2011 FLICKERS RI INTERNATIONAL
HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS FOR THE TWELFTH ANNUAL EVENT

42 films from across the globe vie for adjudicated genre awards

Photos by Shawn Quirk

PROVIDENCE, RI • (October 31, 2011) - The eerie, macabre and bizarre in the world of cinema were given their due with the wrap of the Twelfth Annual Flickers RI International Horror Film Festival through adjudicated awards. From an entry base of 383 submissions including work from the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Italy and the United States. 42 films were screened during the cinematic symphony of horror, October 27-30th at The Vets, Roger Williams University, the Bell Street Chapel Theatre, the Jamestown Arts Center, the Barrington Public Library and Providence Public Library. Attending this year were the cast and crew from 8 of the international films screened during the Festival including "Imposter,” “Vampyre Compendium,” “Beg,” “Inkubus,” and “Last Seen on Delores Street” for their premieres, along with directors and producers Marc Masciandaro, Matteo Bernardini from Italy, Devi Snively, Augustin Fuentes, and Kevin & Shanna MacDonald.

This year’s event was sponsored in part by the Cox Media, The Vets, Providence Phoenix, WJAR TV 10, and Amtrak.

“This was an exceptionally strong year for entries with films, not just coming from the United States, but from across the globe” said George T. Marshall, the Executive Director of the Rhode Island International Film Festival, that produces the Horror Festival sidebar. “It’s startling to see an Italian or German take on our Halloween traditions then realize how film and global communication has made the world a much smaller place.”

Despite rain, snow and even power outages, the Festival drew crowds across the state from the opening night Spooktacular at the Bell Street Chapel in Providence to the Mary Tefft White Cultural Center at Roger Williams University in Bristol for the program “Behind the Camera Lens,” which featured actor, William Forsythe and members of the cast of crew the locally produced “Inkubus.”

“From the sold-out HP Lovecraft Walking Tour to the numerous special programming events this Festival offered, we are proud that this sidebar to RIIFF has become an anticipated and fun community event.” Marshall added.

Winners of top prizes for the 2011 Festival:

BEST FEATURE

The Corridor

Directed by Evan Kelly, Canada

Tied with

Beg

Directed by Kevin Macdonald, United States

First Place:

Absentia

Directed by Mike Flanagan, United States

Tied with

State of Emergency

Directed by Turner Clay, United States

BEST SHORT

Imposter

Director Marc Masciandaro, United States

Tied with

Incubator

Directed by Jimmy Weber, United States

First Place:

Cabine of the Dead

Directed by Vincent Templement, France

Tied with

Hay Un Diablo (There is a Devil)

Directed by Brant Hansen, United States

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Dracula: The Vampire And The Voivode

Directed by Michael Bayley Hughes, United Kingdom

DIRECTORIAL DISCOVERY

Last Seen on Delores Street

Directed by Devi Snively, United States

NEW ENGLAND DISCOVERY

Inkubus

Directed by Glenn Ciano, United States

BEST MAKE-UP FX

An Evening with My Comatose Mother

Directed by Jonathan Martin, United States

BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY

Payload

Directed by Stuart Willis, Australia

Tied with

MAQUINAS INFERNALES

Directed by Simon Pernollet, France

BEST ANIMATION

Paths of Hate

Directed by Damian Nenow, Poland

BEST ACTOR

Tony Moran

BEG

Directed by Kevin MacDonald, United States

BEST ACTRESS

Oona Chaplin

VAMPYRE COMPENDIUM

Directed by Matteo Bernardini, Italy

The next edition of the Flickers RI International Horror Film Festival will take place October 18-21, 2012.

TREATED - a Halloween short film from Matteo Bernardini on Vimeo.

• Read reviews of fest films from Horror 101

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Our Sponsors for 2011:

The URI College of Arts & Sciences, The Film Media Program, and the URI Feinstein College of Continuing Education are proud sponsors of the RI International Horror Film Festival.