You can help with your donations!
...And Make a Difference
In Your Community!
photo by Paul Ruggeri
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donation form, please click
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Join a dedicated group of supporters
who help transform the way people see the world.
Make a gift to the Rhode
Island International Film Festival through
an Online Donation or our Printable Donation form. Gifts
to the Rhode Island International Film Festival give
adults and children from all walks of life access to
exceptional cinema, learning programs, and inspiring
stories.
2007 was quite a year for
all of us here at the Rhode Island International
Film Festival. In addition to the record-breaking
11th edition of RIIFF, we hosted The Rhode Island Film Forum; presented outdoor screenings in Providence and Pawtucket; spoke to various groups,
clubs and classes; premiered our Roving Eye Documentary
Film Festival, threw various special benefits; began
our First Look series of RIIFF-exclusive screenings;
held free filmmaking forums at Borders; presented an unprecedented number of free preview screenings
throughout the year— many featuring filmmakers
in attendance; solidified our "RIIFF in the Schools"
outreach program; and held our Opening Night Gala at the amazing Providence Performing Arts Center.
Despite RIIFF’s international
reputation as a first-class festival, behind the scenes
we annually hold everything together with little more
than gum, some spit and tape. Ticket sales and memberships
cover less than a third of the cost of running our organization.
An inordinate amount of our annual budget is in the
form of in-kind or trade donations from our sponsors.
These are such things as hotel rooms and airline tickets
for visiting filmmakers, media promotions, hosting the
comprehensive RIFilmFest.org website, supplying paper
and office supplies, tech support, etc., etc. These
are all wonderful, but landlords don't accept free t-shirts
to cover the rent, and you can't pay your staff with
Red Bull or V-2 Vodka.
The Rhode Island International Film Festival
(RIIFF) is committed to the continued expansion of its
role in the community. The year-round programming produced
by RIIFF has had a significant impact for artists and
filmgoers alike in Rhode Island and indeed, southern
New England.We are taking a more visible approach in
the community with many events that promote the world
of cinema: from expanded educational programs like KidsEye™
and ScriptBiz™ to the New England Student Film
Festival™.
We can not fulfill our mission
without you!
The power of film to inform,
enlighten and educate, as well as entertain, is inestimable.
We believe — and trust that you'll agree —
that what we do is worth supporting with an end-of-year
donation.
Please consider a contribution to assist RIIFF in continuing
this ever-important effort. Your contribution of $35,
$50 or $100 will go a long way in supporting our efforts
to educate, entertain, enrich and provoke thought .
How To Give to RIIFF
Your donation of any size will be greatly appreciated.
You can donate any one of three ways:
• Donate online by clicking here
• Print out our donation
form that is located here
• Or call us at 401-861-4445.
Thank you, thank you, thank you very much for your support!
George T. Marshall
Executive Director,
Rhode Island International Film Festival
401.861.4445 • 401.490-6537 f
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About RIIFF Contributions
& Scholarships
Some of the organizations
recently supported financially by RIIFF and the Flickers
Arts Collaborative:
• The Rhode Island
Food Bank (we held a 25-Film Marathon)
• Jamestown Community Piano Fund
• WSBE Channel 36, RI Public Broadcasting
• Christmas in Newport
(we hold an annual fundraiser each December)
• The Courthouse
Center for the Arts (Kingston, RI)
• Four Corners Arts
Center (Tiverton, RI)
• RI Heart Fund
• Bristol Rotary
• RI Festival of
Trees
• Newport County Chamber of Commerce
•
URI Visualizations Film Festival & URI College
of Arts & Sciences
• RI Pride
• RI Women's Coalition Against Domestic Violence
(we held a Fashion Show)
• AIDS Care Ocean State (we sponsored the Sing
Along Sound of Music)
• Friends of the Columbus Theatre Arts Center
(we sponsored/hosted the 75th Anniversary kick-off
for this classic theatre and are spurring a restoration
effort)
• Miracle on Broadway (we sponsored free kids
films during the holidays)
• RI Human Rights Watch Film Festival (we sponsored
the screenings)
Plus we have donated passes and scholarships to the following Rhode Island non-profits in 2007 alone!
2nd Story Theatre
Academy Players
American Cancer Society
Amos House
Art and Business Council of RI
AS220
Big Nazo Puppets
Black Air Foundation
Bright Night
Bristol Rotary
Christmas in Newport
Clean Water Fund
Colonial Theatre
Direct Action for Rights and Equality
EPOCH Center
Everett Dance Theatre
Family Services Center
Festival Ballet Providence
Fusionworks
GAIA Vaccine Foundation
Gamm Theatre
Genisis Institue
Groundwerx Dance Theatre
International Institute RI
Island Moving Company
Kaleidoscope Theatre
Living History
Looking Glass Theatre
Modern Populous
NewGate Theatre
Newport Film Collaborative
Off the Curb
Perishable Theatre
Project Goal
Providence Arts Club
Providence Ballet Inc.
Providence Black Repertory Company
Puente
Rhode Island Film Collaborative
RI Heart Association
RI Holocaust Education and Resource
RI State Council on the Arts
Studio 34 Dance Company
The Artists’ Exchange
The Dance Theatre (Roger Williams University)
Trinity Repertory Company
University of Rhode Island
West Broadway Neighborhood Assoc.
WSBE, RI Public Broadcasting
If you would like help from Flickers,
tell us about your program and needs.
E-mail
For more information on employer
matching gift programs, planned giving, the RIIFF Friends
Campaign, or in-kind donations of office/computer equipment
- please contact Adam Short at (401) 861-4445, or by
email at adams@film-festival.org
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