NOVEMBER
13, 2005 --
The
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
(NYIIFVF) is back for another week. The festival opened November
10 at Avalon and included the traditional New York Independent
Art Festival.
Screenings began November 11 and continue through November 17 at the Village
East Cinemas, on Second Avenue and 12th Street, in Manhattan.
The schedule, by LPR's count, has more
than 300 films ranging from films lasting a few minutes to full length features.
As at this festival, in the past, LPR met and photographed some of the directors
and actors who appear in these independent films. Directors caught by the LPR
camera include Robby Kushner, director of "On Moral Grounds" a documentary
about a Holocaust survivor's efforts to obtain restitution and some measure
of justice.
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Zhenya
Kiperman
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LPR
attended the November 12 screening of Zhenya Kiperman's "I
Will Avenge You, Iago, whose cast includes Larry Pine, Gincarlo
Esposito and Carolee Carmello, shown here at the screening
with her husband Greg Edelman, who recently appeared on Broadway in "Wonderful
Town." Ms. Carmello was recently in Mamma Mia, on Broadway.
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Carolee
Carmello and Greg Edelman.
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At 2:05 P.M., November 15, the festival will screen a documentary on the next
Christo and Jeanne Claude art project,
over the Arkansas River in Colorado.
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Memories
of Christo and Jeanne Claude's "The Gates" from
this past winter.
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The
documentary is called "On the Way to Over the River," and
is directed by Wolfram Hissen and Jorg Daniel Hissen.
Director Jordan Galland's "Smile for the Camera," about an unpleasant
and macabre photography cult, screened November 12 includes music by Sean Lennon,
who was photographed by
LPR, definitely not emulating the film.
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Sean
Lennon, who wrote the music for "Smile for the
Camera."
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Works
of art by Ken Karan, Jr.
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In addition
to the film festival, and the opening evening art festival, there
was a two day music festival, November 11 and 12.
The executive founder and director of all three festivals is Stewart Alson.
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