Share this on

Winston festival to screen 110 films

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 18, 2004

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Need a cinematic break from home furnishings showrooms?

The RiverRun International Film Festival in this city just northwest of High Point will show more than 110 films from Thursday through Sunday, April 22-25.

RiverRun, which started in Brevard, N.C., six years ago and moved to Winston-Salem last year, showcases new independent dramatic, documentary, short, student and animated films. Several critically acclaimed works seen at Sundance and other top festivals will be screened.

"RiverRun was a tremendous success in 2003 and we are fine-tuning all aspects of the festival to make this year even better," said Dale Pollock, the event's executive director and dean of the School of Filmmaking at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, which presents the festival. "We have added some additional programs and will screen even more films this year."

Among the films coming this year:

• "How Arnold Won the West," British filmmaker Alex Cooke's documentary about the bizarre race for California governor.

• "Family Tree," starring Talia Shire, Harland Williams and Ethan Phillips, the live-action debut of Vicky Jensen, co-director of the animated hit "Shrek," about a dysfunctional family.

• "Two Soldiers," the Oscar winner for best live action short. Director Aaron Schneider will attend the festival.

• "A Peck on the Cheek," a poignant Indian film about a girl's quest to find her birth mother in Sri Lanka.

• A complete schedule is on the Web at www.riverrunfilm.com . Information also is available by phone at (336) 724-1502. Single tickets for the various showings start at $5 and a variety of ticket packages are available.

Films will be shown at the 1,200-seat Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem and at the School of the Arts' ACE Cinema Complex, with three movie theaters. Some films also will be shown this year at The Garage, a music club in the city's Arts District.

RiverRun received more than 500 films for consideration this year, more than triple what it received in 2003.

More than 25% of the films to be screened this year are international — from 22 countries — and about three-quarters of them are in languages other than English and will be subtitled.

In addition to film screenings, the festival will host workshops and panels on films and filmmaking, and events including a Filmmakers Party and a Kick-Off Block Party.

Share this on

Related Content

• Topics
• Author
• Most Popular Pages

N.C. festivals offer fun getaways after market

May 1, 2005

Also by this author

• Advertising and promotions, 2006

• Employees, payroll, 2006

• Sourcing, 2006

• Insights on how to use this issue

• The basics, 2006

Also by Staff Staff

Most Viewed Articles

• Interior Lifestyle China show set for Oct. 10-13

• HOM Furniture adds flooring to six Twin Cities stores

• Cory honored for using Descartes software to improve operations

• Ashley Furniture opens first China store in Shanghai

• 21 companies from Turkey, Taiwan and China to exhibit at Showtime

Sponsored Links

• Resource Center
• Browse Categories
• Browse Companies

Featured Company

• Brandwise Inc.

  

  Brandwise serves a model - not just an industry - by integrating, automating, and optimizing the entire sales channel, from wholesale Suppliers to their Reps and the Retailers they service. In short, our software helps Reps and Suppliers sell more and create... more

---

Related Resources

• Rugs 101 - Special Edition
• Web Based Intelligence Gathering
• Shopatron: Bicycles & eCommerce