Three Rivers Film Festival Explained

Frequency:Annual
Location:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
First:June 4, 1982
Last:November 8–23, 2019

The Three Rivers Film Festival is an annual film festival, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is presented by Film Pittsburgh.

Founded as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival[1] in 1981, the first annual festival was June 4, 1982. Thirteen films premiered that year, including the locally shot Knightriders starring Ed Harris, Patricia Tallman and Tom Savini.[2] [3] [4] In 1993 the festival moved its programming to the fall.[5] The festival briefly reconnected for one year with the Three Rivers Arts Festival in 2018.[6] The festival is the oldest and largest annual film festival in Western Pennsylvania.

The Festival's 15th anniversary in 1996 featured Flirt.[7]

The 2012 festival featured over 50 films, was 3 weeks long and included visits by Curt Wootton and Chris Preksta.[8] Among the locations were the Harris Theater in Pittsburgh's Cultural District among others. Festival sidebars for 2012 included Polish Cinema, Women Filmmakers and Coming-of-Age films and had major sponsorships from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, the Art Institute, Avis, and Kodak.[9]

In 2019, the festival screened 40 films, over 16 days. Opening night featured three film screenings, directed by William Wyler at the Rangos Giant Cinema, with special guest Catherine Wyler, the filmmaker’s daughter. The Green Fog an experimental film directed by Guy Maddin screened at Regent Square Theater with the filmmaker present. Say Amen, Somebody, George Nierenberg's 1982 look at gospel music screened at Harris Theater.[10]

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  1. Web site: Lead sponsor drops out of Three Rivers Film Festival. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 June 2023.
  2. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival. CP. Staff. pittsburghcitypaper.ws.
  3. Web site: Welcome .
  4. Web site: Welcome. 2009-11-22. 2011-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20110930162033/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/movies/s_651935.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Welcome.
  6. Web site: Three Rivers Film Festival Visual Art, Film in Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust . traf.trustarts.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131234011/https://traf.trustarts.org/events/2062 . 2020-01-31.
  7. Web site: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  8. Web site: Three Rivers Film festival schedule -- Week 3 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121118002951/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/3-rivers-film-festival-schedule-week-3-662097/. 2012-11-18.
  9. Web site: About 3RFF . 3rff.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031130926/http://3rff.com/about . 2012-10-31.
  10. Web site: Three Rivers Film Festival Returns to Two Weeks and Fuller Slate of Films. 4 November 2019.
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  21. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival is an offbeat alternative to the cineplex. old.post-gazette.com.
  22. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival. Pittsburgh City Paper. 7 June 2023.
  23. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival. Pittsburgh City Paper. 7 June 2023.
  24. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/three-rivers-film-festival-rolls-out-new-features-for-its-second-week-458501/ Three Rivers Film Festival rolls out new features for its second week
  25. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/pittsburgh-premiere-three-rivers-film-festival-opens-with-quasi-documentary-on-jeff-goldblum-457554/ Three Rivers Film Festival opens with quasi-documentary about Jeff Goldblum
  26. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/three-rivers-film-festival-schedule-508698/ Film festival schedule
  27. Web site: Three Rivers Film Festival .
  28. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/three-rivers-film-festival-schedule-365210/ Film festival schedule
  29. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival. C. P.. Staff. Pittsburgh City Paper. 7 June 2023.
  30. http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movie-reviews/keeping-it-reel-three-rivers-film-festival-delves-into-a-world-of-subjects-322215/ Keeping it real
  31. Web site: Three Rivers Film Festival lineup - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107025212/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movies/film-festival-lineup-660022/. 2012-11-07.
  32. Web site: Three Rivers Film Festival opens with more than 50 films, many with a good buzz - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104002715/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movie-reviews/three-rivers-film-festival-opens-with-more-than-50-films-many-with-a-good-buzz-660026. 2012-11-04.
  33. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival. C. P.. Staff. Pittsburgh City Paper. 7 June 2023.
  34. Web site: The Three Rivers Film Festival opens with the marriage-equality documentary The Freedom to Marry. Al. Hoff. Pittsburgh City Paper. 7 June 2023.

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