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Rhode Island International Film Festival

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.

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11^th edition

2007 | 7 - 12 August

Awards

Selected short films

Edition details

Grand Prize - Best Short Film

Tanghi Argentini

Belgium | 2006 | 14:00

Director: Guido Thys

First Place - Short Film

Moi

United States

Director: Yan England

First Place - Animation

Everything Will Be OK

United States | 2006 | 17:00

Director: Don Hertzfeldt

First Place - Cinematography

Pismo

The Letter

Russia | May 2007 | 17:45

Director: Matvei Zhivov

First Place - Experimental

Happily Ever After

United States | May 2007 | 4:14

Director: Lidia Sheinin

Everything Will Be OK

United States | 2006 | 17:00

Director: Don Hertzfeldt

A series of dark and troubling events force Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.

Fetch

United Kingdom | Jul 2006 | 1:15

Director: Dana Dorian

Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a game of fetch, but Cumberland has other ideas.

Happily Ever After

United States | May 2007 | 4:14

Director: Lidia Sheinin

Is there ever really a happy end?

Hip Hip Hurray!

United Kingdom | Jan 2007 | 1:00

Director: Dana Dorian

A simple, endearing animation that brings a four-year-old boy's description of birthday parties in Scotland to life.

The Job

United States | Jan 2007 | 3:11

Director: Jonathan Browning

The immigration debate just got a little funnier.

Moi

United States

Director: Yan England

Fifteen year old Alexis is passionate about cinema and dreams of becoming a film director. But, when reality collides with his dreams, Alexis’ world c...

Pismo

The Letter

Russia | May 2007 | 17:45

Director: Matvei Zhivov

A wounded Russian soldier puts his wife to an emotional test, with a result he didn’t anticipate.

Tanghi Argentini

Belgium | 2006 | 14:00

Director: Guido Thys

Despite the faceless, cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy. Instead of the classical cliché Christmas...

Traces

Finland | Sep 2006 | 32:28

Director: Mauri Pasanen

One person's quest to re-establish a family connection broken by the Holocaust and the Iron Curtain.

The Wine Bar

United States | Aug 2006 | 12:00

Director: Christian Remde

On a winter night in New York City, an average guy, Henry (Seth Fisher), wanders into an upscale wine bar looking for a beer. Obviously out of place, ...