NYIIFVF, passionate about exposing films and documentaries of emerging filmmakers from all over the globe, is “the place to have your projects seen and reviewed by the best of the best,” comments Editor Dave Sardella (Micro Cinema Magazine). “This world-renowned festival can be the launching pad to a successful career for aspiring directors and producers.”

In keeping with NYIIFVF’s unique formula of fourteen years, the festival will unveil a very broad and brave array of films made by passionate independent movie-makers from all over the globe. All genres are covered including world cinema, comedy, romance, drama, thriller, horror, action, Bollywood cinema, experimental, animation, mockumentaries, docu-dramas ,Over 40 countries are represented including, The Philippines, Indonesia, Argentina, Ukraine, the U.K, Scotland, China, Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Israel, India, Romania, Malta, Tunisia, Taiwan, France, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico and all over the U.S.

NYIIFVF’s founder and executive producer, Stuart Alson commented, "We are very excited about our line-up of films and we look forward to hosting our filmmakers and artists. Our festival continues to celebrate independent filmmaking and we represent a new wave of filmmakers and intend to give them a great opportunity to showcase their talent, possibly win awards and meet members of the film industry as well as giving our loyal New York audiences a chance to see interesting and movies at an affordable price and mingle without the pretentiousness.”

Venues and Tickets: City Cinemas Village East, 181 2nd Avenue at 12th street is the exclusive theater for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Single tickets are priced at $12 can be purchased online at www.nyfilmvideo.com beginning January  or at the Village East Box Office beginning January 28th. Package tickets and all access passes will also be available. Keep visiting www.nyfilmvideo.com for festival updates.

Official Sponsors for this year's festival include high end electronics company Samsung and Independent Film Quarterly.

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ABOUT NYIIFVF: The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival was founded in 1993 by entertainment impresario Stuart Alson and is now recognized as the largest competitive independent film event in the world. Passionate about exposing the films and documentaries of emerging filmmakers from all over the globe, NYIIFVF is a unique platform for emerging and established filmmakers to network and screen their work in the hope of getting exposure and a distribution deal. Past festivals have included the work of Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz, Eva Herzigova, Guy Pearce, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Rod Steiger, Sean Lennon, Tippi Hedren, Willem Dafoe and Vin Diesel. Indie guru Abel Ferrara famously quoted in MovieMaker, "This festival is the real deal: Everybody else just talks about doing it, these guys just do it!”