The Harlem International Film Festival Screens 77 Films from Around the World

The Harlem International Film Festival Screens 77 Films from Around the World

* Confirmed attendees include: Mario Van Peebles (Director of "New Jack City" and "Panther"), Adrian Grenier (star of "Entourage" and "The Devil Wears Prada"), Lou Diamond Phillips ("La Bamba," "Courage Under Fire") * Including: "El Cortez" featuring Lou Diamond Phillips, Glenn Plummer and James McDaniel and Mario Van Peebles' "Hard Luck" featuring Wesley Snipes and Cybill Shepherd * Harlemite Adrian Grenier of HBO's "Entourage" and the blockbuster "The Devil Wears Prada" will also be present to screen his directorial debut of "Euthanasia"

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, October 4 through Monday, October 9, New York will host the Harlem International Film Festival (HIFF). The festival offers features, documentaries, shorts, animated works, youth films and the Renaissance Awards, which honor inspirational individuals in entertainment, business and community development.

This wonderful event will take place at the Magic Johnson AMC Theatre on 124 Street and Frederick Douglass Blvd., including a news conference on October 5 at 6 p.m. This year's Renaissance Awards will honor Mario Van Peebles.

Co-founded by three Harlem-based filmmakers and dedicated to supporting the artistic life of Harlem, HIFF screens over seventy films from around the world that spotlight the life, history and the people of Harlem.

The only international film festival that takes place in Harlem, New York, HIFF is committed to exemplifying the excellence that this world-famous neighborhood has played in the entire entertainment history. The film programming and events are designed to serve the diverse communities of Upper Manhattan including Spanish Harlem, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood and the student communities of Columbia University, Bard College and City College.

The festival will focus on a broad range of topics ranging from the political crisis in the Middle East to the tragedy and fall out of Hurricane Katrina. Many of these films will shed light on the continued black experience of racism and sexism that still exists in America and around the world.

For a full listing of screenings please visit http://www.harlemfilmfestival.com/films06.shtml .

For details on the 2006 HIFF and to purchase tickets please go to: http://www.harlemfilmfestival.com/ . For information on press credentials please contact the Press Office at press@harlemfilmfestival.com or call (212) 330-8160.

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CONTACT: B. Lorenzo Roache of Harlem International Film Festival,
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Web site: http://www.harlemfilmfestival.com/
http://www.harlemfilmfestival.com/films06.shtml

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