NIFF 2008
NIFF Announces 2008 Lineup
NEWPORT, R.I. - (April 30, 2008) - Every summer starts off with the promise of sun and fun. It may be impossible to guarantee the sun, but the Newport International Film Festival can guarantee the fun.
Beginning on Tuesday June 3rd, the 11th annual Newport International Film Festival (NIFF) kicks off with the documentary Man on Wire, which explores high wire artist Philippe Petit's daring high-wire performance between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in August 1974.
What follows for the next five days of NIFF is no less inspiring, with a wide range of films sure to satisfy everyone from the “euro-cinephile” to the skip-roping kids at the park.
The full schedule of NIFF screenings will be available here on or about May 15.
More on the 2008 Lineup
— NIFF Children's Program Lineup
— A Sampling of Films in the 2008 Program
FULL SCHEDULE OF SCREENINGS
WILL BE REVEALED ON MAY 9
It is not just the films that are new to this year’s NIFF. This is Louisa Percudani’s first year as executive director, hot off her successful run as assistant director of the Sedona Film Festival. Louisa has brought with her a programmer that is no stranger to R.I.’s film exhibitor’s world, Eric Bilodeau, who for the past 18 years was film programmer for the Cable Car Cinema.
NIFF will also be expanding to two new venues in addition to the cinemas that have anchored the festival since its inception, The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center and the Opera House. These new venues are The Tennis Hall of Fame, in Newport and The Cable Car Cinema, in Providence.
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'Then She Found Me' screens May 12th
Actress Helen Hunt's directorial debut is the featured film for May's "Second Monday Cinema Series" on May 12.
Adapted from Elinor Lipman’s novel of the same name, THEN SHE FOUND ME, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life’s questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation.
The screening starts at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 12, at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro St., Newport. Tickets are $10, or $8 for Film Newport members, and can be purchased at the door starting at 5:30 pm on the 12th.
Attending the screening to answer questions will be Elinor Lipman, who wrote the novel upon which the screenplay is based.
(NOTE: There will be no Second Monday screening in June.)
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Children's Prgram Lineup
A look at the 2008 NIFF Children's Program.
Film Sampling 2008
A look at some of the noteworthy films scheduled for screening at NIFF 2008.
May's 'Second Monday'
Helen Hunt's directorial debut, "Then She Found Me," screens May12th as part of NIFF's "Second Monday Cinema Series."