Rochester-High Falls International Film Festival

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The Rochester-High Falls International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Rochester, New York. In June 2007, the festival was organized as the merger of two existing local film festivals, the High Falls Film Festival (est. 2001) and the Rochester International Film Festival (est. 1959, the world's longest-running short film festival^[1]).

The first festival with the new name will run from 30 April to 5 May 2008. Films will be shown at the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House and at the Little Theatre. The executive director of the festival, newly appointed, is Rosie Taravella.

The Festival's mission is to feature exceptional work of women in all areas of film, video and new media, highlighting Rochester's standing as the home of motion picture film (George Eastman) and the women's rights movement (Susan B. Anthony).

Over the course of the festival, R/HFIFF presents some 90 features, documentaries, shorts, children's and young adult programs, student filmmaking competitions, panel discussions, master classes, and informal "Coffee With" events featuring visiting filmmakers and stars. The festival is a lively mix of emerging and well-established talent, with past guests that include actresses Christine Lahti, Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Candice Bergen, Joan Allen, Famke Janssen and Sally Kellerman, voice-over actress Nancy "Bart Simpson" Cartwright, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, and director Vicky Jenson.