Flickers' Opening Night Gala & President's Reception

10 Providence Place,Providence RI 02903

09 August, 2022

Description

Join us for our Opening Night Gala preceded by our annual President's Reception. Discover an unforgettably memorable selection of short films from around the world and New England that await audiences at the gala opening night of the 40th Annual Flickers. This year’s selection will engage, entertain and audience’s may discover the next Academy Award nominee. (To date, 66 films that have premiered at the Festival have gone on to receive Academy Award nominations. There have been 10 wins.) As part of it’s long tradition, Flickers will celebrate the “Art of the Short Film” representing an array of genres that salute RIIFF’s unique status: out of more than 7,000 film festivals world wide, the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival is one of only a handful of qualifying Festivals with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—the Oscars––in the Live Action, Animation and Documentary short categories, the Canadian Screen Awards and the British Academy of Television & Film Arts (BAFTA). It is the lone Festival in New England with these accolades and one of 10 nationwide.