RIIFF /rif/ - acronym for Rhode Island International Film Festival ~ a 7-day event beginning the second week in August; always starting on a Tuesday 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;
~ the major portal of entry for filmmakers to discover the Ocean State as a center for film development and production;
~ 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.
Time remaining until this year's
Festival: August 4-9, 2009
2009 Rhode Island International Film Festival Call for Entries
Next Edition: August 4-9, 2009
Deadlines: Screenplay Competition Deadline: July 15, 2009
Horror Film Deadline: August 15, 2009 (use hard copy entry below)
Please contact us directly if you still want to submit a film to RIIFF 2009, click here
The Rhode Island International Film Festival is
a founding partner of The International Film Festival
Submission System (BrigitFest) – on the Web at
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their Entry Fees.
Got a great idea for a movie script, but don’t know where to begin? Or have you finished that masterpiece, but no clue what to do next? The 13th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) proudly presents ScriptBiz.09, a one day workshop that covers the nuts and bolts of being a scriptwriter. The program is broken down into two parts: introductory and advanced. The RIIFF ScriptBiz Program is designed to guide writers not only through the creative process of writing, but ways to promote a screenplay to filmmakers through effective networking with tips on how to make a compelling pitch. For more information,please click here...
August 4-9th:
The 13th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival
2009 promises to be a truly amazing event with major new work, expanded networking opportunities for filmmakers and audiences, educational programs, an industry symposium, parties, awards, our Opening and Closing Galas, conversations with honorees, breakfast gatherings, a location tour, and a celebrity sighting here and there. We are very proud that we have created new partnerships with regional non-profit service and social organizations that will allow RIIFF and its audiences to reach out to those in need, showing how that arts can indeed have an impact. Our screenings will once again take place across the state of Rhode Island, reaching this year into nursing homes, hospitals and senior centers where we will be sharing our Festival with those who otherwise would not be part of the celebration of independent film.
• Down Under: Films from Australia and New Zealand
August 6th:
The RIIFF Technology Forum
The modern, 21st Century filmmaker must be both an auteur and an entrepreneur – hence the rise of the “auteurpreneur,” a term coined to describe the emerging role that a filmmaker must play. Digital distribution and other dynamic technologies provide filmmakers with an array of powerful tools to use to promote and market their artistic vision.
The technology forum is a day-long series of workshops focused on the emerging marketing and distribution trends in digital and web-based technologies. Each workshop will explore a distinct topic and will be lead by a panel of professionals with expertise related to that topic. Participants will have an opportunity to interact with the workshop leaders and to ask them questions on the subject matter.
August 7th:
The Rhode Island Film Forum
Here’s your chance to become involved with Rhode Island’s “stars” of the film community and filmmakers from across the globe. The one-day forum will bring together leaders of the film industry with the decision-making community leaders and historic, natural and commercial property managers of Rhode Island; plus look at what's new on the technical side of the business and how you fit in! For more information,please click here...
also that day...
2nd Annual Youth Filmmaker Festival
(part of the KidsEye Summer Filmmaking Camp & Film Festival)
Festival News of Note:
COMPOSER KLAUS BADELT TO RECEIVE RIIFF'S CRYSTAL IMAGE AWARD AS AN EMERGING ARTIST WHOSE OUTSTANDING WORK AND VISION "EPITOMIZES A NEW VOICE THAT MUST BE HEARD" AT RIIFF'S 13TH YEAR CELEBRATION.
Every year, the Rhode Island International Film Festival recognizes outstanding directors, actors, and film talent for their contributions to the art of filmmaking with the Crystal Image Award. Composer Klaus Badelt is the 2009 recipient of this esteemed award. His musical contributions to Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2 and X-Men (along with Michael Kamen), were singular achievements, but his remarkable score for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, made him, and his music, a household name. RIIFF will honor Mr. Baldelt at a special ceremony during the Festival. To learn more about Klaus Badelt, click here...
RIIFF RECESSION BUSTER TICKETING PACKAGES RETURN for 2009...
The staff and board of the Rhode Island International Film Festival are fully aware that times are tough and money is tight. Most of us are limited in how we spend our disposable income. The stock market has been a roller coaster, impacting our 401(k)s, investments and IRAs. Oil prices have also been tumultuous, affecting home heating oil prices and of course, gasoline. According to economists, the number of states in the US in recession keeps rising. Rhode Island has been in this group for quite some time and currently has one of the highest unemployment rate in the country.
We don't have a magic bullet to solve the problem. And while things are starting to improve a bit, we also know that it will be some time before new hiring takes place and we have some sense of normalcy.
So the question we faced as a non-profit community organization was what could we do to help so that you could attend the Festival; and if you attended, how to make the the Festival experience a bit less of a financial burden. We also wanted to provide encouragement to those who may want to attend but have to watch their money.
What we came up with was something we call our "RI RECESSION BUSTER PACKAGE"which can be purchased online. When we first released this program for a limited run in the Summer of 2008, it was a hit.
The"RI RECESSION BUSTER PACKAGE"offers a Festival Six-Pack (that's 6 films for the price of 4; valued at $60 and retailing for $40) and an Opening Night Film Screening Ticket (valued at $20) to our Gala Opening at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009. Our 2008 event featured actor, John Ratzenberger as MC for the evening. Who will be on the stage this year?
The cost: $50.
That's an $80 value at almost 50% off; a $30 savings! And best of all, a Festival Six-Pack is good year round for all RIIFF events and we allow you to use it for multiple guests. What a wonderful present as it's a gift that will keep on giving.
For more information and to order the "RI RECESSION BUSTER PACKAGE"click here...
