PROVIDENCE – The 21st annual Rhode Island International Film Festival will take place Aug. 8-13, the nonprofit organization Flickers announced Wednesday.
Screenings and events will be held around Rhode Island in Providence, Warwick, Newport, Bristol, among other Ocean State localities.
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An opening gala will be held Aug. 8 at the Providence Performing Arts Center celebrating Flickers’ 35th anniversary and to honor competition winners and screen nine short films from around the world. The festival will also play host to a number of seminars and workshops to help novice filmmakers learn the craft.
“We salute Flickers and the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival for celebrating 35 years of excellence,” said Steven Feinberg, executive director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office. “Each year, I am amazed by the quality of the various productions from around the globe, including many homegrown productions created right here in our very own Ocean State.”
Announced festival awards:
Tannaz Hazemi of Brooklyn, N.Y., will receive the festival’s screenplay competition award for her screenplay, “Dean The Drummer.”
The Champlin Foundation, along with volunteer community leaders Angela Ryding, a Rhode Island actress, and Anthony Ambrosino, a Rhode Island producer/director, will receive the 2017 Producers Circle Award, bestowed on those who have worked to support and promote the film festival and its mission.
Film director and special effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull will receive the inaugural Gilbert Stuart Visionary Artist Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with visual effects.
A schedule of shows and events as well as tickets are available at the film festival’s website.
Kyle Borowski is a PBN contributing writer.
