Starts December 15 and runs through May 2017 The RIIFF Encore Series continues its new season of monthly screenings running through May 2017. The series presents some of the best films screened during the 2016 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). This year’s host location is the Second Stage Studio, 1 Angell Road, Cumberland, […]
FLICKERS’ VORTEX SCI-FI, FANTASY & HORROR FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR 16TH SEASON 80 films from 15 countries vied for adjudicated genre awards PROVIDENCE, RI – A phantasmagoric symphony of international genre films were given there due with the wrap of the 16th Annual Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival through adjudicated awards. […]
Popular Annual Tour Returns to Explore Lovecraft’s Favorite Providence Haunts. Providence, R.I. – For the past eight years, Providence native and cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft has been the subject of a popular annual walking tour and film series conducted by the RI Historical Society presented as part of the Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy Horror […]
Festival Screening August 9, 2015 @ 12:15 PM at Metcalf Auditorium (RSID Museum) Children of the Arctic is a year-in-the-life portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska – the northern-most community of the United States. As they embark on their journey into adulthood in and outside of Barrow, they wrestle […]
Festival Screening – August 8, 2015 @ 6:30PM at The Bell St. Chapel Happygram explores one of the most egregious violations of informed consent in modern medical practice. Each year nearly 40 million women obtain screening mammograms for the early detection of cancer. For 40% of those women, those with dense breast tissue, a mammogram […]
Festival Screening – August 7, 2015 @ 3:30 PM at Providence Public Library Director Issa Ibrahim spent 18 years as a patient in an insane asylum. Since his release in 2009, Ibrahim has used the arts as a tool of transformation and healing to create a dialogue about the mental health system. This documentary explores […]
Festival Screening – August 6, 2015 @ 4:45 PM at Metcalf Auditorium (RISD Museum) Greg finds out that he’s pregnant with his partner Ken’s baby. Dumbstruck by the news, their relationship takes twists and turns through hardship and hilarity. Director – Matt Riddlehoover An Official Selection in the Boys Centerpiece at the 2015 FilmOut San […]
Festival Screening – August 5, 2015 @ 4:30 PM at McCormack Family Theater Flory’s Flame weaves the life story of 90-year old U.S. National Heritage Fellow musician Flory Jagoda with her September 2013 Celebration Concert at the US Library of Congress. The combined personal and musical overviews initially transport the viewer to the roots of […]
Festival Kicks Off with Over 260 Films & Locations Across the State From Olympia Dukakis, Julia-Louise Dreyfus, Mariette Hartley, Melissa Leo, the Monty Python Troupe, John Hurt to Michael Clarke Duncan in his last starring role; a celebration of RIIFF’s Academy-Award® Nominated Short Films; to over 70 World and United States Premieres, this year’s Festival […]
The Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) presented a Best Actor Award to acting icon, Ciarán Hinds for his leading role in the acclaimed film The Shore, directed by Terry George, a short film that had its premiere at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The Shore, received the grand prize for Best Short […]
