SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY

-- Award given at 3/19 Spotlight Panel on women and gender equality (with UN) -- Other panelists: Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Simone Monasebian, Felicia Greenfield, and Jessica Vale

-- Sustainable Filmmaking workshop to start day -- Films from Australia, New Zealand, Mexico

-- Low-budget film production workshop hosted by SAG-AFTRA starts day -- NY Loves Film - Governor's Office for Film roundtable before screenings

--Panel headed by Dr. Ruchira Gupta, founder of anti-trafficking organization Apne Aap --Films from UN Media, Apne Aap, and Dr. Gupta to be screened --Empowering Women and Girls Award in Memory of Vanya Exerjian to be given

-- Dr. Ruchira Gupta of Apne Aap, UN Media partnership with SRFF for Spotlight Panel -- Local filmmakers to be interviewed for MNN public access television - Red Carpet

-- 'Hot Country' winner of Russia Effulgent Angel Prize has New York Premiere -- 5 VR/360º films compete for first place -- The Fall of the Bamboo and the Rise of a Community - Norwegian short film on sustainability

---Documentaries screened from around the world ---SVA School of Visual Arts workshops on editing and distributions start day

-- Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Audacity to be Free, winner of Best Film at NDR Young Talent Awards, Emden International Film Festival & Dinard FF Audience awards, has New York Premiere at SRFF -- Opening night films include docs When I Stutter, Stickman,...

Five groundbreaking new media stories compete for first prize

* One feature, one documentary and one short * Q&A with Armenian filmmakers in attendance