RIFF is proud to host a juror with the quality of Ania Trzebiatowska, art director of the International Independent Cinema Festival Off Plus Camera in Cracow and Armando Cobian Suarez, a poet, actor, writer, and director who has worked as an actor and linguistics expert in cinematographic projects like Steven Soderberg’s “Che” and “Haywire”.
From the world of cinema and the Italian publishing industry we welcome again Sesto Cifola who is always busy distributing and producing cinematography of grand Italian directors like Fellini, Pupi Avati, and Monicelli; Maurizio di Rienzo a journalist and film critic; Gianni Garkoa an actor and a prolific screenwriter; Fabio Mancini who is responsible for the documentary DOC3(Raitre); Fabio Meloni the director of Nuovo Cinema L’Acquila in Rome; Benni Atria, a sound designer, editor, and editing assistant; Daniele di Gennaro editor at the editing house Minimum Fax and Elisabeth Missland who was born in France, but is an adopted Italian member of the Artistic Committee of the Monte-Carlo Film Festival.
Between roots and experimentation: the National Feature Film section explores new forms of Italian cinema. Four feature films that reject standardized formulas to delve into the nuances of contemporary storytelling…
Four feature films that reject standardized formulas to delve into the nuances of contemporary storytelling, presenting tales of obstinacy, vulnerability, and rupture. This selection explores the landscape of independent Italian cinema, highlighting a recurring theme: territory—both physical and emotional-as a space defined by conflict, contradiction,
