RI INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FEST RETURNS FOR ITS 13TH GHOULISH YEAR

63 FILMS, 20 COUNTRIES, 4 RUNNING DAYS, 1 Preview Screening, 1 OPENING NIGHT SPOOKTACULAR, 1 FILMMAKER Forum, Expanded statewide presence and a popular H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour

Festival Unleashes A Cinematic Symphony Of Horror From Across The Globe

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (10/8/12) — A symphony of cinematic horror slashes its way across the big screen as the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) unspools its 13^th Annual RI International Horror Film Festival, October 25-28th. In addition to its traditional spooky film fare, this year's festival includes a return of its popular H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour presented in collaboration with the RI Historical Society, a Date-Night of Horror with an exclusive screening of “The Barrens” starring Stephen Moyers (True Blood), and a Forum that looks behind the scenes of making horror films in the Ocean State featuring Steven Feinberg, Executive Director of the RI Film and Television Office

The 2012 festival will include an expanded focus featuring horror, thrillers and sci-fi programming plus screenings in Providence at three locations: Jamestown, Kingston, Bristol, and Newport at Fort Adams State Park.

The FLICKERS: RI International Horror Film Festival is an eerie-sistable salute to what is an often-overlooked genre that will include a bevy of World and U.S. Premiers of short, feature-length and documentary films. In all 63 films have been selected from 461 submissions and include works from 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Georgia and the United States. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance, so audience members will have a chance to meet, ask questions, and even network with the next generation of horror-auteurs.

General Admission for screenings is $10.00 per person. Festival 6-packs available at $40 (good year round and at any RIIFF film event) can be purchased online: http://www.film-festival.org/SixPack08.php. Group Discounts can be arranged by calling the Festival office at 401/861.4445

The full schedule for this year Festival can be found at this URL: http://www.film-festival.org/HorrorCALENDAR12.php

The FLICKERS: RI International Horror Film Festival is sponsored by Amtrak, Fort Adams State Park, The Providence Phoenix, RISCA, Cox on Demand, The Rhode Island Film & Television Office, The Harrington School of Communications and Media at the University of Rhode Island, The URI College of Arts & Sciences, The Film Media Program, and the URI Feinstein College of Continuing Education, Roger Williams University and the RWU Film Production Club.

General Admission for screenings is $10.00 per person. The full schedule for this year Festival can be found at this URL: http://www.film-festival.org/HorrorCALENDAR12.php

ABOUT FLICKERS: RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:

The FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) has secured its place in the global community as the portal for the best in international independent cinema, earning the respect of domestic and foreign filmmakers, filmgoers and trend watchers. This confluence of art and commerce brought together world-class celebrities, award-winning filmmakers, new talent and audience members in record numbers last year. Ranked as one of the top-12 festivals in the United States, RIIFF is one of 75 festivals worldwide that is a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards through its partnership with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. For more information on the festival, please visit www.RIFilmFest.org.

For more information about the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival, running Aug. 6-11, 2013 at The Vets (formerly Veterans Memorial Auditorium), please visit our website at www.RIFilmFest.org or call us at 401.861.4445.