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FLICKERS' RIIFF Encore Film Series

24nov6:00 p.m.10:10 p.m.FLICKERS' RIIFF Encore Film SeriesTwo Nights Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenings

Event Details

Tuesday 11/24/2020

FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival Encore Film Series
The venue opens at 6:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m. International Short Films
Second Feature gates open at 8:10 p.m.

8:30 p.m. Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Shorts
The second feature ends at 10:10 p.m.

$5 ticket per person (12 and under free) for either or both shows
No late arrivals for safety reasons.

Wednesday 11/25/2020

FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival Encore Film Series
The venue opens at 6:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m. Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Short Films
Second Feature gates open at 8:10 p.m.

8:30 p.m. International Short Films
The second feature ends at 10:10 p.m.

$5 ticket per person (12 and under free) for either or both shows
No late arrivals for safety reasons.


International Short Films Series

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival presents a collection of its award winning international short films from this year’s festival. 

Grandad was a Romantic | Maryam Mohajer, Director | 5 min. | United Kingdom, 2019. 

My grandad was a romantic. He once saw a picture of my granny and realised that she was the love of his life. One day he decided to go meet my granny.

Ivo | Christina Lande, Director |  19 min. | Norway, 2020. 

The teacher Iben (64) lives alone with her dog Ivo in a small coastal community in Lofoten. She’s always felt like an outsider in the village, and life doesn’t get any easier when one of her students claims he’s been bitten by her dog.

Trumpet | Kevin Haefelin, Director | 17 min. | Switzerland/USA, 2020.

A Japanese trumpet player on a cultural pilgrimage to discover New York City jazz experiences a hell of a night after being lost in Brooklyn.

Mishou | Milen Vitanov, Director | 8 min. | Bulgaria/Germany, 2020.

The lives of four lively Arctic hares take a turn after discovering a strange new creature.

Matriochkas |  Bérangère Mc Neese, Director | 24 min. | Belgium, 2020. 

Anna is 16, and lives with her young mother, Rebecca. It is the end of another summer defined by her mom’s flings and conquests, but during which Anna begins to discover her own sensuality. 

Mary and Margaret | Gregory Caruso, Director | 7 min. | USA, 2019. 

A young filmmaker, Mary, contemplates different story ideas, resulting in the appearance of her own fictional character, Margaret. 

She | Matt Greenhalgh, Director | 5 min.| United Kingdom, 2020. 

A frantic young woman struggles against an unforgiving inner voice that battles against all logic, rhyme or reason… Compelling her to endure a physical, mental journey that takes her right to the very edge.

Interlude | Eli Snyder, Director | 14 min. | USA, 2019. 

After witnessing a liquor store robbery degenerate into a liquor store slaughter, Terrance finds himself trapped and attempts to escape to the place he knows best.

Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Shorts

Jack and Jo don’t want to die | Kantu Lentz, Director | 19min. | USA, 2019. 

Jack, a man disillusioned with life, works the night shift at a freezing facility where people choose to halt their lives. 

The Haunted Swordsman | Kevin McTurk, Director | 16 min. | USA, 2019. 

In this handcrafted epic puppet film set in a world of demons and ghosts, a lone samurai and his odd companion, a cursed severed head, seek vengeance in a haunted world.

We Hear Running | Karine Dashney, Director | 11 min. | Canada, 2020. 

How two family members cope in isolation when the world has gone awry.

Carmentis | Antony Webb, Director | 15 min. | Australia, 2020. 

A grief stricken miner finds himself injured on the desolate planet Carmentis and must overcome his personal demons in order to survive, but can he get there before the planet freezes?

Odd Girl | Rami Kahlon, Director | 13 min. | Canada, 2019. 

Dylan, a popular and charismatic high school student, finds his perfect existence suddenly compromised by the unwelcome attentions of lonely outcast, Belinda. 

Something Doesn’t Feel Right | Fergal Costello, Ireland | 10 min. | Ireland, 2019. 

A weary slasher villain puts in the hours and planning necessary to pull off perfect kills until he encounters victims that don’t behave like they should, dammit.

Abe’s Story | Adam H. Stewart, Director | 12 min. Ireland, 2019. 

Set in Victorian London, Abe an overworked Irish writer draws inspiration from his day job in the theatre to write a bloody brilliant novel.

Event Times

(Tuesday) 6:00 p.m. - 10:10 p.m.(GMT-05:00)