Don’t Miss: RI International Film Festival, August 6
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Festival highlights
- Showcase of Japanese, Francophonie and French films celebrating our Festival partnerships with ShortShorts Film Festival Asia (Japan), the Government of Québec, and Montreal’s Videozones and Unifrance. To be shown free during the summer at libraries across Rhode Island and special showcases during Festival week;
- The RI Film Forum, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 8, in collaboration with the RI Film & Television Office and the Harrington School of Communication and Media at URI;
- New programming focus for the annual ScriptBiz™, a screenwriting workshop, with a spotlight on this year's Grand Prize Screenplay Competition winner, “Betrayed,” by Alfred Thomas Catalfo of New Hampshire. This year’s seminar directed by Professor William Torgenson from St. John’s University, New York, previous Grand Prize winner for “Love on the Big Screen”;
- Expanded KidsEye™ International Film Festival programming with three mornings of kid-friendly screenings;
- Special programming and panel discussion focused on veterans’ affairs and post-conflict recovery at The Vets in Providence;
- Special guest speaker Heather Abbott, Boston Marathon bombing victim from RI;
- Showcase of films and cultural activities from the Province of Québec and the newly created Flickers: Québec Film Festival celebrating the 20-year partnership with the Délègation du Québec, Boston and Tourism Québec;
- Films from over 60 countries across the globe, including: Norway, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom;
- Showcase of new international student graduate thesis films from the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de diffusion), the Graduate School of Arts of the French Community of Belgium, one of Europe's premier film institutes http://www.insas.be/;
- RI Film Forum to feature panel with programmers from three Oscar-qualifying festivals: RIIFF, Tribeca Film Festival, and Festival du Nouveau Cinéma;
- Providence Film Location Walking Tour with the RI Historical Society;
- Expanded Youth Film Jury Screenings and new partnership with RI Foundation Equity Action to expand LGBTQ youth participation;
- Screenings at: The Vets; RISD Museum; Paff Auditorium; Bell Street Chapel; Providence Public Library; Brown/RISD Hillel; Jewish Alliance; Museum of Work and Culture; Sandywoods Center for the Arts; and Jamestown Arts Center.
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