This year's programming: (coming) • To order Opening Night tickets, (coming)
Celebrating
the 30th Anniversary of the Flickers Arts Collaborative
Main Festival: August 7-12, 2012
Note that this year's screenings, while spread across the city of Providence, will once again primarily be based at the Bell Street Chapel Theatre, 5 Bell Street, off of Broadway.
FLICKERS:Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) is very proud to be able to created the Providence GLBT Film Festival which is now in its 13th year. Since it was first introduced as a sidebar of RIIFF,
we have been fortunate to premiere such notable GLBT
titles as "Black, White + Gray," "A Four Letter Word," 'Boy Culture,' "Eating Out," 'Jim in Bold,' 'Sapphos Fire,' 'The
Politics of Fur,' 'The Notorious C.H.O.,' 'Gen Silent,' 'Behind the
Red Door,' '24 Nights,' 'East of A,' 'Irma Vep,' and
'Red Rain.' Over a period of 13 years, the list has grown to be an amazing reflection of the issues, concerns and motivators of the community. This break-out platform has proven to be both exciting
and offer cutting edge work which challenges, provokes thought and has opened doors for dialogue.
The Bell Street Chapel, a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Providence, R.I., will once again be a main venue for the popular Providence GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender) Film Festival, a cinematic sidebar of the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). Other select screenings will be held in The VETS (formerly the VMA Arts & Cultural Center) and The University of Rhode Island’s Paff Theatre.
In its 13th year, the GLBT Film Festival brings Rhode Island filmgoers a diverse sampling of over 40 international films both made by and made for members of the GLBT community.
OTHER PROGRAMMING WE UNDERTAKE FOR THE GLBT COMMUNITY:
For the past 13 years, RIIFF has had a presence at the Original GLBT Expo which is now in its 19th year. With our partnership and collaboration with the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, we have hosted a Video Lounge which has drawn in thousands to discover the art, artistry and creativity of GLBT filmmakers. The event takes place at the Jacob Javits Center, W. 38th & 11th Avenue, NYC.This year's video lounge promises to be even more exciting as we screen the lastest films, host a you be the judge cpmpetition, and host the hottest filmmakers within the community. Last year, the lounge was packed on both days during the Expo -- an event which draws over 27,000 attendees. Click here for a link to learn about the Expo.
A LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S FILM FEST PROGRAMMING:
The festival kicked off in 2011 with an opening night filmmaker reception party at the Bell Street Chapel. Beer is provided by Harpoon Brewery’s UFO Hefeweizen. The event starts at 6 p.m. Five dollars from the $15 admission goes to support the local GLBT non-profit media collaborative, Options Magazine.
Following the reception, the festival begins in earnest, with the screening of the short film, Bye Bi Love directed by Giovanna Chesler. The feature film for the evening is the critically acclaimed Judas Kiss, directed by J.T. Tepnapa. The film stars Charlie David (Dante’s Cove), Richard Harmon (Caprica, The Killing), Sean Paul Lockhart – better known in the adult film industry as Brent Corrigan – (Milk) and Timo Descamps (Spring). The storyline: filmmaker Zachary Wells (Charlie David) is convinced by his best friend and hotshot director into replacing him as a judge in their alma mater’s annual festival. Zach's one-night stand with a student backfires when this student turns out to be one of the festival’s entrants.
OTHER GLBT FESTIVAL SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:
The Green, written by Paul Marcarelli, most recognizable as former-spokesman for Verizon Wireless, was shot near-by in Connecticut and was named a finalist in the 2009 NewFest NewDraft Screenwriting Competition. The Green chronicles a gay man's journey from fearfulness to self-knowledge, in which he finds himself. The Green will screen Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. at Bell Street Chapel.
Half Share, starring Jesse Archer, Alec Mapa, Sam Pancake, Jack Plotnick, Kevyn Morrow and Kyle Spidle, about a summer half-share full of eccentric characters who are always up to something. The film screens Saturday Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.
Join Blake Harrison and Oliver Chris in Man Crush, directed by Tony Hagger, as they duke it out to determine who is ‘best mate’ with their mutual friend. The film screens Friday Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. Both films screen at Bell Street Chapel.
Other screenings include: Sappho’s Fire, screening at 9 p.m. on Thursday at Bell Street Chapel; Sedona, screening at 8 p.m. on Friday at Jamestown Arts Center; a package of GLBT shorts – Downing, Drowning, Johnny and Lyman: A Life Together, Love Is All You Need?, Hold Your Peace and The Maiden and the Princess – beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday at Bell Street Chapel; Walk A Mile in My Pradas, screening at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Bell Street Chapel; The Stranger in Us and Time For Change, screening at 9:15 p.m. on Saturday at Bell Street Chapel.
As in past years, discussion panels will follow select screenings to develop engaging community discourse revolving around topics raised by the films.
The GLBT Film Festival is sponsored in part by The Rhode Island Foundation’s Equity Action, a field of interest fund at The Rhode Island Foundation that advances the equitable treatment and improves the quality of life of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Rhode Islanders.
Again this year, the GLBT Film Festival’s Youth Jury, a group of over 30 young GLBT Rhode Islanders, will be in charge of selecting the festival’s top films for awards given out during the annual RIIFF awards brunch, held Sunday, Aug. 14.
The GLBT Film Festival’s main screenings take place at Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell St., Providence. Screenings run from Wednesday, Aug. 10 through Saturday, Aug. 13. Show times are 7 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. on Saturday. Admission to each set of screenings is $10. Other select screenings will be held in The VETS and The University of Rhode Island’s Paff Theatre.
DISCOVER THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE
2012 will have a wealth of amazing films that explore the GLBT experience. To see a roster of this year's film, look for details in late June.
This year's sidebar will be filled with great films, will be attended by amazing filmmakers, and an event that you'll long remember.
FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival™ (RIIFF) is now in it's 16th year. The
Festival will take place August 7-12, 2012 in the state's
beautiful capital city, Providence and throughout Rhode
Island.
The Providence GLBT Film Festival
PO Box 162 • Newport, RI 02840 (United States) Street Address: 36 Rhode Island Avenue • Newport, RI
02840
Office: 83 Park Street, Suite 1. Providence, RI 02903
Tel/Fax: (401) 861-4445/490-6735
