April's Second Monday will feature Oscar-nominated shorts

NIFF's next Second Monday screening, on April 13th, will feature the five live-action shorts nominated for Oscars this year.

As always, the Second Monday screening gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro Street, in Newport. Tickets are $10; NIFF members pay $8.

The five films screening are:

• AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
  Switzerland, Germany/30 mins/2007, directed by Reto Caffi
• MANON SUR LE BITUME (MANON ON THE ASPHALT)France/15 mins/2007, written & directed by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• NEW BOY Ireland/11 mins/2007, Writer/Director: Steph Green
• GRISEN (THE PIG) Denmark/22 mins/2008, directed by Dorte Høgh
• SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND) Germany/14 mins/2007, directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank

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Also, looks like we'll be featuring the Oscar nominees for Animated Short films at May's Second Monday.

Submissions Closed; Screening Committee Viewing Feverishly

We're now past the submission deadline for NIFF 2009, which means we're one milestone closer to the festival.

Submissions via Withoutabox closed on Friday, March 27th. Our screening committee, however, has been watching submissions for nearly three months now, and will continue to do so for the next few weeks. Some on the committee will watch in excess of 50 films; but these are all dedicated film lovers whose work is a labor of love.

Their work is crucial to shaping the festival you'll see come June 3.