AWARDS MEAN SOMETHING AT RIIFF...
 The
Rhode Island International Film Festival presented its
first Lifetime Achievement Award in
2000 to Academy-Award winning actress, Patricia Neal.
A Scholarship Fund was also established in Ms. Neal's
name.
The 2001 recipient was acclaimed director, Blake Edwards.
The recipient for 2003 was the venerable Academy Award
nominated actor, Seymour Cassel.
In 2004, indie legend, Kim Chan received the prestigious
award.
In 2000, RIIFF presented its first Creative
Vision Award. The recipient was Elaine Lorillard,
founder of the Newport Jazz Festival. In 2005, the winner
was German director, Rosa von Praunheim.
The Crystal Image Award
for Excellence in First Time Film Direction was inaugurated
in 2004. Zach Braff and Michael Showalter received this
award in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
The RIIFF Humanitarian
Award was created to acknowledge the work of
industry members who selflessly gave of themselves to
better the community and world around them. Actor, Danny
Trejo, was the first recipient in 2005.
Our annual film awards include:
 Best Short
Best Feature
Best Documentary
Best Soundtrack
Best Cinematography
Best Experimental
Best Comedy Short
RIIFF Environmental Focus
Best Screenplay (Film Production)
Best Local Film/New Director
PROVIDENCE FILM FESTIVAL Award
AVID's Student Filmmaking Achievement Award
Viola M. Marshall Audience Choice Awards
Note that only official
entrants to the Festival are eligble for juried
awards. All films, however, are eligible for
Audience Choice Awards.
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History of the RIIFF Awards:
• 2008 Films • Screenplay • Horror • Vortex • Roving Eye
• 2007 Films • Screenplay • Horror • Roving Eye
• 2006 Films • Screenplay • Horror • Roving
Eye
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2005 Films • Screenplay • Horror
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2004 Films • Screenplay • Horror
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2003 Films • Screenplay • Horror
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2002 Films • Screenplay • Horror
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2001 Films • Screenplay • Horror
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2000 Films
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1999 Films
• 1998 Films
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