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Newport International Film Festival
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“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. Born on the sixth of June, twenty eight years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?” Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement ‘mum’. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
2009 NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALJune 3 – 7, 2009The 2009 NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL announced its Jury; Student & Audience Award winners at an event on Sunday, June 7 in the Filmmaker Lounge at the fest headquarters at Empire Tea & Coffee in Newport.The awards ceremony was kicked off and introduced by Executive Director Jennifer Maizel along with Artistic Director Tom Hall and Programmers Holly Herrick and Andrea van Bueren. The 2009 Newport International Film Festival Narrat...
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Week-long Film Festival in historic Newport, Rhode Island, features documentaries, shorts, feature-length films and children`s festival and includes competition, themed sidebars, and a retrospective.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
Promoting independent film and creating exciting networking opportunities for film-makers and film-lovers, plus plenty of awards!
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Newport International Film Festival 2011 is a proud supporter of Welsh film, British film, student films, world films and independent films.
We aim to give you a great platform to screen your film, and great venues for your audience to watch them in.
We had sell out screenings for our 2010 festival, Prizes worth hundreds of £'s and more beautiful glass crystal awards than ever before.
We focus on films with a great story, great acting and that deserve to be seen.
We have excellent links with local press and will also post an on-line review of each film screened at the Festival.
Each film selected for a screening will be nominated for at least one award.
All film-makers receive two passes to the Festival, as well as receive discounted local hotel rooms.
Newport is a great city, with the Ryder Cup golf course just up the road and the capital of Wales in the other direction.
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Filmfestivals.com and Film Festival Locarno in partnership with CFC Media Lab, Telefilm Canada are proud to present Future of Cinema Salon Series at the Film Festival Locarno (August 9 11.00 to 12.30 at the Forum) Do not miss The Premiere Panel on digital distribution in association with XDC Visit http://futureofcinema.fest21.com...
The highly regarded Newport International Film Festival (a local Cannes, according to one travel magazine) has announced that Jennifer Maizel has become the new Executive Director of the Newport International Film Festival. Maizel had a prior stint with NIFF in 2006 as the Director of Guest Services. Most recently, she has served, for the past three years, as Managing Director of the Sarasota Film Festival. “Jen is a superb addition to the NIFF, just the kind of person to take us to the nex...
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The Newport International Film Festival (NIFF) will host an exclusive screening of “Young@Heart” at its spring fundraiser on Sunday, April 27th, at the Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center in Newport. This is the final screening before the film’s national release. Following the screening, there will be a live performance by the famed chorus group Young@Heart, fresh from their national promotional tour. Tickets for the screening and performance go on sale Monday, March 31st. Visit www.n...
This October marks the 15th anniversary of the Hamptons International Film Festival. With a history of debuting countless Oscar contenders, boasting a rich collection of acclaimed foreign cinema, embracing local artists and always fostering innovation in filmmaking; the Hamptons continues to thrive as an artistic trademark of the East End and a premiere festival worldwide. This year’s Festival runs October 17th – 21st. For more information: www.hamptonsfilmfest.org."Our Fifteenth Anniversa...
Laurie B. Kirbie, the executive director of the Newport International Film Festivals (NIFF) has left after a four-year reign and moved on to helm the California based Ojai Film Festival. Thus reflections about changes and repositioning the festival have set in after its ten editions. On the surface the festival has delivered. In 2007 there were more than 800 submissions. Thirty five feature films and documentaries as well as numerous shorts and children’s films were featured in the program ...
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The 2005 Newport International Film Festival, the 8th Annual event, will get underway Tuesday, June 7th – 12th, 2005, and run for six glorious days and nights of entertaining films, informative symposiums, and, of course, those glamorous Newport parties. The Festival atmosphere is relaxed, yet filled with all the enchantment, energy, and excitement of Hollywood. The Newport International Film Festival draws filmmakers and celebrities from around the world. This year the festival will honor wri...
The 2005 Newport International Film Festival, the 8th Annual event, will get underway Tuesday, June 7th – 12th, 2005, and run for six days and nights of entertaining films, informative symposiums, and, of course, those glamorous Newport parties. The Festival atmosphere is relaxed, yet filled with all the enchantment, energy, and excitement of Hollywood. This year the festival will honor writer/director/actor/musician Michael McKean with the annual Claiborne Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement....
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