Lights…Camera…Exposure! The New York
Film Exposure Network (NYFEN) to
Screen “Broken Clouds”. A Highly
Anticipated Short Film by Award
Winning Filmmaker
Yuri Alves, a 2007 Semi- Finalist in Steven Spielberg Produced TV Show
“The Lot”.
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The NY Film Exposure
Network (NYFEN)
to host its 2010 event finale on
October 22nd at Room Service Lounge,
OPEN bar cocktail reception hour
35 East 21st Street NYC
(6:45pm).
Over 213+ film industry insiders are
scheduled to attend this event. The
guest list includes; invited local
celebs, film, fashion, finance,
philanthropists and entertainment
media professionals.
What
is so great about this event for
industry supporters is that it
empowers the independent film
community and gives back to charity.
Aside from showcasing the
up-and-coming, this event will
benefit
Children of our Villages
– a non-profit that contributes to
the empowerment and education
of dis-advantaged children around
the world
affected by HIV/AIDS.
Through Children of
Our Villages (COOV), these children
are given the opportunity to create
and share their stories with the
rest of the world; which helps to
improve their communities
and quality of life.
He has been labeled
the most promising filmmaker of the
year.
Highlighting this
event is the premier of “Broken
Clouds”, a short film, written
and directed by award winning
filmmaker Yuri Alves. Alves was a
2007
semi-finalist in Steven Spielberg
produced “The Lot”. His films have
also been Official Selections in
Cannes Film Festival Short Corner.
Yuri has won over 10 awards
including; Wild Sound Toronto Film
Festival – Best Cinematographer
2008, 24fps Film Festival – Most
Promising Filmmaker, NY
International Film & Video Festival
– Best Feature Director.
Also to be
highlighted among the NYFEN Featured
5 filmmaker showcase, is
international award winning DP Piero
Basso. His awards include; the
prestigious
TOFFIFEST Torum,
La Cittadella del Corto and Empoli
film festivals. In addition, he has
also won (9) Best Short Film awards
including; the
Kodak
Film Award
for Best Italian Short Film. In
addition, other featured talents in
the showcase includes; an actor,
film composer, editor
and special effects.
NYFEN’s
Lights…Camera…Exposure talent
exhibit, will be immediately
followed by
Q & A session and press interviews with the selected talents.
Hosting the show and
Q & A session is Producer Miles
Maker. Miles most recently produced
‘Spare Change”, a feature film which
premiered this past summer
at the HBO Latino Film Festival.
“This is the industry
event for up-and-coming and aspiring
hopefuls. It’s
NYFEN’s
last event of the year, so it is
highly anticipated and expected to
be well attended” says founder and
creative director Amore Leighton
Black.
Guests will arrive to an open bar cocktail
reception hour, drink specials, a
little mix and mingle with special
invited guests, music and
complimentary gift bags.
Local press coverage
of this event includes NYFEN’s media
sponsor the NY Press. Additional
event sponsors include For Talent,
Production Hub, Digitize NY, and
Isaiah Frazier Artistic Designs.
Past spirit sponsors include
IS Vodka and GIVEN Liqueur