SR launched in Manhattan, the entertainment capital of the world, where 55 films from 18 countries were screened over the course of one week from March 14-20, 2014. March 2014 marked the festival's inaugural year and screenings took place at the Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village in New York City.
To date, SRFF has screened an international slate of 330 films from 35 countries since its inception in 2013. The festival offers industry panels on Distribution, Storytelling, Diversity Casting, Marketing, and Film Finance in partnership with the School of Visual Arts Social Documentary Film School, and organizes spotlight panels on such themes as Empowering women, VR/360º films, Low Budget Film Production workshop with SAG-AFTRA, Filming in New York with the NY Governor's Office for Film and TV Development. Script readings and more. We now have a VR/360º competition category.
Filmmakers follow most of the screenings where filmmakers are present in the case of almost all the feature films and most short films when possible. The festival is devoted solely to filmmakers who deal with socially relevant film content. The film selections are made following the submission process on Film Freeway.
The launch of the Socially Relevant Film Festival coincides with the growing trends related to socially conscientious consumers who seek alternatives to invasive films that rely on gratuitous violence and sensationalism to make a box office entry.
More information can be found at https://www.ratedsrfilms.org
PRODUCTION YEAR and PREMIERE STATUS:
In order to qualify for competition selection, films MUST be at least NEW YORK PREMIERES, preferably the US or North American or event World Premieres...
For Documentary films, we go three years back. The documentary submitted should be made January 1st three years before the year of the festival, or later.
For narrative features, we go two years back. The feature film should be made on January 1st, two years before the festival year or later.
Shorts films follow the same guidelines, though in some cases, with shorts that are really good, we are more flexible with the New York premiere status.
At the Jury's discretion as special Jury Mention is presented in this category.
SCREENWRITING:
The three best screenplays submitted to the festival selected by a special jury are offered a prize, And in addition, all five (or six) finalists are offered a table read and opportunity to pitch their projects.
Also for Screenwriters:
Network ISA Script Listing: A listing of the winning script on the ISA website so that producers and reps can find it. Publication of the log line.
NetwrorkISA helps writers sell their scripts and get representation.
Programming is done by the collective and professionals on the advisory committee.
The Jury of the different categories is composed of distinguished and established international and US professionals from all disciplines and the voting takes place confidentially and anonymously.
Grand Prize Narrative Feature.
Grand Prize Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
The Vanya Exerjian Empowering Women & Girls Award.
There are other additional prizes such as:
The SR Social Justice Award,
The Justice and Peace Award
The Lifetime Inspiration and/ or Achievement Award
Making a Difference Award
The Hazardous (Brave) Documentary Award
The Women Film Critics Circle Award
Making a Difference award
Pushing the Boundaries Award
Ensemble Film Award
Audience Award
Brave Documentarist Award
Best Actor, Best Actress awards
Best Screenwriting Award for Competition of scripts not produced to date.
The awards given out each year are selected from these award categories.
The Justice and Peace Award, the Lifetime of Inspiration Award, the Career Recognition Award, Empowering Women and Girls Award in memory of Vanya Exerjian, and the Women Film Critics' Circle Award in addition to cash prizes and other smaller in-kind awards are presented by the festival, and may develop in number and category, or change from one year to another.
SRFF reserves the right to:
* Use the selected films for trailers and publicity usage:
and
* Screen the winning films in other SRFF-related events internationally, and recommend the winning films to other international film festivals that collaborate with SRFF after the approval of the filmmakers.
Rules & Terms
ONCE SELECTED IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION SELECTION A FILM MAY NOT WITHDRAW ITS SUBMISSION!!!
NO SUBMISSION FEE WAIVERS ARE GRANTED. PLEASE KINDLY REFRAIN FROM ASKING!
GENERAL RULES
Check the entry platform on filmfreeway.com and submit through https://filmfreeway.com/SRFF24
