Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival

Also known as: RIIFF, Rhode Island International Film Festival
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Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) is produced by Flickers, a non-profit arts organisation based in Providence that supports filmmaking in Rhode Island and New England. Its competition has no category restrictions: it takes shorts and features of any style or genre, alongside a separate screenplay competition. Grand prizes for live-action, documentary and animated shorts lead to the festival's Awards Showcase screening in Los Angeles, and a Youth Film Jury of high school and college students gives its own awards.

Around the screenings, the festival runs the Rhode Island Film Forum, the ScriptBiz screenwriting workshop and the KidsEye summer filmmaking camp, whose participants premiere their work at the festival. RIIFF marked its 20th anniversary in 2016. The 2027 edition runs 3–8 August 2027.

Country

United States (USA)

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Music Video, Short, Student, Television, Web and New Media, Screenplay

Dates

3 August 2027 — 8 August 2027

Awards and prizes

Grand Prizes: Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animated Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Screenplay, and the Alternative Spirit Award / Best LGBTQ Short. Grand Prize short films are included in the festival's award-winning shorts screening in Los Angeles after the festival. The festival also presents awards for Best Feature Film, Best Feature Documentary and Best Director, as well as juried and Audience Choice awards. Flickers' Youth Film Jury Awards are chosen by a jury of high school and college students. The screenplay competition has its own awards.

Festival rules

There are no category restrictions: work of any style or genre is considered. Shorts are films of 40 minutes or less; features run 41 minutes or longer. Entries are submitted as online screeners through FilmFreeway (secure Vimeo links can be attached there). Exhibition copies are H.264 MP4 files in 1080p; a DCP may be requested. Films are presented in their original language with English subtitles. Deadlines for the 2027 edition: 15 November 2026 (earlybird), 15 January, 15 May, 1 June and 15 June 2027; the screenplay competition closes on 1 July 2027. Accepted films may be invited to a Best of Fest screening after the festival.

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