Richmond International Film Festival announces 2016 line up

by | Feb 12, 2016

The Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) returns with a four-day cavalcade of more than 120 cutting edge award-winning films from six continents – from

The Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) returns with a four-day cavalcade of more than 120 cutting edge award-winning films from six continents – from Germany to Brazil, Australia to Ethiopia – now in its fifth year, and one of the largest international competitive film festivals in the mid-Atlantic – RIFF will kick off on Thursday, March 3 with the screening of feature, short, documentary, experimental, and animated films throughout the day at Richmond’s historic Byrd Theatre and Bowtie Movieland Cinemas.

Check out the lineup below with some of the features and shorts being screened:

DIABLO Starring Danny Glover, Scott Eastwood, Walton Goggins, Camilla Belle

HOOVEY Directed by Sean McNamara. Starring Stephen Baldwin, David Arquette, Lauren Holly.

DEAD SATURDAY Starring Eric Roberts (THE DARK KNIGHT, THE EXPENDABLES)

JOSEPHINE Shot in Virginia & will get its World Premiere at RIFF. Written by Aaron Carnahan and Rory Feek. Directed by Rory Feek. Starring Boris McGiver, Alice Coulthard, and Linds Edwards.

JOSEPHINE – trailer 10-12-15 from Hickory Films on Vimeo.

COMING THROUGH THE RYE Shot in Virginia & will get its Richmond Premiere at RIFF. Starring Stefania LaVie Owen, Chris Cooper, Adrian Pasdar. Written and directed by James Steven Sadwith.

COMING THROUGH THE RYE – TRAILER from CTTR on Vimeo.

GONE SOUTH: How Canada Invented Hollywood. Starring Howie Mandel, David Foster, Alex Trebek.

Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood Trailer from lessbland on Vimeo.

DUST Starring Masashi Odate (THE LAST SAMURAI; LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA).

INTERWOVEN Starring Mo’nique

THE BRAVEST, THE BOLDEST Starting Carlos Alban (WHIP IT, 21 GRAMS)

ON THE WING Starting Shirley Jones (THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, RAISING HOPE)

BLUEY Starring Tasia Zalar and Matt Nable

EVERY BEAUTIFUL THING Starring Lauren Weedman

ROMEO IS BLEEDING Starring Pete Horner

THE BARRY AND RO SHOW Starring Jeff Richards

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