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• We Are the Change screening 10/19 @ SECCA!

  September 25, 2018
  

  RiverRun International Film Festival proudly welcomes students and teachers from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for a special screening of the documentary We Are The Change on October 19 at 7:00 p.m. at SECCA.   The film examines how the tragic events earlier this year inspired many of the surviving students to take on activist roles and illustrates the importance of students becoming activists on behalf of causes important to them. 

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• RiverRun Retro presents HIGH NOON with author Glenn Frankel on 8/17 and 8/18!

  July 10, 2018
  

  Our next installment of the RiverRun Retro series rides into town on Friday, August 17 at Hanesbrands Theatre in the form of Fred Zinnemann’s legendary western High Noon, starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Author Glenn Frankel will join film historian Foster Hirsch to discuss the iconic film classic, with a reception and book signing to immediately follow. 

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• SUMMER SHORTS at Foothills Brewing--FREE outdoor screening 7/28!

  June 26, 2018
  

  RiverRun and Foothills Brewing are joining forces this summer to deliver a FREE evening of family-friendly short films, with mood lighting provided by the trusty twilight of a North Carolina summer sky! We present to you SUMMER SHORTS: An Evening of Family Fun and Film on Saturday, July 28, featuring food trucks, live music, and a selection of outstanding, family-friendly short films from recent RiverRun lineups–all created by UNCSA School of Filmmaking student filmmakers!

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• Served Like a Girl--FREE screening 5/22

  May 17, 2018
  

  Served Like a Girl is a powerful and poignant look at a group of diverse female veterans as they transition from active duty to civilian life after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The free community screening will take place Tuesday, May 22, at 7:30 PM at the Huber Theatre on the campus of Salem College. A panel discussion will follow the screening.

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• RiverRun announces 2018 award winners!

  May 2, 2018
  

  The RiverRun International Film Festival today announced the Audience and Jury Awards for the 2018 Festival. The 20th annual Festival ran April 19-29 and presented 165 films, representing 40 countries.

  The films showcased in this year’s Festival reflected diverse stories from around the world from both emerging filmmakers and established directors.   “We had more than 2,000 submissions for our 2018 Festival and we had many difficult choices to make in completing the program.  The juries were very impressed with our competition films and agreed it was difficult to make their final decisions,” said Rob Davis, RiverRun Executive Director.

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• Advance Tickets Gone or Selling Fast (Updated 4/29/18)!

  April 28, 2018
  

  Check this page for updates on films that are selling fast–and don’t forget that you can try the wait list when advance tickets are gone!

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• Look & See -- Free screening 4/3

  March 23, 2018
  

  In 1965, Wendell Berry returned home to Henry County, where he bought a small farm house and began a life of farming, writing and teaching. A half century later Henry County, like many rural communities across America, has become a place of quiet ideological struggle. Filmed across four seasons in the farming cycle, Look & See attempts to characterize a place that is deeply interdependent with the people that inhabit it.

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• RiverRun 2018 preview reel

  March 21, 2018
  

  Take a sneak peek at some of the 165 films from over 40 countries in store for you at the 2018 Festival!

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• Dolores - Free Screenings 3/3 & 3/6

  February 22, 2018
  

  With intimate and unprecedented access, Peter Bratt’s Dolores tells the story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history. Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, she tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century. A panel discussion will follow the screenings. 

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• RiverRun 2018 Ticket Sampler Cards Now on Sale!

  February 21, 2018
  

  Again this year we have our discounted sampler card. The Ticket Sampler card is available for purchase at any RiverRun box office and costs $108 (but is valued at $120). The sampler card allows patrons to pick and choose what films and events they want to attend. You can either use them to see one $12 film screening, go to the Opening Gala for $18, go to a $6 matinee or just bring a bunch of your friends with you and use the whole card. The card will be punched by a RiverRun volunteer or box office staff member for whatever amount you choose to spend.

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• RiverRun Getaway Packages: Have an Epic Trip to the RiverRun International Film Festival!

  February 17, 2018
  

  Get away to Winston-Salem for the 20th RiverRun International Film Festival, April 19-29! Discover why they call it the “City of Arts & Innovation” as the festival transforms the city into a hotbed of independent film culture. Your RiverRun Getaway Package encourages you to explore groundbreaking cinema as well as Winston-Salem’s historic side and downtown culinary shopping destinations. (read more)

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• Call for Volunteers!

  February 17, 2018
  

  The RiverRun International Film Festival is seeking volunteers for this year’s Festival, April 19-29. Register today!

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• RiverRun Retro Presents: "3:10 to Yuma" Starring Glenn Ford with guest Peter Ford 2/20

  January 23, 2018
  

  RiverRun International Film Festival welcomes Peter Ford, son of actors Glenn Ford and Eleanor Powell, for a book signing at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro on February 19 and on February 20 at 7:00 p.m., an on-stage discussion about growing up in Hollywood and his parents’ careers and film screening at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem.

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• Tell Them We Are Rising -- Free screenings 2/3 & 2/13

  January 19, 2018
  

  “Tell Them We Are Rising” explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity. This film reveals the rich history of HBCUs and the power of higher education to transform lives and advance civil rights and equality in the face of injustice. 

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• RiverRun's 20th Birthday Bash!

  January 10, 2018
  

  Come celebrate our 20th anniversary with an evening of music from the Matt Kendrick Trio, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction of film and Festival memorabilia!
  Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
  Time: 6 – 8:30 PM
  Venue: The Atrium at Wake Forest Biotech Place
  575 N. Patterson Ave, Winston-Salem 
  Tickets: $35 each or 2/$60, on sale now at riverrun20.brownpapertickets.com/

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• RiverRun Retro: Marx Brothers "A Night at the Opera" screening with guest Chris Hart 1/14

  December 22, 2017
  

  RiverRun Retro welcomes Christopher Hart, son of Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart, and Foster Hirsch, professor of film at Brooklyn College and author of 16 film and theatre books on Sunday, January 14 at 5:00 pm for a screening of A Night at the Opera at RED Cinemas in Greensboro. Hart’s mother, Kitty Carlisle, co-starred in the film. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Christopher Hart and Foster Hirsch.

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• RiverRun Retro: FREE Screening of "Gentleman's Agreement" with guest Chris Hart 1/13

  December 13, 2017
  

  RiverRun Retro and Temple Emanuel welcome Christopher Hart, son of Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart, and Foster Hirsch, professor of film at Brooklyn College and author of 16 film and theatre books on Saturday, January 13 at 7:00 pm for a FREE Screening of “Gentleman’s Agreement” at Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem.

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• I Am Not Your Negro - Free Screening 1/09

  November 6, 2017
  

  One of the most acclaimed films of the year and an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary, I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words, spoken by Samuel L. Jackson, and with a flood of rich archival material.

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• Birth of a Movement -- Free Screening 11/11

  November 6, 2017
  

  In 1915, African-American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky (who created a new score and remix of the Griffith film), as well as numerous clips from the technically groundbreaking but racially astounding epic.

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• RiverRun Retro: Hollow Triumph with guest Monika Heinreid 11/4

  October 17, 2017
  

  Filmmaker Monika Henreid joins us November 3rd and 4th for two programs about her father: actor, director and Hollywood Blacklist survivor, Paul Henreid. Widely remembered for his role as raconteur Victor Laszlo in the iconic Casablanca, Henreid appeared in a wide range of films across a variety of genres including Now, Voyager, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Devotion, The Spanish Main, Of Human Bondage, Night Train to Munich, In Our Time, Song of Love, Deception, Rope of Sand and many others. 

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• RiverRun Retro: Now, Voyager with guest Monika Henreid 11/3

  October 16, 2017
  

  Filmmaker Monika Henreid joins us November 3rd and 4th for two programs about her father: actor, director and Hollywood Blacklist survivor, Paul Henreid. Widely remembered for his role as raconteur Victor Laszlo in the iconic Casablanca, Henreid made his Hollywood debut in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and appeared in a wide range of films across a variety of genres including Now, Voyager, The Spanish Main, and many others.

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• Private Violence FREE Screening @ SECCA 10/19

  October 3, 2017
  

  In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, RiverRun is pleased to present a FREE community screening of the 2014 documentary Private Violence. In this outstanding Emmy nominated film, director Cynthia Hill explores a simple but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home.

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• Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary 10/10 & 10/26

  September 24, 2017
  

  Chasing Trane is about an outside-the-box thinker whose boundary-shattering music continues to impact and influence people around the world. This portrait of a remarkable jazz artist reveals the critical events, passions, experiences and challenges that shaped the life of John Coltrane and his revolutionary sounds.

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• Best of 48 Hour Film Project comes to Winston-Salem on 9/21!

  August 15, 2017
  

  RiverRun is proud to partner with the Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project for an encore screening of this year’s local award-winning short films on Thursday, September 21 at Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem. The 48 Hour Film Project entails a wild and sleepless weekend in which teams of all ages, numbers and backgrounds create short films–write, shoot, edit and produce–in just 48 hours. Tickets to this screening are only $5, available at the door on the night of the event, and showtime is at 7:30 pm.

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• Madmen and Masters: Jodorowsky's Dune @SECCA 8/25

  July 31, 2017
  

  Alejandro Jodorowsky’s daring and psychedelic films of the early 1970’s, El Topo and The Holy Mountain, cemented his status as the Godfather of the Midnight Movie. Through intimate and honest conversations with Jodorowsky, plus interviews with legends and luminaries including H.R. Giger (artist, Alien), Gary Kurtz (producer, Star Wars) and Nicolas Winding Refn (director, Drive and Valhalla Rising), this film finally unearths the full saga of “the greatest movie never made.” Tickets are $8.

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• The Night of the Iguana -- RiverRun Retro screening June 23

  June 5, 2017
  

  Our newly forged RiverRun Retro series will team with the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts to present our first collaborative “Controversial Classic.” On Friday June 23, the 1964 classic The Night of the Iguana, starring Smithfield, North Carolina native and Hollywood icon Ava Gardner, will be screened at SECCA.

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• RiverRun Announces 2017 Jury & Audience Awards

  April 10, 2017
  

  “The films showcased in this year’s Festival reflected diverse stories from around the world from both emerging filmmakers and established directors. We had more than 1,700 submissions for our 2017 Festival and we had many difficult choices to make in completing the program. The juries were very impressed with our competition films and agreed it was difficult to make their final decisions,” said Rob Davis, RiverRun Executive Director.

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