The RIIFF 2009 Documentary Features include: Abandon All Hope (USA/Italy) directed by: Boris Acosta; Amerika Idol (Serbia/Montenegro/Canada) directed by Barry Avrich; Art & Copy (USA), directed by Doug Pray; Assume Nothing (New Zealand) directed by Kristy MacDonald; Beyond Greenaway: The Legacy (USA), directed by Sue Gilbert; Castle on High: An Undergrad Election Drama (Czech Republic, USA), directed by Michael Morgenstern; Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics On Trial (USA) Directed by Jonathan Joiner and Robert Martin; Comrades (South Africa/ United Kingdom) directed by Poppy Simpson and Dagmara Tatarczyk; Drawing on Fate - Artist: Toshio Kajiyama (Japan) directed by Noriaki Saito; Faded Glory (USA) directed by Richard Cohen; Faded Glory (USA), directed by Richard Cohen; Feat: 63 Marathons in 63 Days (USA), directed by Deborah Carr; Fish out of Water (USA), directed by Ky Dickens; Going Home (South Korea, U S A) directed by Jason Hoffmann; Home Across Lands (USA), directed by John Lavall; Home is Where You Find It (USA) directed by Alcides Soares; HomeGrown (USA), directed by Robert McFalls; HouseQuake (USA) directed by Karen Price; Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete (USA), directed by Tom Weidlinger; Laughology (Canada, India, Tanzania, U S A, United Kingdom) directed by Albert Nerenberg; Life Is a Banquet (USA) directed by Jonathan Gruber; MOMz Hot Rocks (USA), directed by Kate Perotti Mugabe and the White African (Namibia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe) directed by: Lucy Bailey and AnDrew Thompson; My Son the Pornographer (Canada/Czech Republic) directed by Peter Campbell; Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (USA) directed by Andrew Monument; No.4 Street of Our Lady (Israel, U S A, Ukraine) directed by Barbara Bird, Judy Maltz, Richie Sherman; Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam (U S A/Viet Nam) Directed by: Tammy Nguyen Lee; Our Disappeared / Nuestros Desaparecidos (Argentina, U S A) directed by Juan Mandelbaum; Out in the Silence (USA) directed by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson; P.S. Kr**yer, Sikken fest! (Denmark), directed by Anna von Lowzow; Rocaterrania (USA), directed by Brett Ingram; Rock Prophecies (USA), directed by John Chester;¬? School Play (USA) directed by Eddie Rosenstein, Rick Velleu, Shadow Billionaire (USA), directed by Alexis Spraic; Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up With People Story (USA) directed by Lee Storey; So Right So Smart (USA) directed by Michael Swantek and David Robinson; Stage IV - A Journey Into the Unknown (USA), directed by Hanneh Rudkilde; Stubblejumper (Canada), directed by David Geiss; and Swimming with Lesbians (USA), directed by David Marshall.
Additional documentaries include: Ten 9 Eight (USA) directed by Mary Mazzio; The Day After Peace (United Kingdom / Afghanistan, Argentina, Congo, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, India, Israel, Kenya, U S A, United Kingdom) directed by Jeremy Gilley; Tapped (USA) directed by Stephanie Soechtig; The Future Makers (Australia/Peru) directed by Maryella Hatfield; The Good Mother (France) directed by Sarah Klein; The People v. Leo Frank (USA), directed by Ben Loeterman; Garbage Dreams (USA), directed by Mai Iskander; The Station (USA) directed by Peter Crowley; Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story (USA), directed by Christine Toy & Bruce Johnson; Playground (USA), directed by LIbby Spears; Uneven Fairways (USA), directed by Dan Levinson; Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream (USA) directed by Jim Schaub; Home is Where YOu Find It (USA) directed by Alcides Soares; War Against The Weak (Germany, Poland, U S A) directed by Justin Strawhand.Who Killed Chea Vichea? (Thailand/U S A ) directed by Bradley Cox; and William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet (USA) directed by Kevin Layne.
Many of the RIIFF Short Films screening at this year's Festival will be making their Premieres, among those are: A Bike Ride (U S A) directed by Bernard Attal; A Perfect Harmony (Singapore) directed by Christopher Broe; Abuelo (U S A) directed by Mary Ann Kellogg; An Unfinished Romance (Australia) directed by Alison Heather; Annie Leibovitz "So, There You Go" (U S A) directed by Douglas Sloan; Around the Block (U S A) directed by Valerie Harrington; Astoria, Queens (U S A) directed by Kyle Coker; Corrections (Australia) directed by Bob Franklin; Danse Macabre (Canada) directed by Pedro Pires; Die Seilbahn (Switzerland) directed by Claudius Gentinetta; Diplomacy (U S A) directed by Jon Goldman; Flight to Sinai (Ireland) directed by Cecilia McAllister; Flat Love (Spain, U S A) directed by Andres Sanz; Fluorescent Gray (U S A) directed by Leo Age; Gargoyle (South Africa) directed by Kelsey Egan; Glock (U S A) directed by Tom Everett Scott; Hector Corp. (U S A) directed by Gary Lee; How My Dad Killed Dracula (U S A) directed by Sky Soleil; In Control (Canada) directed by Ana de Lara; James (Ireland, United Kingdom) directed by Connor Clements; Lightheaded (U S A) directed by Mike Dacko; Lost and Found (United Kingdom) directed by Philip Hunt; Lost Paradise (France, Israel) directed by Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis; Love (United Kingdom) directed by Cristian Solimeno; Lulaland (Germany) directed by Jan Hellstern; Magellan (U S A) directed by Sebastian Davis; Mariachi (U S A) directed by Elena Julia Greenlee; Meeting Laura (Germany) directed by Felix Stienz; Mother Time (United Kingdom) Written by Jacob Proctor; N**dutgang (Norway) directed by Tomas Solli; Off Season (United Kingdom) directed by Deena Lombardi; Open Air (U S A) directed by Shira-Lee Shalit; Oscar & Jim (United Kingdom) directed by Iain Weatherby; Parental Control (United Kingdom) directed by Damien Cullen; Passage (U S A) directed by Shekhar Kapur; Princess Margaret Blvd. (Canada) directed by Kazik Radwanski; The Bake Shop Ghost (U S A) directed by Lorette Bayle; The Butler's In Love (U S A) directed by David Arquette; The Ground Beneath (Australia) directed by Rene Hernandez; The Heart of Amos Klein (Denmark, France, Israel, Netherlands) directed by Michal Kranot, Uri Kranot; The Incredible Story Of My Great Grandmother Olive (United Kingdom) directed by Alberto Rodriguez; The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (U S A, Spain) directed by Nicolas Delgado; The Stars Don't Twinkle In Outer Space (United Kingdom) directed by Peter Thwaites; The Taxidermist (United Kingdom) directed by Bert &Bertie; The water was dark and it went forever down (Australia) directed by Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds; Underwear (U S A) directed by Tomer Gendler; and Worth (U S A) directed by Kathi Carey.
The Rhode Island International Film Festival is supported in part by the City of Providence, the Providence Tourism Council, the Providence Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism, Wjar TV10, The Providence Phoenix, Sony, HB Communications, WBRU, NewEnglandFilm.com, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Amtrak, URI's College of Arts and Sciences, URI's Feinstein College of Continuing Education, PMA Industries, the URI Film Media Program, Rule Broadcast/Boston Camera, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Art New England Magazine and contributions from members and community supporters.
The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) discovers and empowers filmmakers. Held in Providence, and locations throughout the state of Rhode Island, RIIFF is one of only a handful of festivals worldwide that is a qualifying event for the Academy Awards (i.e. "Oscars"). RIIFF incorporates gala celebrations, premiere screenings, VIP guests, industry seminars, educational programs, and award ceremonies into a weeklong extravaganza. Cited as one of the "Best International and Short Film Festivals in the United States," RIIFF is New England's largest film festival, screening a record 236 films. Its innovative programming, cultivated industry ties, and loyal audiences have made the Festival a strategic and desirable platform for film premieres, drawing hundreds of independent filmmakers from around the globe. This year's Festival takes place August 4-9, 2009.
The Flickers Arts Collaborative, an organization with 28 years of experience presenting major artistic events as well as independent and foreign films to the public, produces the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
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