Post written by Laureline, a United Planet team member.

The 12th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), which takes place August 5 -12, 2008, is featuring 300 long films, short films, and documentaries from 53 countries. The event, which is being hosted by select theaters in Providence and Newport, will be debuting some films from my native country of France.

If you are tired of the beach and the sun and are looking to immerse yourself in some foreign culture, why not join me and others in a nice cool move theater! If you like French films, there are two that I highly recommend seeing. The first is Christmas Dream (“Songe d’une Nuit de Noël”) a moving story about a young girl who runs away at Christmas. Lost in Paris, she meets a traverse flute player who helps her discover a passion for music.

I would also recommend Between the Folds, a documentary jointly produced by the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Israel. It tells the story of “10 fine artists and intrepid scientists who abandon[] careers and scoff[] at hard-earned graduate degrees – all to forge the unconventional life of a modern-day paperfolder.”

The festival is open to any movie theater professional or amateur. Film-goers can choose from a variety of pass/ticket packages. For more information, please check out the festival’s site: http://www.film-festival.org/index07A.htm

I hope to see you at the movies…

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 at 6:13 pm and is filed under France, French films, local culture, Local festival, Team Stories, United Planet. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.