13th HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK (HFFNY) takes place April 12-20, with special events April 20th at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and April 20-22 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. HFFNY features more than 50 highly anticipated and influential films from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. including Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Venezuela and the U.S. They span a variety of genres and themes, ranging from comedy, thrillers, action, drama and documentaries to children’s tales, as well as films from and about indigenous peoples from Guatemala, Colombia and Bolivia. A complete schedule of events and venues will be available at www.hffny.com
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The Athens International Film and Video Festival was founded in 1974, and since then has presented independent films from around the world. The Festival is sponsored by the Athens Center for Film and Video, a project of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University.
Each year, a Prescreening Committee comprised of artists, students, and community activists watch all the films and videos entered in the competition.
After all entries have been watched, the prescreeners evaluate all entries to determine films to include in public screenings. Competition films are then programmed around various themes that emerge from the films selected; our intention is to group films into shows that reflect a common thematic thread.
When: April 13-19, 2012
Where: Athens, OH
This documentary follows Emily Tay, a young woman caught between her Buddhist parents, who risked everything to emigrate from Burma and expect their daughter to comply with an arranged marriage, and her own American dream.
When Emily moves to Germany to play professional basketball and falls in love with a U.S. servicewoman living under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, her story unfolds as she struggles to find the courage required to live the life she imagines.
No Look Pass is presented as part of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs’ 9th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week, celebrating the histories and traditions of the city’s diverse immigrant communities.
When: Tues, April 24, 2012, 6:50 pm
Due to limited space, RSVPs are required to guarantee seating.
Where: BAM Rose Cinemas
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Now in its 28th year, the widely acclaimed Philadelphia International Children’s Festival brings professional theater created specifically for children to a variety of performance venues in and around the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Performers and companies from across the globe converge in University City to share theater that goes beyond simplistic themes and cartoon-like characters.
Past years have seen productions from Canada, Britain, Japan, Belgium, China, Uganda and Italy — just to name a few — exploring issues as diverse as the Holocaust, family, love and gender equality. Children and adults alike have been amazed at the acrobatic feats of Cirque Eloize, mesmerized by the rhythms of blues guitarist and storyteller Guy Davis and astonished by the worlds creat ... 
Co-presented by Asia Society and Mar Creation, Inc.
Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, these seven award-winning shorts, including live action and animation, offer rich insight into the imagination and creative impulse of seven U.S.-based filmmakers. Program attended by filmmakers. Reception to follow, sponsored by Asahi Beer.
When: 8 June 2012
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Where: 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Admission: $7 Asia Society members; $9 seniors and students w/ID; $11 nonmembers.
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Holy blockbusters! A big hit at the Korean box office, Sword is the epitome of posh, luscious, decadent period filmmaking. Based on the real life Empress Myeongseong, it tells her story through the eyes of a bounty hunter who becomes her bodyguard (Cho Seung-Woo, now doing his mandatory military service). She tries to stand up to Russian and Japanese intervention in 19th Century Korea and the results are a series of luxurious, CGI-enhanced action scenes alternating with carefully calibrated and eye-meltingly colorful scenes of court life, making this movie feel like an unholy mix of Merchant-Ivory and The Matrix.
Tribeca Cinemas:
54 Varick Street, on the corner of Canal Street, one block from the A, C, E and 1 train Canal Street stops
All seating is first-come, first served.
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Starting on October, the 6th, 2012, The Ukrainian Community of Western Pennsylvania will held its 2nd annual “HOVERLA” Ukrainian American Film Festival named after the highest mountain in Ukraine. This multi-weekend event was fabulous and we thank you all – whether you attended, sponsored, volunteered, donated to, or collaborated with us to make this Film Festival such a success!!!
The objective of the “Hoverla” Ukrainian American Film Festival is to showcase quality cinema that brings to the big screen themes with Ukrainian content to help promote cultural recognition of Ukraine through the powerful medium of film and shape the image of Ukraine. In addition, our aim is to use film as a medium to help people understand who Ukrainians are, where we are from, what life is like for oth ... 
2012 Austin Film Festival
The Austin Film Festival & Conference will again showcase the very best that the city has to offer – convenient downtown venues, fun parties at Austin’s fine bars and restaurants, and community partnerships – while presenting an outstanding program of narrative, animation and documentary features and shorts, including premieres, advanced screenings, and independent films. Film screenings are complemented by lively and informative Q&A sessions with cast members and filmmakers. So, join the 19th Annual Austin Film Festival and be the first to see all of the great movies everyone will be talking about next year!
When: October 18-25, 2012
Where: Various locations in Austin, Texas
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13th Annual Little Italy Tree Lighting & Christmas Village
The Little Italy Association is proud to present the kick-off to its annual holiday shopping, dining and pampering season with the annual Little Italy Tree Lighting & Christmas Village held at the Piazza Natale on the corner of India & Date Streets from 4:00pm to 7:30pm. Come one and all; family, friends and pets are welcome. Also we are expecting a surprise guest to add that additional holiday cheer; with the music, free Italian cookies, cider and coffee. Don’t forget there will be vendors selling holiday gifts to get the season started off right.
When: December 1, 2012
Where: Piazza Natale on the corner of India & Date Streets,
San Diego, CA,
from 4:00pm to 7:30pm
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