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• 2020 RiverRun Gala presented by PNC Bank

  Please join us for the 22nd RiverRun Gala and help us celebrate and honor our filmmakers and industry guests from around the world. The festivities…

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• Fly Me to the Moon -- Free Family Day Screening

  The year is 1969 and three young houseflies are looking for adventure and hatch a plan to stowaway aboard Apollo 11 in homemade space suits.…

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• The Goonies--Free Family Day Screening at Bailey Park

  Starting early in the afternoon this year, RiverRun is excited to host family fun in Bailey Park in the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter with Paper…

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• In a Lonely Place

  Part of our 2020 Film Noir Friday series, this thriller was helmed by Nicholas Ray and stars Humphrey Bogart as a potentially violent screenwriter who…

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• Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

  Making Apes takes a look back at the makeup artists, led by Tom Burman and John Chambers, who were behind one of the most groundbreaking…

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• Panel -- As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling

  Come hear Anne Serling’s presentation about the life of her famous father, and the subject of our Spotlight this year, Rod Serling. Based on her…

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• Panel -- Citizen Canine: Dogs in the Movies

  Wendy Mitchell, a Winston-Salem native who is now a London-based film journalist and author of the new book Citizen Canine: Dogs in the Movies, will…

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• Panel: From Page to Screen

  Join North Carolina authors Charlie Lovett and Jason Mott as they discuss the process of adapting books for the screen.  Both are New York Times…

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• Panel: The State of North Carolina Filmmaking

  Come and hear from Rebecca Clark, the Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Film Commission, and a panel of filmmaker and legislative guests talk about…

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• Pitch Fest and Panel

  Pitch Fest invites student filmmakers to pitch their ideas for new documentaries to a panel of expert judges in the hopes of being awarded a cash…

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• Pre-film Presentation -- Bogart and Grahame in 4K: Restoring the Classics in the Digital Age

  Join Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President of Asset Management, Film Restoration & Digital Mastering at Sony Pictures Entertainment, as he discusses the process and challenges…

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• Saturday Morning Cartoons

  Each year RiverRun presents our own version of Saturday Morning Cartoons to our young audiences. We search high and low for the best new animated…

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• Shadow on the Wall

  Part of our Film Noir Series, this classic features Master of Cinema Honoree Gigi Perreau as a child who witnesses a murder, but enters a…

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• Untamed Heart

  Director Tony Bill and producer Helen Bartlett, two of RiverRun’s 2020 Master of Cinema honorees, explore romance, sentimentality, and dying young with Untamed Heart. The…

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• Workshop: Seed and Spark Crowdfunding

  Most people think about crowdfunding simply as a fundraising tool, but it’s a great way to start (or continue) developing a direct connection with your…

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