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Word on the Horror Market:
Why
Support the
RI
International Horror Film Festival?
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Dates: October 22-25, 2009
The Horror Market Segment:
Statistics
For the past six years, Flickers through the Rhode Island
International Film Festival has been presenting its
annual RI Horror Film Festival. With roots firmly planted
in the community, the Festival has become the largest
Horror film festival in New England.
• Attendance at the Festival has increased 85%
since 1999
• Entries have increased by 75% over 2007
• Filmmaker attendance has increased by 65% over
2007
The Festival is earning an international reputation
for the quality and diversity of its programming. The
Festival’s excellence opens doors here in the United
States and around the world.
Each year the Festival attracts
a vibrant and influential audience including:
• college students and members of the regional
arts community
• Alternative film-lovers from the larger community
• Local and international filmmakers, and programmers
• Media artists and other cultural trendsetters
As the Festival grows, it attracts more support from
the corporate sector while maintaining the quality of
the relationships it has always had in the arts communities.The
City of Providence, Clear Channel Communications, the
Phoenix Communications Group, URI, Amtrak WJAR TV 10 are sponsoring our spooktacular
weekend along with Cox On Demand.
The importance of the arts and alternative film market
and the interest of a wider audience also makes the
Festival an appealing story to both the mainstream and
alternative media. These are a few of the media outlets
that covered and supported the Festival in 2008: The
Providence Journal, The Boston Globe,
Rhode Island Monthly, The Federal Hill Gazette, Clear Channel Communications,
Yankee Magazine, NewEnglandFilm.com, NBC TV 10, The
Providence Phoenix. In 2009, there will be coverage nationally in "Everyday with Rachel Ray."
The steady growth of the Horror Festival has allowed
the development of programs like the annual Costume
Contest, the Exotic Fashion Show, haunted house tours,
Silent Film Series, programming geared for the region’s
college student base and visiting filmmaker seminars.
It also permits an increase in the number of promotional
events and screenings that are put on throughout the
Festival.
To
learn more about sponsoring or getting your business
involved in this unique Festival, please call, write,
or e-mail:
The
RI International Horror Film Festival
c/o RIIFF
PO Box 162 o Newport, RI 02840 (United States)
Street Address: 96 Second Street o Newport, RI 02840
Tel/Fax: (401) 861-4445/861-4422
info@film-festival.org
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