Rhode Island International Film Festival
RIIFF
The Rhode Island International Film Festival has secured its place in the global community as the portal for the best international independent cinema; bringing together world-class celebrities, award-winning filmmakers, and audience members. The Festival is a qualifier for the Short Film Academy Awards and ranked one of the top 12 Festivals in the US.
9th edition
2005 | 9 - 14 August
Grand Prize for Best Short Film
11
Best Animation
7
Grand Prize - Best Children's Film
15
Best Cinematography
3
2nd Place - Best Short Film
20
2nd Place - Best Screenplay
4
Boy
New Zealand | 2004 | 14:59
Director: Welby Ings
A young male prostitute lives in a fantasy world full of broken angel-like dolls. By accident, he uncovers the truth behind a fatal accident in his ho...
6
El Diente de oro
The Gold Tooth
Peru | 2005 | 15:00
Director: Daniel Rodriguez
Life is a gift, life grants you gifts, but everyone has, within him, the seed of his own downfall: his gold tooth. In the end comes tragedy: an everla...
1
Goodnight Bill
United States | 2005 | 19:00
Directors: Jeremy Kipp Walker, J Anderson Mitchell
A cynical old man, forced to share his hospital with a stranger who he discovers is gay, learns through the power of friendship that it's never too la...
4
Hibernation
United Kingdom | 2005 | 15:00
Director: John Williams
1985. A secret treehouse. Two children disguised in animal costumes experiment to revive a bee. But they are searching to bring back something much bi...
11
Lift
United States | 2004 | 29:00
Directors: Jeff Garton, Hugues Dalton
How far would you go to meet the woman of your dreams? He's a lift operator. She's afraid of elevators. (Starring Dominique Pinon.)
20
The Mantis Parable
United States | Feb 2005 | 8:00
Director: Josh Staub
The charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand.
15
A Message from Fallujah
Australia | 2005 | 15:00
Director: Richard Gibson
Daniel Crane, a civil engineer working to rebuild war-torn Iraq, is kidnapped on his last day in Fallujah. He finds himself beaten and alone, a hostag...
3
Pee Shy
United States | 2004 | 15:00
Director: Deb Hagan
A boy becomes so frightened by his scout leader's campfire stories that he humiliates himself one night, and becomes the object of the scout leader's ...
7
Surly Squirrel
Canada | 2005 | 10:45
Director: Peter Lepeniotis
A starving park squirrel and rat come across a discarded pizza slice. The duo's greed disrupts the natural order of the park. Simultaneously, across t...
7
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
My Name Is Yu Ming
Ireland | 2003 | 13:00
Director: Daniel O’Hara
Yu Ming wishes to escape his dull life working in a grocery store in China. With a spin of the globe, he chooses Ireland as his destination, and then ...
2
Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action Animation Documentary
Experimental Music videoCompetition and rewards
International competition
No cash awards No screening fees
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