Monday, November 22nd, a tribute to the noteworthy director Krzysztof Kieslowski with a focus entitled “Kieslowski – life in motion”, designed to celebrate his 80th birth anniversary and 25th death anniversary. To follow, the feature film “Dear Ones” by Grzegorz Jaroszuk, young director already winner of the 2014 RIFF edition, with his “Kebab & Horoscope”. Read More »
On Tuesday, November 23rd, documentaries directors will arrive at the RIFF. In competition: “A Family”, about four young African students; “Fort Apache”, about a theater company formed by ex-prisoners; “Everything at Once”, about Catalan photographers Paco & Manolo; from Spain the film “Mía & Moi”, in Italian preview a family story set in the middle of the countryside with the participation of the director. Read More »
On Wednesday the RIFF will dedicate an entire day to Afro-American cinema and culture. After the halfway point, the festival is ready to present the second part of its catalog with the Black Films Matter program dedicated to recent Afro-American political cinema. Read More »
On Thursday, the RIFF will present shorts, documentaries and masterclasses from the four corners of the world, from Berlin to Chile. At 6.15 pm, cinema enthusiasts and professionals will be invited to attend the masterclass by Anja Strelec, Croatian director, while the director of the Panorama section of the Berlinale, Wieland Speck, will present the film event Miguel’s War. Read More »
This year RIFF proudly presents an insight into the selection of films with a theme of LGBTQ+; Beginning with a Spanish production … Read More »
This year, for its 20th edition, RIFF presents its Films in Competition programm of international debuts films. From November 19th until November 26th, we are thrilled to present a strong and exciting selection dedicated to films that have not yet been showcased in Italian film festival circuit. Read More »
Screenwriters meet the future. We are pleased to announce the SIAE Award for the winner of the best screenplay for short film. The award consists of a scholarship of € 2,500.00 for the development of the winning project. Congratulations and good luck, hoping to see the realised work at the next edition of the RIFF. Read More »
Documentaries Competition: announced the official selection of the XX Edition of the RIFF Awards. Seven documentaries in European and Italian premiere among the internationals section and three world premieres in the Italian section Read More »
Beginnings, confirmations and surprises in the National Short Films competition: the RIFF presents the official 2021 selection with 10 world premieres. Read More »
In the International Shorts Competition, 17 short films from 15 different countries will compete with each other. Ten Italian premieres, six European premieres and one worldwide premiere all to be discovered! Read More »
The Finalist Films In Competition At The RIFF Awards 2021 From Today On Line On The RIFF Website! The Finalists of the Screenplay and Subjects Sections will be published on October 29th Read More »
RIFF AWARDS 2021 – Special events focusing on Polish Cinema, LGBTQ, Black Films Matter and a tribute to Franco Battiato A meeting on violence against women with Sahara Karimi, Afghan director, who will present her feature film: HAVA, MARYAM, AYESHA. Read More »
THE RIFF CELEBRATES TWENTY YEARS and wants to celebrate with an international jury that will be called to judge 13 sections in the competition Read More »
THE SILENT ROME FESTIVAL IS BACK WITH THE II EDITION FROM 15 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2021. With the screenings of 8 films carefully chosen according to the theme of the day of the Festival and designed to enhance the Italian independent film production of artistic quality. Read More »
From Wednesday 15 SEPT #OnAir the 2nd Edition of SILENT ROME FESTIVAL, the first all Silent Festival of the Capital and full of news Read More »
New dates for the XX Edition of the RIFF. from 18 to 26 November in presence and in streaming. this year we received over 2500 titles including feature films, docs and shorts and about 450 screenplays, THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS … Read More »
LAST CALL 4 ENTRY – Late Submission Deadline July 30th For The 20th Edition Of The RIFF Awards 2021. Feature Films, Documentary, Short Films, Screenplay And Subject Are Welcome!!! Read More »
THE NEW AQUILA CINEMA REOPENS WITH FESTIVAL, MASTERCLASS AND RESTORED CINEMA – CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa – Nominated for 1 Oscar, winner of 2 collateral awards in Venice 2019, of 11 Polish Film Awards Read More »
Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome from 7 to 9 May the first edition of the Free to be Festival with the artistic advice of Serena Dandini Read More »
RIFF proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world’s #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests. Read More »
CALL 4 ENTRY – It Is Now Time To Apply For The 20th Edition of The RIFF! feature films, documentary, short films, screenplay and subject are welcome!!! Read More »
