FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 2, 2003

Contact: Melissa Fowler, Festival Director
212/714-8375
mfowler@reelvenus.com
www.reelvenus.com

The 1st Annual Reel Venus Film Festival Launches July 22, 23 and 24th 2003

New York's Premiere Showcase of Film/Video Shorts by Women

The 1st Annual Reel Venus Film Festival is set to launch on July 22, 23 & 24th at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in the 150 Seat Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater located in New York City at 95th and Broadway.

The Festival is being launched to celebrate the diversity of New and Established women Filmmakers from the United States and Abroad by showcasing Film/Video Shorts 30 minutes and under that have been directed, co-directed and or written by a woman and produced within the last 2 years.

Three one hour length programs will be screened per day over the 3-Day period consisting of Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, and Animation, reflecting a diverse range of topics and mastery of the craft of film & video making in a short time frame format. There will be an eclectic blend of talent representation from the United States as well different countries outside the United States. U.S. Premieres will include short works from Ireland, Finland and Georgia. Remaining countries with Film/Video shorts to be screened include Canada, England, Australia, and Iran.

An Inaugural Screening and Launch Cocktail Reception will kick off the 3-Day Event, on Monday July 21, 2003 at City Center's Studio 3, in Midtown Manhattan, with a screening of a 45-minute documentary titled Spinsters. An uplifting film about the exciting and challenging underground world of young women deejays, directed by Canadian Filmmakers, Jane Walker and Jackie Pelle, both whom will be in attendance to present and briefly discuss their work. Screening will be immediately followed by mingling, complimentary cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres.