Ridgefield Independent Film Festival Announces Selections

Twenty-four community screeners have completed the daunting task of selecting films for the first Ridgefield Independent Film Festival (RIFF), to be held May 20-22, 2016 at various venues in Ridgefield, CT.

Close to two hundred films from 34 countries were submitted to RIFF for consideration during the submission period, which was June 15, 2015 – January 1, 2016. Films were rated on a point system based on the film’s originality, creativity, direction, writing, cinematography, performances, production value, pacing, structure, and sound/music.

Seventy-three films from 23 countries were ultimately selected to be shown at the festival in May and will be screened at various locations around Ridgefield, including: Ridgefield Library, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Prospector Theater, Keeler Tavern Museum, and The Ridgefield Playhouse.

Of the 73 official selections, 6 are Narrative Features, 7 are Documentary Features, 20 are Narrative Shorts, 4 are Documentary Shorts, 5 are Animated Shorts, 29 are in the Student category, and 2 are Web/New Media.

RIFF would like to warmly thank all of the community screeners for their time, energy, thoughtful comments and genuine love of film. Screeners include: Chelsea Barrett, Dawn Berenson, Jon Bosscher, Abigail Boyar, Kristie Brady, Bridget Butler, Savita Choudhary, Lisa Cohen, Spencer Eldridge, Russell Findlay, Mary Harold, Meryl Harold, Nathan Harold, Olivia Harold, DJ Martin Harold, Karine Hils, Emelie Howard, Joanne Hudson, Ryan Junell, Tracy Kilmartin, Marjorie Kingsley, Elise Miller, Sean Murphy, and Jillian Rae.

The Ridgefield Independent Film Festival is a site-specific film festival whose mission is to make the world a more compassionate place through the sharing of stories through cinema, and to give comfort and aid to the hardworking filmmaker who shares this vision.

While individual tickets for feature films and blocks of film shorts will go on sale soon, the best way to RIFF by far is to purchase a festival pass. Passes are on sale now at http://www.riff.website/get-tickets/

More information about RIFF can be found on their website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: RIFF2016