Open City Communications is one of the most respected and most successful public relations agencies involved in today's film and video business. From the agency's initial projects back in 1994 (the theatrical release of Arthur Dong's Sundance-honored documentary "Coming Out Under Fire" and the video debut of two previously unseen short films by Alfred Hitchcock), the agency has worked with the world's the major creative artists, top independent producers and distributors, cutting edge American film festivals, innovative independent cinemas and leading online entertainment sites. Among the agency's most notable clients and projects are the following: Film & Video Releases Abbey Entertainment: "The Decline of Western Civilization Part III" (Penelope Spheeris' continuing exploration of the punk rock scene) AFD Theatrical: "Rana's Wedding" (internationally honored drama of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), "Forget Baghdad" (compelling drama on the Sephardic experience) American Home Entertainment: "The Silent Oz Collection" (quartet of rare silent films based on the L. Frank Baum books) Antarctic Pictures: "Sleepy Time Gal" (Christopher Munch's critically-cheered drama starring Jacqueline Bisset and Martha Plimpton) Artistic License: "Group" (Marilyn Freeman's challenging experimental psychodrama), "By Hook or By Crook" (offbeat comedy of two lady grifters on the loose) ArtMattan Productions: "A Belly Full" (Melvin Van Peebles' wry comedy), "Kirikou and the Sorceress" (the award-winning French animated feature), "The Tracker" (Australian thriller starring David Gulpilil) Avatar Films: "BookWars" (award-winning documentary), "The Art of Amalia" (documentary on Portuguese singer Amalia Rodrigues), "Nico and Dani (Krampack)" (Cannes-honored Spanish drama from Cesc Gay), "Kandahar" (Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Cannes-honored drama), "Tosca" (Benoit Jacquot's film version of the Puccini opera), "Divine Intervention" (Elia Suleiman's controversial, Cannes-honored feature), "Zero Day" (drama about the roots of a Columbine-style massacre) Bill Plympton: "Mondo Plympton" (feature-length celebration of the iconoclastic animator's career) Celluloid Dreams: "Platform" (Jia Zhang-ke's highly praised drama) Cinema Guild: "L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin!" (Yale Strom's documentary on Russian-Jewish history), "Secret Lives" (documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Aviva Slesin), "The Seagull's Laughter" (2002 Icelandic entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film) Cinema Village Features: "A Real Young Girl" (Catherine Breillat's long-censored coming-of-age drama) Copacetic Pictures: "Home Page" (Doug Block's award-winning documentary on the rise of the World Wide Web) CQN Releasing: "Fantastic Planet" (re-release of Rene Laloux' Cannes-honored animated landmark) Divine Pictures: "We Sold Our Souls for Rock n' Roll" (Penelope Spheeris' documentary on Ozzy Osbourne) Empire Pictures: "The Isle" (Kim Ki-Duk's jolting obsession drama), "The Three Marias" (acclaimed Brazilian thriller) Entertech Releasing Corp: "Not of this World" (1999 Italian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film) Eros Entertainment: "American Desi" (comedy on assimilation struggles of India-Americans) Farrell Media: "Richard the Second" (digital video adaptation of the Shakespeare drama) Film Movement: "El Bola" (award-winning Spanish drama) First Run Features: "Suspended Animation" (John Hancock's horror-thriller), "Hiding and Seeking" (memorable documentary on dealing with intolerance) Gary Keys Productions: "Cuba: Island of Music" (buoyant documentary tracing the history of Cuban music) Glass Eye Pix: "Habit" (Larry Fessenden's underground cult chiller, winner of two Independent Spirit Awards) Hale Manor Pictures: "Everything Moves Alone" (critically-acclaimed coming-of-age comedy) Hargrove Entertainment: "Yugoslavia, the Avoidable War" (controversial documentary on the Balkans conflicts), "Falun Gong's Challenge to China" (controversial documentary banned in China), "Tibet's Stolen Child" (acclaimed study of human rights violations in Tibet) HBO Films: "Journeys with George" (Alexandra Pelosi's documentary of the 2000 George W. Bush presidential campaign), "Sister Helen" (award-winning documentary on a tough Bronx nun) Independent Artists Group: "It All Starts Today" (Bertrand Tavernier's acclaimed drama) Jour de Fete: "Boys to Men" (popular anthology of gay-oriented short dramas), "Circuit" (Dirk Shafer's pulsating drama) Kit Parker Films: "Roujin-Z" (award-winning anime), "Nueba Yol" (1995 Dominican Republic entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film), "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (the restored release of Peter Weir's classic), "The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame" (anthology starring Bugs Bunny and pals) Little Villa Features: "Bittersweet Motel" (Todd Phillips' concert documentary on Phish) Lolafilms: "Gaudi Afternoon" (Susan Seidelman's gender-bending comedy-mystery) Manga Entertainment: "Perfect Blue" (award-winning anime), "Third World Cop" (popular Jamaican cult drama), "Blood: The Last Vampire" (breakthrough digital anime feature) Margin Films: "Shopping for Fangs" (acclaimed independent comedy), "Drift" (Quentin Lee's study of a sharp-edged love triangle) MDM Productions: "Lemora, Lady Dracula" (re-release of Richard Blackburn's cult classic) Media Blasters Releasing: "Pistol Opera" (Seijun Suzuki's outrageous thriller), "Bounce Ko Gals" (audacious comedy of smutty Tokyo teens), "Flesh for the Beast" (energetic horror thriller) Menemsha Films: "Gloomy Sunday" (German drama about love in wartime Budapest) Meridian Video Corp.: "Camila" (1984 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign-Language Film) Metroscape Entertainment: "Returning Mickey Stern" (award-winning romantic comedy) Milestone Film & Video: "Mamma Roma" (U.S. premiere of Pasolini's 1962 drama starring Anna Magnani), "I am Cuba" (U.S. premiere of Kalatazov's epic, honored by the National Society of Film Critics), "Two Friends" (U.S. premiere of Jane Campion's long-unseen first feature), "Fireworks (Hana-Bi)" (Takeshi Kitano's drama, honored at the Venice Film Festival) Northern Arts Entertainment: "All My Loved Ones" (acclaimed Czech drama) Palm Pictures: "Stop Making Sense" (the restored release of the Jonathan Demme-Talking Heads classic), "The Legend of Leigh Bowery" (flamboyant documentary on the celebrated designer) Panorama Entertainment: "When Pigs Fly" (Sara Driver's whimsical fantasy), "Mr. Rice's Secret" (wry comedy/fantasy starring David Bowie), "The Bread, My Sweet" (sleeper romantic hit starring Scott Baio) Pathfinder Pictures: "Master of the Flying Guillotine" (restored version of the classic martial arts epic), "'R-Xmas" (Abel Ferrara's moody holiday feature) Phaedra Cinema: "La Separation" (Christian Vincent's dramatic masterwork starring Isabelle Huppert and Daniel Auteil), "Fever Pitch" (British comedy starring Colin Firth), "Portraits Chinois" (French comedy starring Helena Bonham Carter) Ryan Island Pictures: "Freaks, Glam Gods and Rockstars" (concert documentary on New York's underground music scene) Sahara Films: "El Leyton" (moody mystery-thriller from Chilean filmmaker Gonsalvo Justiniano) Sceneries Distribution: "The New Eve" (acclaimed French drama) Scorn-A-Rama Pictures: "Highway of Heartache" (zany drag queen musical) Seventh Art Releasing: "Hell House" (controversial documentary on the fundamentalist Halloween attraction), "The Execution of Wanda Jean" (documentary on the controversial Death Row legal case, by Oscar-nominated Liz Garbus), "Afghan Stories" (documentary on the war-torn nation), "The Nazi Officer's Wife" (Liz Garbus' astonishing documentary), "Khachaturian" (documentary of the controversial Armenian-Soviet composer), "Valley of Tears" (award-winning documentary on migrant workers in Texas) 7th Planet Productions: "Mau Mau Sex Sex" (jolly documentary on pioneering B-Movie filmmakers) Sub Rosa Studios: "Goodbye 20th Century!" (1998 Macedonian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film), "Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras" (wild underground cult favorite), "The Real Casino" (critically-praised documentary on Las Vegas criminal activities); "Psycho Santa" (dark comedy about holiday homicide spree) Tidepoint Pictures: "Sasayaki" (acclaimed Japanese drama), "Tokyo Eyes" (crime thriller starring Takeshi Kitano), "Uzumaki" (underground cult horror favorite) Tuff Gong Pictures: "Life & Debt" (acclaimed documentary on IMF policies) VCI Entertainment: "The Shooting" and "Ride in the Whirlwind" (restored release of Monte Hellman's cult westerns), "December 7th: The Pearl Harbor Story" (restored release of John Ford's Academy Award-winning documentary) Wellspring: "Girlhood" (award-winning documentary on troubled youth in a juvenile detention facility) Whiskey Outpost: "Kaaterskill Falls" (highly-honored independent feature) Winstar Cinema: "Mauvais Sang" (U.S. premiere of Leos Carax' long-unseen feature) World Artists: "Begotten" (Elias Merhige's challenging experimental feature), "Frame-Up" (Jon Jost's acclaimed drama), "The Ingrid Bergman in Sweden Collection" (anthology of the great star's early features) Zeitgeist Films: "Coming Out Under Fire" (Arthur Dong's Sundance-honored documentary) Festival, Theaters & Webcast Activities African American Film Critics Association: Professional association of black film journalists Amazing World of Cult Movies: Online film and video review site B-Movie Film Festival: Annual celebration of lower-budget cinema B-Movie Hall of Fame: Annual tribute to icons and classic of the B-Movie orbit Darress Theatre: Landmark New Jersey performing arts venue The Den of Cin: Popular New York cult movies venue DVDSpecialEdition.com: Review web site on the latest home entertainment titles Film Threat: Popular online cinema magazine Gen Art Film Festival: Influential New York cinematic event Lighthouse Cinema: Off-beat New York independent film venue Light+Screen Film Festival: Weekly cinematic event at New York's Siberia Bar Morris Engel Retrospective: New York-based celebration of indie cinema pioneer New York African Diaspora Film Festival: Annual celebration of global black cinema New York Animation Festival: Biennial celebration of international animation New York Festival of Russian Films: Annual celebration of contemporary and classic Russian cinema New York Korean Film Festival: Celebration of contemporary Korean cinema Online Film Critics Society: Promotion of annual OFCS Awards Sam Spiegel Film & Video School: Retrospective festival at New York's Museum of Modern Art Silent Clowns Film Series: New York-based series of classic silent comedies Stop, Look & Listen: New York-based film and music festival The Sync: Groundbreaking webcasting venue, best known for introducing contemporary feature films to the Internet in March 1998 with "Walls of Sand" Two Boots Pioneer Theater: Popular New York independent cinema Yiddish Film Festival: New York celebration of Yiddish-language cinema