1 to 7 October 2007 / MEHANATA , NYC.
113 Ludlow street NYC

Through literally centuries of slavery, genocide, massacre, and
relentless ostracization, the Romani (Gypsy) people, who presently
number around 15 million worldwide, continue to suffer unprecedented
levels of violence, civilian attacks and fervent segregation, police
brutality, and an appalling lack of legitimate representation in art
and in media. Abrasively, intimately, and artfully handled in 12
hand-picked films from Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Greece, and the US,
the first annual New York Gypsy Film Festival brings some of these
artists and their subjects to the forefront of the so called First World,
with love, and without mercy.

Festival includes the world premiere of Sándor Cs. Nagy's Mundi Romani-
The First Roma Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2007 with the participation of
Twelve Roma Artists. (Hungary), and an Americas premiere of Ivana Todorovic's
Everyday Life

of Roma Children From Block 71 (Serbia). Discussions with filmmakers,

special screenings, and special events ? including very special
musical guests - will be announced throughout the week.

CO-director Alex Dimitrov, Al Jerrari and Sofiya Shrayber