The FLICKERS North Country Film Festival (NCFF) is pleased to announce that Hollywood screenwriter Chris Sparling, whose credits include the suspense thriller BURIED starring Ryan Reynolds and who is working on a film with M. Night Shyamalan, will be a special guest at the festival.The non-profit festival aims to promote New Hampshire’s Great North Woods as a regional center for the arts, and is expected to bring celebrities, audiences and international filmmakers to the area. This exciting e...
FLICKERS discovers and empowers
filmmakers. Held in Providence, Newport and locations throughout the state of
Rhode Island, RIIFF is one of only a handful of festivals worldwide that is a
qualifying event for the Academy Awards (i.e. “Oscars”). RIIFF incorporates
gala celebrations, premiere screenings, VIP guests, industry seminars,
educational programs, and award ceremonies into a weeklong extravaganza. Cited
as one of the "Best International and Short Film Festivals in the United
States," RIIFF is New England’s largest film festival, screening a record
175 films. Its innovative programming, cultivated industry ties, and loyal
audiences have made the Festival a strategic and desirable platform for film
premieres, drawing hundreds of independent filmmakers from around the globe.
Contact 401-861-4445 or check out the schedule at www.RIFilmFest.org.
Mayor David M. Cicilline of Providence, RI greets filmmaker David Bettencourt and his wife, Marisa, at the Opening Night Soirée of the 2010 FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Interns at the 2010 FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival hang posters at the Main Stage location: the VMA Arts & Cultural Center in Providence, RI.
The Fourteenth Annual Festival Concludes Attracting Extraordinary Films, and bestows honors on Well-Known Comedic Actor Jonathon Katz and Artists and Entrepreneurs Jon and Betty Jane Berberian
The 2010 Flickers: Rhode Island International Film
• Photos by Mary Hanley
Festival (RIIFF) announced the winners in this year's film competition at its annual Awards Ceremony held at the Renaissance Providence Hotel's Symphony Ballroom in downtown Providence, ...
Director: Julien Lecat.
Diane, a hardened woman, manages a brothel in the 2030s. Frank Richard, a smuggler and old friend, drowns his sorrows in alcohol, trying to escape the memory of his dead brother. He convinces Diane to enter his brain in order to erase this memory. She will make astonishing discoveries…
The Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival is Asia-Pacific`s first and (so far) only festival showcasing the best Jewish-themed film from around the world.
The 10th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival will run from 14-22 November this year at IFC Mall:
1 Harbour View Street
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
phone: +852 2295 3308
List of the films presented:
Adam Resurrected
Germany/Israel, 2008, 106 minutes, 35 mm, English w/ Chinese subtitles
Director: Paul...
Director: Akemi Tachibana.
A man gets one arm of a woman whom he fell in love, just one night. After that a man has a tragic nightmare because of one arm. The background of this story is 1960’s in Japan. It was the last period that Japonisme and specific moral had remained in ordinary people and their life after world war Ⅱ.
Short filmmaking is in the midst of a rennaissance becasue of the revenue potential offered by IPTV and initiatives likewww.raindance.tv. Screening at a festival is a sure-fire way to start creating a buzz around your film and your career. You are also likely to bump into short-film buyers eager for content for the dozens of fledgling websites desparate for movies. Short films are much easier to see on the web or on a mobile telep...
RIIFF, the largest festival in New England, has become a leading juried competition in the U.S. and is an Academy (AMPAS) qualifying Festival, Best Short; RIIFF showcases int`l features, documentaries and shorts & promoting opportunities for distribution.
An exciting weeklong program of international children`s films, hands-on workshops, panel discussions and celebrity guests. A sidebar of the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
The Twelfth Annual Festival Concludes Attracting Extraordinary Films, Celebrities and Record Crowds PROVIDENCE, RI (August 10, 2008). The 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the winners in this year’s film competition at its annual Awards Ceremony held at the Providence Biltmore Hotel's Garden Room in Providence, RI. George T. Marshall, RIIFF's Executive Director welcomed over 175 attending filmmakers at the ceremony. He was joined by Adam Short, Producing Dir...
The Twelfth Annual Festival Concludes Attracting Extraordinary Films, Celebrities and Record Crowds PROVIDENCE, RI (August 10, 2008). The 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the winners in this year’s film competition at its annual Awards Ceremony held at the Providence Biltmore Hotel's Garden Room in Providence, RI. George T. Marshall, RIIFF's Executive Director welcomed over 175 attending filmmakers at the ceremony. He was joined by Adam Short, Producing Dir...
The Rhode Island International Film Festival Once Again Hosts Popular Gay & Lesbian Sidebar August 5-10th PROVIDENCE, R.I. (July 26, 2008)— One of the most popular cinematic sidebars of the annual Rhode Island International Film Festival returns for its 1t2h year: the Providence GLBT Film Festival, August 5-10th. Films made by, for and about the GLBT community have played an integral role in RIIFF, one of New England’s premiere film festivals. This year the GLBT festival is scree...
The Rhode Island International Film Festival Proudly Hosts its 10th Annual KidsEye™ Sidebar Festival August 4-10thth Providence, R.I. (July 27, 2008)—The KidsEye™ International Film Festival will once again showcase the best works of young filmmakers from around the world August 4-10th. This year, the Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell Street in Providence will serve as the central host for the program. Other screening locations include the Providence Place Cinemas 16, the Providence Performi...
Actor Dan Butler from TV’s “Frasier” will be the keynote speaker, Thursday, August 7, 2008 PROVIDENCE, RI. First introduced in 1998 by the Rhode Island International Film Festival, The Rhode Island Film Forum returns for a special symposium on the art and craft of filmmaking in Rhode Island. Positioned as a call to Rhode Island Filmmakers, Film Production Crews, Film Students, Artistic Directors, Film Vendors, Civic Organizations, Historic and Preservation Groups, Property Managers, Re...
RIIFF 2008 Presents an Extraordinary Night of International Short Films and Festivities PROVIDENCE, R.I. (July 22, 2008)— A brilliant and unforgettable selection of short films from around the world await an anticipating audience at the August 5th Opening Ceremony of the 12th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival. The night’s exhilarating line-up will showcase some of the finest examples of independent and international short films. Chosen from over 3,000 submissions, the s...
Two-Day Screenwriting Workshop to take place at this year’s Rhode Island International Film Festival (PROVIDENCE, RI) ScriptBiz 2008 has a developed two days of interactive and informational workshops for aspiring screenwriters desiring to hone and harness their craft. Special guests include Hollywood filmmaker MICHAEL CORRENTE (“Federal Hill,” Outside Providence,” “American Buffalo,” “Brooklyn Rules,” “Dumb & Dumber,” “There’s Something About Mary”), PILAR ALES...
One of the highlights this summer will be the 12th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival, and to help spread the word, organizers reached out for some East Side star power to help. Literally. On Thursday, June 19, RIIFF hosted a reception at the Ladd Observatory on Hope Street to introduce the community to new members of their advisory board and this year's summer interns who hail from across the globe. Organized by Demetria Carr, RIIFF's Associate Producing Director, the event inclu...
(NEWPORT, RI) In 1984, a dedicated group of civic and community leaders were drawn together to help create an event that celebrated the arts, culture and Rhode Island’s historical friendship with Japan. One of the founding members of this group was Flickers—The Newport Film Society, which participated by creating, curating and presenting the Japanese Film Festival. Now, 25 years later and as many years of screening this festival, Flickers has evolved into the Flickers Arts Collaborative an...
(NEWPORT, RI) In 1984, a dedicated group of civic and community leaders were drawn together to help create an event that celebrated the arts, culture and Rhode Island’s historical friendship with Japan. One of the founding members of this group was Flickers—The Newport Film Society, which participated by creating, curating and presenting the Japanese Film Festival. Now, 25 years later and as many years of screening this festival, Flickers has evolved into the Flickers Arts Collaborative an...
KidsEyeTM Summer Filmmaking Camp was created by the RI International Film Festival (RIIFF) 10 years ago in order to give voice youth filmmakers and allow their creative ideas to come to life on the silver screen. This summer RIIFF is proud to announce that Jeffery Roth, director of the award winning feature length documentary The Wonder of It All, will be teaching at KidsEyeTM Summer Filmmaking Camp. Roth will be working intensively alongside our campers to help them write, direct, and produce...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 13, 2008)– After extensive deliberation and evaluation, Festival judges have announced the top award winners for the 2008 Roving Eye Documentary Film Festival, a sidebar of the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The categories this year are the Audience Choice Award, The Roving Eye Doc Festival Award, Best Cinematography, Emerging Eye First Time Director, and Honorable Mention. The month-long Festival ran from April 2nd – May 10th at locations throughout the st...
The Athens 2nd International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is heading into its second year and it has picked up along the way a new name for itself, OUTVIEW. After its first successful year the Athens international Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, or should we say OUTVIEW, returns bigger on the 23rd of May – 27th of May with even more critically acclaimed films and we are most proud to announce our special guest of honour, the director of the Panorama Section of Berlinale, Wieland Speck.Wieland Spec...
