Calling All Cinema Lovers: Ridgefield Independent Film Festival Starts May 18th
- platefulofgoodness
- May 5, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: May 13, 2023
The 8th annual Ridgefield Independent Film Festival (RIFF) returns Thursday, May 18th to Sunday, May 21st with 46 films and four parties. Spanning four days at six unique Ridgefield venues, the festival will bring films and filmmakers from around the world and around the corner for in-person screenings, parties, and panel discussions aimed to enlighten, entertain, and inspire moviegoers through compelling visual storytelling.
To kick off the festival Ridgefield Playhouse will be hosting a screening of The Little White Lie, followed by a filmmaker Q&A and reception. The movie is based on the book Shriver and author, Chris Belden will be in attendance for the Q&A session. Additional programming on Thursday May 18th include student films, Made in Connecticut documentary feature, and Iranian cinema shorts.
RIFF will be screening films at the Ridgefield Library and Prospector Theater on Friday May 19th with programming Essential Documentaries, an International feature, Iranian Cinema Feature, and Black Flag Shorts. On Friday night the festival will present the Featured Rom-Com Hard Shell, Soft Shell. The screening will include a signature cocktail, dessert reception and a Q&A with the filmmakers.
On Saturday May 20th, the festival will have screenings running all day and evening at the Theater Barn and Keeler Tavern Museum. The first event is Breakfast & a Rom Com, which features a screening with cinema classic, His Girl Friday, and breakfast catered by Quartertone Coffee and PopUp Bagels. Documentary features, Love Gone Wrong Shorts program, GIRLS V. BOYS: Guy Friends screening and Q&A, Provocative Shorts, JessZilla film screening and Q&A, Saturday Night Flick screening of the film Daddy with hot dogs from Chez Leonard and Nod Hill Brewery.craft beer. Psych Night, a collection of short films at the Ridgefield Theater Barn is the final event on Saturday.
Sunday will be devoted to an Awards Ceremony at Keeler Tavern Museum.
For information and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.riffct.org/
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