On August 7, 2012, Flickers celebrates its 30th Anniversary Year and kicks-off its 16th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) in Providence, RI. This week-long celebration of independent cinema and film arts is New England's largest film festival and only Academy Award (i.e. "Oscars") qualifying event. Out of the 7,000-plus film festivals worldwide, only 75 of them share this distinction. In addition to film screenings, the festival will feature the return of the RI Film Forum—geared to be a region-wide educational workshop on bringing film production to the Ocean State—award ceremonies, filmmaker symposia, the annual ScriptBiz Screenwriting Workshop, a walking tour of film locations in Providence, and networking events. For more information about the festival, please visit: www.rifilmfest.org.
