NEWS RELEASE | 16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival set to open with BET Original Movie “Being Mary Jane”

Gabrielle Union as ‘Mary Jane Paul’ BET ORIGINAL MOVIE ‘BEING MARY JANE’ TO OPEN URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL HBO returns for 3rd year to host ‘Urbanworld Digital’ NEW YORK, NY (September 7, 2012) – The 16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org) presented by BET Networks announced today that the BET Premiere Cinema film “BEING MARY JANE” … Continue reading

NEWS RELEASE | NYILFF 2012 – Extended Deadline For Short Film Competition

NEWS RELEASE  HBO ® & THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL EXTEND DEADLINE FOR ORIGINAL SCRIPTS FOR HBO/NYILFF SHORT FILM COMPETITION — Entry deadline extended to May 29, 2012, with one grand prize winner to receive HBO funding to produce and direct the winning script to film — New York, N.Y. May 21, 2012 – HBO … Continue reading

NEWS RELEASE | Urbanworld Announces 2011 Winners

URBANWORLD ANNOUNCES 2011 WINNERS NEW YORK, NY (September 19, 2011) – The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, has announced the winners of the narrative feature, documentary feature, narrative short, documentary short, screenplay, teleplay and audience award categories. The five-day festival was held September 14-18 and concluded yesterday with an awards reception at Tribeca Grill Loft. Urbanworld, … Continue reading