Alongside a vast program dedicated to short films, RIFF 2024 will present four documentaries representing as many international films on the opening days. With an eye always rigorously aimed at the most pressing contemporaneity, this 2024 will be told through defining stories and dynamics of...

At 17, Renzo Chiesa took his first photo of Jimi Hendrix at the Piper in Milan in 1968. From that moment, he became one of the greatest photographers of Italian music. The documentary “Renzo Chiesa, Chiesa Renzo” by Paolo Boriani, explores 50 years of his...

According to the EU, Erasmus is one of the greatest achievements in building the place that we now call Europe. It has brought people together across borders and promoted peace. At the same time, we often hear: “Erasmus changed my life”. Roberto is one of...

“Non chiudete quella porta” is a documentary focused on Porta Portese, Rome’s historic flea market, and its fate in the digital transition era. Through the testimonies of key figures, it offers a passionate and critical look at a popular reality resisting market pressures, striving to...

In the summer of 2017, a young filmmaker drives through the American South, capturing landscapes and meeting ordinary people whose stories intersect with American history. The journey explores semi-deserted towns, Amish communities, survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and the tensions of a multiracial America, amidst the...

Programmatic advertising systems are responsible for placing the vast majority of digital ads on the web, using sophisticated algorithms to automatically match products with potential customers. Only a handful of companies control this technology, helping sustain their monopoly over this multi-billion dollar industry. ‘The Click Trap’...

Stones are at once the most foundational and the most overlooked parts of our lifeworld. When a retired nature documentary narrator passes a kidney stone, she decides to tell one more story about this forgotten world of stone . A hypnotic essay film asking urgent...

After a Dantean journey, women from Nigeria arrive alone and ever younger in Italy, looking for a better life. Such horrors as human trafficking and sexual slavery are waiting for them, as we discover in this ensemble film featuring harrowing stories told in a sensible...