November 2, 2009 - New York City celebrates film throughout New York this fall with film festivals throughout the month.

Big Apple Film Festival
Named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s top “25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee,” the Big Apple Film Festival will take place at the world famous Tribeca Cinemas from November 3-7. The festival will showcase and honor the best of the best from New York City’s independent film community. Additionally, specially chosen films from across the country and around the globe will be shown. Visit www.bigapplefilmfestival.com for more information.

New York City Greek Film Festival
The third annual New York City Greek Film Festival, running from November 5-12, offers New Yorkers the rare opportunity to see the latest Greek feature films, documentaries and short subjects. Regular daily performances will take place at Cinema Village on East 12th Street and CineMart Cinema, in Forest Hills, Queens. All films are shown with English subtitles. As part of this year’s festival, there will be a series of panels and discussions, including a program on Elia Kazan on the one hundredth year anniversary of his birth. For more information, visit www.nycgreekfilmfestival.com.

Queens International Film Festival
Going seven years strong, the Queens International Film Festival will come to Astoria, Queens this November. Running from November 12-15, QIFF promises to bring to the best talents in independent filmmaking. This year’s festival is set to premiere more than 200 films over the course of four days. Special features of the film festival will include the “Films Without Borders” series, which features compelling documentaries and film shorts. QIFF’s “Queens Cinema Collection” honoring Queens-born filmmakers. For more information, visit www.queensfilmfestival.com.

African American Women in Cinema
The African American Women in Cinema Film Festival is back again this fall. Taking place November 13-14, the AAWIC film festival will exhibit the artistic genius of some of today’s minority women filmmakers. This year AAWIC is bringing something new to its audience by launching their new on-line screening program. This new segment will also introduce the AAWIC film festival’s first ever Global Audience Award that will be given to the festival’s top filmmaker. For a complete schedule, visit www.aawicfilm.ning.com.

Russian Film Week
The ninth annual Russian Film Week will take place in New York City from November 13-22. Events will be held in different parts of the City, from South Brooklyn to Upper Manhattan, and will feature award-winning Russian films as well as those never before seen on the silver screen in the US. This year, in addition to the film screenings and formal receptions, the Film Week will include a series of special open panel and round table discussions with some of the leading Russian and American cinematographers along with professors and students from the top film schools in the United States. Visit www.russianfilmweeknyc.com for more information.

The African Diaspora Film Festival
Providing insight into the lives of people from Africa and respectively the African Diaspora is the African Diaspora Film Festival of 2009. Beginning on November 27 and running through December 15, ADFF festivities will include world and US premieres, screenings of recent popular films as well as classics, foreign and independent releases. Visit www.nyadff.org for more information.