The 16th Annual Roving Eye International Film Festival at Roger Williams University, presented in collaboration with Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, kicks off April 12th and runs through the 18th. This year’s programming features over 80 films from across the world including Academy Award nominees and winners; numerous World and US Premieres; panel discussions/symposia; visiting filmmakers and student film showcases.

Students at the University, with the guidance of Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, create the Roving Eye International Film Festival through the Film Minor senior-level course, “Curation and Film Festival Production.” Flickers’ Executive Director and RWU Professor, George T. Marshall teaches the senior-level course. Students spend the first part of the spring semester reviewing more than 600 films, then create, curate and market the entire event. Dean Cynthia Scheinberg is the Festival Chair, linking faculty adjudicators with students, RIIFF and the RWU administration in a unique collaboration.

The 2021 Roving Eye International Film Festival is sponsored by The RI Film & the Television Office; Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival; WSBE Rhode Island PBS; Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Edge Media Network, the Edwin S. Soforenko Foundation; Roger Williams University Office of the Provost; the RWU Department of Communication, Graphic Design and Web Development, and Dean Cynthia Scheinberg, RWU School of Humanities, Arts and Education.

To see a listing of this year’s programming and to learn more about the Roving Eye Festival, go to: http://www.film-festival.org/RovingEye.php