Events Calendar 2008
5th
Italian Film & Food Festival
Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street
Combine
classic and groundbreaking Italian films with classic and mouthwatering Italian
food to experience a feast for the
all the senses.
$15 per person includes a movie and genuine Italian fare!
Buy two tickets for the same show for $25!
Limited number of all-day passes available for $45 (includes all four movies with food!) in advance at the Video Fan, 403 N. Strawberry St. (in the Fan). Note: beverages sold separately.
All films in Italian with English subtitles.
The 5th Italian Food & Film Festival is sponsored by the Richmond Moving Image Co-op and these restaurants: Mamma 'Zu, 8 1/2 and Edo's Squid.
The
following 4 films will be screened:
>>See
complete film descriptions |
11 am
La Grande Strada Azzurra (The Wide Blue Road) 1957
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo |
2 pm
La Mortadella (Lady Liberty) 1972
Director: Mario Monicelli |
5 pm
Giulietta Degli Spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) 1965
Director: Federico Fellini |
8 pm
Divorzio All'Italiana (Divorce Italian Style) 1961
Director: Pietro Germi |
| Sat. & Sun., February 9 - 10 |
The BIGGEST Picture - Richmond's 1st Annual Environmental Film Festival
Brought to you by RMIC and VCU Evnironmental Defense.
The BIGGEST Picture Film Festival was created to raise awareness about urgent environmental issues.
Eight films, live music and speakers including Ralph Nader, Michael Jones, Brian Dixon and Larry Gibson.
> Festival site
| Monday, March 31 - Sunday, April 68 |
15th James River Film Festival
Complete information coming soon!
Short Film Competition Call for Entries - deadline: January 15, 2008.
> More about the festival.

FLICKER's Attack of the 50-ft. Reels
Wanted: 20 courageous filmmakers to produce 3-minute Super 8 films to be shown at the James River Film Festival in April.
Here's how it works:
The first 20 people to fill out the entry form and return it with the $25 entry fee get one roll of Super 8 film +processing and the opportunity to make a 3-minute movie. The catch is you must edit in-camera —that is you have to film in the order you want each scene to appear [unlike the way most movies are made]. When you finish, return the film to Flicker and we'll send it off for processing. To add a little intrigue, the first time the filmmakers get to see their films is during a special 10th anniversary FLICKER during the 2008 James River Film Festival.
Note: Since many cameras don't expose the Ektachrome color stock properly, we've decided to offer only black and white film. However, filmmakers are welcome to substitute K40 or Ektachrome if they have it.
Entry deadline: Monday, February, 4, 2008 (or when the 20 slots are filled).
Participants will receive film by: Friday, February 1.
Return exposed cartridges by: Monday, March 3 or sooner.
50-Ft. Reels Show: during JRFF, March 31 - April 6, 2008.
Download the entry form (pdf).
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RMIC News
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News & Events from Richmond & Beyond |
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August, 2007
Congratulations to Patrick Gregory, who
received a professional fellowship award for film-video from the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts.
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September, 2006
James Parrish, named one of Richmond's Top Forty Under 40 by Style Weekly. A collection of forty of Richmond’s most remarkable young men and women inspiring and serving others, changing our community for the better and exuding an enthusiasm about Richmond’s present and future.
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 September, 2005
James Parrish, received the 2005 Theresa Pollak Prize
for photography and film. The Pollak
Prizes are awarded annually by Richmond
Magazine to recognize local artistic accomplishments across
a number of disciplines. James is an RMIC co-founder and founder
of the Richmond Flicker Film Fest series.
The selection
committee said "We picked James Parrish because of the
incredible work he has done to promote grassroots filmmaking
in Richmond. In bringing Flicker to Richmond, he has
created a space for filmmakers that did not exist before.
James promotes a love of the process and displays a genuine
wonder at seeing images come to life. At Flicker, film
is not some rarified academic pursuit or distant corporate
affair but an art form accessible to everyone who has the
chutzpah to pick up a camera and show their finished films." |

May 5, 2005
Congratulations to Virginia filmmaker, Ward Howarth, who was recently
awarded a professional fellowship from the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts.
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March 14, 2005
Lights...Camera...Richmond:
What Virginia's $174 Million Film Industry Means to our Town (see article - pdf)
Reprint of an article in Richmond's City Edition that explores Richmond's attraction to filmmaking -- from
home-grown film art to international blockbusters. Includes
interviews with RMIC's James Parrish and Virginia Film Office
location manager, Andrew Edmunds who will speak at the 2005 James River Film Festival on April 10.
Article reprinted with permission from City
Edition.
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February 1, 2005
Ward Howarth's "Storm in a Bottle" recently received
the People's Choice Award at the Standing Rock International
Short Film and Video Festival in Kent Ohio. A native of Richmond,
Ward has been making films since his days as a college student
at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently a television
producer in Richmond, Ward is working on his first feature-length
script.
See
article in The Stater Online.
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December 8, 2004
Find out James Parrish's dream gift for Richmond as he and
other selected Richmond creatives offer their holiday ideas. From Style, What
to Give: Recommendations from Richmond creatives
by Carrie Nieman and Brandon Reynolds
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December 1, 2004
Style, Richmond's weekly magazine, highlights
area filmmakers working on independent feature films.
Megan
Holley:
The
Bigger Picture
One Richmond filmmakers continuing quest for Hollywood
by Daryl Grove
Jim
and Renee Stramel, RMIC's own James Parrish, Justin Dray,
and David Williams:
Other
Local Filmmakers Worth Watching |

October, 2004
RMIC moved into our new space at Plant Zero. This
move brings us one step closer to our dream of establishing
a media arts center with a theatre, production equipment and
editing facilities, and an education program with multi-week
filmmaking classes and shorter workshops.
Plant Zero is located in Richmond just south of the Mayo (14th
Street) Bridge at 0 East 4th Street.
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August, 2003
Richmond Magazine named RMIC's Mike Jones a recipient
of it's sixth annual Theresa Pollak Prizes. According to Richmond
Magazine, the prizes "recognize those who enrich
us with their talents and continue the creative legacy of
Theresa Pollak, founder of VCU's School of the Arts."
--- Congratulations,
Mike!
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May 8, 2003
Congratulations to Virginia filmmaker, Walker Allen for receiving an $8,000 fellowship from the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts. Walker was the winner of the James River Film
Festival's 2002 Juried Competition Award for his short film,
"The Peritoneal Surfaces are Smooth and Glistening."
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 APRIL2, 2003
RICHMOND'S STYLE Magazine cover story: "The
Indepentdent: The Long and Sometimes Strange Career of Richmond
Cinemaphile Mike Jones."
STYLE writer Wayne Melton presents a complete and
sometimes unusual depiction of one of Richmond's favorite
independent film lovers and founder of the James River Film
Festival and co-founder of RMIC (see
Style Weekly article). |

MARCH 26, 2003
RICHMOND.COM's
20-Questions interview with James Parrish, founder of the
Richmond Flicker and co-founder of RMIC.
Among other revelations, James says, "I have a thing for
chocolate stout beer."
SEE
ARTICLE |

 FEBRUARY 2003
MovieMaker Magazine ranks Richmond among The 10 Best
Cities in North America for Independent Moviemakers!
"Richmond: Feel the Momentum"
RMIC's Flicker and James River Film Festival are
mentioned among Richmond's independent film assets!
SEE
Article - Issue No. 49, Vol. 10
SEE
Virginia Film Office Press Release |
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