The Ivy Film Festival started in 2001 as a place
for undergraduate and graduate filmmakers to share their work, and interact
with other student filmmakers as well as established figures in the film
industry. We present selected films and screenplays to a wide audience, and a
panel of celebrity judges (including directors, producers, writers, and agents)
views the best selections from the festival.
We're now the largest student-run festival in the
world and attract a diverse crowd of students, filmmakers, screenwriters and
industry professionals and elite. Past guests have included Jack Nicholson,
Martin Scorsese, Tim Robbins, Oliver Stone, John Cho, Chan-wook Park, Adrien
Brody, Wes Craven, James Franco, Aaron Sorkin, and just to name a few. In
addition, the Ivy Film Festival has shown advance screenings of a wide range of
films, including: 127 Hours (2011), Ceremony (2011), Cyrus (2010), Waiting for
Superman (2010), (500) Days of Summer (2009), No Country for Old Men (2007),
Eagle vs. Shark (2007), Half Nelson (2006), Murderball (2005), and Supersize Me
(2004).
Last year, we also added another category to our
prestigious prize selection—a social change award. As the Ivy Film Festival evolves, we are looking to reward
films that take aim to change the world for the better (in the least cheesy way
possible…). This upcoming year, we
hope to hold a variety of workshops for Providence youths on the power and
agency of film. Our other prize
categories include comedy, drama, audience choice award, and many others.
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