Now in its Tenth Year, the Rhode
Island International Film Festival™,
(RIIFF) will take place August 8-13, 2006. Ranked as
a one of the Top 12 Film Festivals in the United
States, this world-class festival will be held
at venues around Providence. It features screenings,
filmmaking workshops, meet-and-greet industry events
and seminars. Aiming to promote Rhode Island as a filmmaking
location and to celebrate the independent filmmaking
spirit, RIIFF also hosts a number of high-profile premières
and provides a showcase for international features,
documentaries, and shorts.
Founded in 1997, the Rhode Island International Film
Festival has quickly carved out a name for itself. It
accepts films of any type, in any genre and screens
around 200 international productions. Rhode Island native
Bobby Farrelly was so impressed with the festival's
debut that he held the world premiere of his next film
- There's Something About Mary - at the 1998 event.
The festival is dedicated to the creation of opportunities
for "artistic interaction and exchange among independent
filmmakers, directors, producers, distributors, backers
and the film-going community". It is a safe haven
for all independent filmmakers - a place where they
can hide from all the MI3’s, overblown CGI effects
and high concept reinterpretations of classic films.
This year, RIIFF will screen
283 films; selected from over 2,000 submissions. More
than 90% of the RIIFF schedule is created from these
film submissions; and not culled from other festivals.
This makes for a truly dynamic event where regional
audiences discover new work and new filmmakers whose
work often overlooked. There are also 49 Narrative Features
and 29 Full Length Documentaries in this year's Festival.
• KidsEye™ Announces partnership with Hasbro. Read the details here...
• RIIFF Announces the 2006 Winners for its
annual Screenplay Competition - details
• Hear
Interviews from Spoiler Alert's (all
things film in Providence and beyond) coverage of the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2006 here.
• We celebrated our 10th Anniversary Year in a Big Way. Thank you
for making this a truly amazing festival and a memorable
celebration of our 10th Anniversary. The next
RIIFF is August 7-12, 2007!
• See RIIFF Festival
Photos Day-by-Day. view
here...
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Cicely Tyson Receives RIIFF's 2006 Lifetime Achievement
Award
On Thursday night,
July 20th at the recent RIIFF Producers
Circle Awards presentation, an important announcement
was made by the Mayor of Providence, David Cicilline:
legendary Carribean-American Actress, Cicely
Tyson would receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Rhode Island International Film Festival (“RIIFF”).
Ms. Tyson was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award
for her performance in Sounder (1972); she has also
won two Emmy Awards for Best Actress (The Autobiography
of Miss Jane Pittman) and Outstanding Supporting
Actress (Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All). Details... See
photo
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Director Michael Corrente Receives RIIFF Creative Vision
Award
The list of Rhode Island filmmakers who have
found success in Hollywood and international media circles
has been steadily growing as the Ocean State finds itself
becoming a New England film mecca. But there is still
one name that stands about the rest: director/producer/writer/actor, Michael Corrente. He
not only was the recipient of this year’s Creative
Vision Award, but
a “Guest-of-Honor” throughout this year’s Rhode Island International Film Festival (“RIIFF”). The Creative Vision Award is
presented annually to an artist who has made a significant
contribution to the arts. Details...See
photo
11:00 – 12:30 a.m. LOCATION: ZOOMA, 245 ATWELLS AVE PROVIDENCE
Join us as we honor this year’s filmmakers with
our annual awards presentation. Brunch tickets are
$15 for filmmakers and $20 for guests and audience.
We
are very pleased to be screening VALENTINE'S
DAY, a 35mm short promoting safe sex among
teens that will be shown throughout this year’s
Festival. Starring Sasha Toro, from Spike Lee's Noggin
mini-series MIRACLE'S BOYS; Aryana Rodriguez, from ALL
MY CHILDREN; and Traylin Husbands from STELLA. Written
and directed by Eva
Saks; winner of the Tony Cox Award from Cable Positive,
and RIIFF Advisory Board Member. Eva is proud to have
exhibited in the Rhode Island International Film Festival
for almost a decade. And, we are proud to report that
she is currently working on a pre-school series for
Playhouse Disney.
10TH
ANNUAL 
•
Cicely Tyson Receives RIIFF's 2006 Lifetime Achievement
Award
•
Director Michael Corrente Receives RIIFF Creative Vision
Award
We
are very pleased to be screening VALENTINE'S
DAY, a 35mm short promoting safe sex among
teens that will be shown throughout this year’s
Festival. Starring Sasha Toro, from Spike Lee's Noggin
mini-series MIRACLE'S BOYS; Aryana Rodriguez, from ALL
MY CHILDREN; and Traylin Husbands from STELLA. Written
and directed by 