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Themed “Chaos Theory,” this
year’s festival explores the rise and fall of societies.  The festival will take place from November 10-13, 2011 at 217 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10017.

In chashama Film
Festival’s 4th year, we hope to explore our current world of flux.  People’s actions have a great impact on
everything around them, especially the societies in which they live. In this
year’s festival, we seek to focus on Chaos Theory: The Rise and Fall of Societies.  Societal change is brought on by
different ideals of philosophy and sociology, and we want to know how that
contributes to groups that flourish, and groups that fall.  We speculate about questions like what
makes a society want to change, how people are directly involved with societal
change, and if a society’s impending collapse can be prevented.

At chashama, we
believe that film and uncensored media outlets are vital to inform a
compassionate and understanding population.  We want to convey what is real; real feeling, real
questions, and real ideas, and we use film as our medium.  At a time of widespread economic and
political instability, when the world needs a change toward unification and
peace, our action is essential; our action is art.

For more information, go to the festival's website: www.chafilmfest.com, or festival director Rick Kariolic: rick@chafilmfest.com