RIFF Awards 2025 Ceremony – Friday, November 28 – 9:00 PM – In the presence of the Jury and the directors of the competing works – Nuovo Cinema Aquila – Via l’Aquila 66/74 Read More »
Pitch with LAB Etnografico Filmmaking, November 28, 2025, at 4:00 PM. The jury will be composed of Maria Vittoria Pellecchia, Luca Ricciardi, Filippo Macelloni, Monica Repetto, and Adele Dell’Erario. The winners of the RIFF screenplay and story competition will also be presented. Read More »
Goffredo Mameli Library in Rome on Thursday, November 27 at 6 p.m. Lapo Gresleri and Fabio Germani present Black Images Matter (@odoya_edizioni) through cinema, music, and American society and beyond. Read More »
Friday 28 November, the last day at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila, opens at 4pm with the special event AntropicA: Ethnographic Filmmaking LAB and at 7pm arrives She by Parsifal Reparato Read More »
On Thursday, November 27, from 4:00 pm, it’s the turn of Wedlock (Wedding) by Magdalena Ralcheva. At 6:00 pm, Magdalena Hausen: Frozen Time by Yannis Karpouzis and Stop Killing Our Women by Marco Venditti will be presented. Read More »
On Wednesday, November 26th, starting at 4:30 PM, the Nuovo Cinema Aquila will host a new group of international short films. At 6:00 PM, the documentary “Dialogues from the Land of Ice” will be screened, followed at 8:10 PM by the feature film “And if My Father.” Read More »
At the Nuovo Cinema Aquila, the program for Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th with the premiere of the Mexican feature film Violent Butterfly by Adolfo Dávila at 8.15pm Read More »
Guests of the RIFF at the Cinema Farnese on Wednesday 26th, directors Edith Bouvier, journalist, war correspondent and director, and Daniel Vidal Toche, Peruvian director, will present their works in the theater. Read More »
The program at the Cinema Farnese for the international section: Tuesday 25th at 7 pm The Sami Song by Iara Lee and from 9 pm the feature film Where Do We Begin by Monika Majorek. Read More »
Starting Monday the 24th, the RIFF will have two locations: the Cinema Farnese will open its doors to the international feature film and documentary section. The opening film, at 9 pm, will be the world premiere of Eva by William Reyes, which is also in theaters. Read More »
On Monday the 24th at 7:00 PM at the Cinema Farnese, Paul Haggis will be in conversation with Stefano Bises and Daniele Cesarano in the discussion “The Challenges of Writing for TV and Film.” This unique meeting will explore how a great story is born and evolves, combining an authorial vision with new global production methods. Read More »
Also on Sunday, at 8:10 PM, the feature film Impatience of the Heart by German director Lauro Cress, with lead actor Giulio Brizzi and producer Lorenzo Gandolfo in attendance. At 10:20 PM, Davide Giorni’s Buio in Sala will be screening. Read More »
On Sunday the 23rd, the highly anticipated competition dedicated to cinema created with artificial intelligence will begin at 3:30 PM. Ten titles will be presented as Italian premieres. This will be followed by the roundtable discussion “Disobedient Visions: Cinema, Algorithms, and AI” at 5:00 PM. Read More »
The program for Saturday 22nd at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila from 4:00 pm the program dedicated to Italian short films. At 6:00 pm there is a masterclass with Roberto Forza, followed at 8:15 pm by the feature film Even by Giulio Ancora and Una storia vera by Mariano Lamberti at 10:00 pm. Read More »
On Friday the 21st, screenings begin at 4:30 PM at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila with French-language shorts. Italian shorts begin at 6:30 PM. Opening Night Film at 8:15 PM: Roberto Mariotti’s “L’acqua non è mai ferma” with Stefano Fresi. Read More »
Competition of International Feature Films: The international feature films competing at the 2025 RIFF Awards have been announced as an absolute Italian premiere Read More »
National Feature Film Competition: the selection of Italian feature films competing at the 2025 RIFF Awards has finally been announced. Read More »
RIFF 2025 Masterclasses, Panels, and Special Events – Cinema Towards the New Frontiers of AI Read More »
The RIFF is proud to present its selection of documentaries. The competing documentaries, hailing from Italy, Greece, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the USA, Russia, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea, confirm the highly international atmosphere of the 2025 RIFF Awards. Read More »
With ten world premieres and six Italian premieres, the RIFF Awards selection dedicated to Italian short films is on line!. Read More »
(R)EVOLUTION AI Competition: For the first time, we are pleased to present the works competing for the section dedicated to artificial intelligence. Read More »
