The fifth annual EQUUS Film Festival will take place November 17-19 at the HELEN MILLS Theater & Event Space, 137-139 W. 26th St., in New York City.
Film festival highlighting horses
EQUUS Film Festival highlights and rewards the diverse and creative efforts of those who pay artistic homage to the horse.
© 2017 by Equus
The EQUUS Film Festival is the first event of its kind to offer a home to the storytellers of the horse world, with films, documentaries, videos, commercials and shorts from around the world and also cultural elements of fine equestrian art and literature.
EQUUS Film Festival highlights and rewards the diverse and creative efforts of those who pay artistic homage to the horse. The 2017 WINNIE awards presentation will take place at The Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery, 64 Grand Street, Sunday, November 19, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
HOW: EFF17 presents a platform to educate and enlighten the world to horse-related issues.
WHY: Our goal is to create a better world for horses.
Friday November 17 - VIP Welcome Party @HELEN MILLS Event Space - 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday November 17 - Films @HELEN MILLS Theater - 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday November 17 - Pop Up Gallery @HELEN MILLS Event Space - 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday November 17 - EQUUS Directors Panels @HELEN MILLS Theater - Times TBD
Saturday November 18 - Films @HELEN MILLS Theater - 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Saturday November 18 - Pop Up Gallery @HELEN MILLS Event Space - 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday November 18 - Li’l Herc FREE Family Fun Fest Morning 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. (see details below)
Saturday November 18 - EQUUS Directors Panels @HELEN MILLS Theater - Times TBD
Sunday November 19 - WINNIE Awards/The Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery - 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday November 19 - Clinton Park Stables Carriage Horse Tour - 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (618 West 52nd Street)
* The Li’l Herc FREE Family Fest will offer a film and fun opportunities for kids and their families.
Seats are limited. You must reserve your FREE ticket at www.equusfilmfestival.net
The EQUUS Film Festival, an all horse film festival that also includes equine literary and artwork in addition to films, will showcase its fifth edition at the HELEN MILLS Theater & Event Space in NYC, November 17-19.
Mustang Leadership Partners is an organization that will be debuting its film When the Dust Settles which shows the parallel struggles and triumphs of mustangs and disadvantaged girls.
The founder of this equine therapeutic program, Sue Anne Wells, and four of the girls who are being helped by this program will be onsite and available for interviews. Wells and her students have also been successfully competing on these mustangs. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/178287939
Apple, the Miniature Guide Horse who will be seen in his movie, Apple of My Eye, can travel on planes, stay in hotel rooms, and can sit in a theater movie seat. Apple of My Eye is about a young girl who suddenly loses her sight and finds new meaning in her life with this small equine guide friend. Trainer, Ashley Klein and Apple will be available to show you what Apple can do and meet with you for a unique interview. How many Miniature Guide Horses do you see when you go to the theater? Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9xfJjFy0xY
The Edge – Bruce Anderson Natural Humanship – showcases Anderson’s belief that man's capacity to reduce the wild is the cause and effect of mental imbalance. As a boy, Anderson spent most of his time in "Mother Nature's classroom" learning key tools to balance the mindset; be more AlphA.
The impact that horses have had on his life is fundamental to his work which uses a 1000 pound animal to deliver an epiphany: you are merely a steward of this earth. Anderson and filmmaker Julianne Neal will be available to talk about how the horse-human relationship can be a form of therapy for both horse and human. Trailer:https://vimeo.com/161533904
Li’l Herc Family Fest offers the opportunity for young kids and their families to come and enjoy the film festival for FREE on Saturday morning, November 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The movie being shown is the above mentioned film Apple of My Eye.
This FREE family morning is named after Li’l Herc, the star in a book debuting this year called Li’l Herc® The Power of Kindness, written by Suzanne Kopp-Moskow and illustrated by Beatrice M. Bulteau. The story is about a young girl struggling physically and emotionally due to a chronic medical condition.
It’s the type of book that would appeal to a wide audience because of its message of kindness and compassion. It also reflects part of the real life author’s story that she lived through as a young girl. Interviews with Kopp-Moskow can be arranged as well as copies of the book. Visuals: https://www.lilhercworld.com/videos/; https://www.lilhercworld.com/
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LODGING: Holiday Inn Manhattan 6th Ave – Chelsea, 125 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001 - 212-430-8500 (just a couple of doors from the theater) Best Rates Guaranteed – ask for EQUUS Film Festival rates. Here is your booking link: Equus Film Festival or http://bit.ly/2fVRdOr
EQUUS Film Festival (5TH Annual) – www.equusfilmfestival.net