RIIFF /rif/ - acronym for Rhode Island International Film Festival ~ a 7-day event beginning the second week in August; starting on a Monday at various locations throughout the State of Rhode Island with premiere works in the capital city of Providence;
~ the largest public film festival in New England and an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences qualifying event in three categories;
~ a qualifying event for the British Academy of Televsion and Film Arts (BAFTA);
~ a qualifying event for the Canadian Screen Awards;
~ the major portal of entry for filmmakers to discover the Ocean State as a center for film development, talent and production;
~ the producers of the weekly PBS television showcase, "doubleFEATURE;"
~ a unique platform for the creative and cultural discovery of new cinematic talent, both at home, nationally and globally;
~ synonymous with sophisticated, savvy, discerning and film-loving audiences;
2025 Rhode Island International Film Festival Call for Entries Opens, August 16th
The Rhode Island International Film Festival prefers paperless entries. Our 2024 exclusive partner entry portal provides cost-saving, online entry to major film festivals
throughout the U.S. and in Europe with one master entry
form, allowing you to enter your film more quickly
and with greater accuracy. Online entry users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines
and Online Press Kit submissions.
Flickers' Sidebar Festivals & Screenings of Note:
• Rhode Island International Film Festival - August 6-11, 2024 (28th Year)
• Children's Hospitals International Film Festival - April 2022 (6th Year)
•Ciné Québec - March and November yearly (24th Year)
•New England University French Discovery Program (6th Year)
•Francophonie Film Festival - March yearly (9th Year)
• Roving Eye International Film Festival - April 2022 and November-December 2021 (16th Year)
• Providence LGBTQ Film Festival - June 2021 and August 9-15, 2021 (22nd Year)
•KidsEye International Film Festival - August 9-15, 2021 and October 16-24, 2021 (23rd Year)
• Jewish Experience Film Series - Spring and Fall yearly (9th Year)
•Islamic Experience Film Series - Spring and Fall yearly (4th Year)
•RIIFF Encore Film Series - Monthly (21st Year)
•Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival - October 15-23, 2022 (22nd Year)
•Flickers Irish Film Feis - November yearly (4th Year)
•Le jour le plus court: The Shortest Day of the Year - December yearly (7th Year)
• doubleFEATURE - weekly on Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m., RI PBS (6th Year)
2024-2025
FLICKERS' NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY FRENCH FILM DISCOVERY PROGRAM with the Consulat Général de France à Boston
The Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) in collaboration with the French Consulate’s Cultural Service will be screening French short-films at different universities in the greater New England area throughout the Spring and Fall of 2024.
For this tenth edition, five French short-films from 2024 Festival have been selected. Shawn Quirk, Program Director for FLICKERS, working with Thierry Gustave, University of Massachusetts Boston, will travel to each of the host locations and lead a discussion after the screening. This program of immersion mixes film, language and arts providing a greater understanding of French culture.
Weekly on Rhode Island PBS
doubleFEATURE
A Flickers' Production in collaboration with the RI Film and Television Office and RI PBS.
George T. Marshall, Executive Producer; Steven Feinberg, and Shawn Quirk, Producers.
Now in its Eighth Year. PBS proudly presents doubleFEATURE, an exceptional opportunity for our viewers to see artistic, original, award-winning short films from a collection of animation, foreign language, documentary, or fiction films each week.
doubleFEATURE showcases the art of the short film and the artists who make them. Each week, in addition to presenting a selection of two or more short films, between the short films, Steve Feinberg, director of the RI Film and Television Office, and George Marshall, executive producer at RIIFF, interview filmmakers and industry professionals.
Pop some popcorn and join us each week for the year-round film festival doubleFEATURE.
Showtime: Content debuts every Thursday at 8 p.m. on Rhode Island PBS, then the same content replays on following Thursday at 10:00 PM, and Saturday at 2:30 AM. On Learn, the content airs Wednesday at 9:00 PM, Saturday at 3:00 PM and 5:00 AM.
THE WHO, WHAT AND WHEN OF IT
Location: WSBE Rhode Island PBS (Channel 36)
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Produced by Flickers with the Rhode Island Film & Television Office and RI PBS
News for Filmmakers
RIIFF continues its special filmmaker partnership with UniFrance
We are very pleased to report that the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival will continue to partner with UniFrance. French films submitted will be offered a special reduced rate through UniFrance. This unique collaboration was created to show our support for international filmmakers, while providing a portal for discovery and exhibition in the United States.
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