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R.I. International Film Festival showcases Oscar-qualifying talent

Art & Culture 08/07/2025

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island International Film Festival opened at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Aug. 5 with a crowd of 1,500, launching...

SHAWN QUIRK, left, Rhode Island International Film Festival program director, with Nancy Carriuolo, former president of Rhode Island College, and Lukas Hassel, previous grand prize winner for Best Screenplay, at the RIIFF Screenplay Competition awards. As a guest, Carriuolo served as RIIFF ambassador to welcome the event's international attendees. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL /MIKE BRACA

RIIFF announces screenplay awards

Art & Culture 11/02/2018

PROVIDENCE – Four-hundred and seventy-seven applications were submitted to the 2018 Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition awards and on Oct. 30 the...

FLICKERS' RHODE ISLAND International Film Festival awarded the Best Screenplay Grand Prize to Barry Brennessel from Silver Spring, Md. for his screenplay "Anh Sang," set in French Indochina in 1917.

14 finalists awarded in latest RIIFF screenplay competition

Nonprofit 10/31/2017

PROVIDENCE - Winnowed down from 463 entries, on Tuesday, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival announced the 14 finalists of its 2017 Screenplay Competition. The...

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