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2009 RIIFF Call for Entries

is now open... apply today!

Our deadline is May 15th

The Rhode Island International Film Festival is a founding partner of The International Film Festival Submission System (BrigitFest) – on the Web at Withoutabox.com and prefers paperless entries. Withoutabox provides cost-saving, online entry to major film festivals throughout the U.S. and in Europe with one master entry form, allowing you and us to enter your film more quickly and with greater accuracy. This method is free and easy. Withoutabox users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines and Online Press Kit submissions and filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their Entry Fees.

• RIIFF 2009 Downloadable Application Form • Learn More About Our Call for Entries

The Rhode Island International Film Festival is going out of this world by presenting Vortex it’s third annual Sci Fi and Fantasy Film Festival. This year, the sidebar festival was presented during the main RIIFF with some outstanding examples of the genre including "Man from Earth," "Rocketboy" and "Postcards from the Future." We are now planning special screenings during March 2008, at locations across the state of Rhode Island.

"MAN FROM EARTH" Directed by RICHARD SCHENKMAN, USA • Interviews 1 • 2

The Vortex International SCIFI and Fantasy Film Festival screened the following films during its first season in 2006:

• Robots are Blue - Bill Sebastian
• Transgressions - Valerie Weiss
• The Sandbox – Kory Juul
• Puzzlehead – James Bai

• The Radium Files – Sarah Burns
• Zoom Suit – John Taddeo
• Negadon The Monster from Mars
And the Japanese SCIFI FILM

• The Great Yokai War

"POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE" Directed by ALAN CHAN, USA • Click Here

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