The short films selected for this year’s RIFF edition depict interesting and fascinating stories from all over the world: we’ll learn that a “surrogate” girl can be a valid solution for a man to replace his ex-girlfriend and mend his broken heart; a girl with an odd fascination with death and eccentric funerals is the protagonist of another bizarre story; then there’s Andres, a forty-something farmer, in his struggle to come to terms with his son after a serious beating. Tears, laughter and the desire to escape are the main themes of this series of movies. Winter Frog, directed by Slony Sow and starring Gérard Depardieu, deals with the story of a wine expert who regains his will to live after an accidental encounter. This short film, a successful rendez vous between France and Japan, is a story of second chances and explores two very distant cultures but at the same time willing to blend and accept each other. Finally, the animated short film selection offers many 3D experiences as we will see in the Korean Pictogram Inside, French Des Souris (Un Chat) Et Des Hommes and the Irish The Boy in the Bubble.
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Roma Videoclip—a showcase celebrating artists, directors, music videos and film excerpts, composers, live film-concerts, productions, music books…
Roma Videoclip – Cinema Meets Music, is the premier national event of its kind. Conceived and directed by Francesca Piggianelli—President of the cultural association Romarteventi—it is held with the official recognition of the Ministry of Culture’s Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual Works, and under
