22 Jul DCP for ALL, partners of RIFF 2026! The Best Feature Film Award has been confirmed: the winner will receive a complimentary 4K DCP. To celebrate this partnership, all filmmakers who submit their film to RIFF will automatically receive discounts on DCP creation, plus a 15% discount on all film distribution materials.

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09 Jul CortoMiraggi—the short film showcase returns to Fiuggi on July 24 at 9:00 PM at the Teatro Comunale di Fiuggi. Seven Italian films will be screened during this free event, organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Fiuggi’s Department of Culture, RIFF, and the Piccole Proiezioni Festival…

07 Jul Final days to participate in the 25th edition of RIFF. The festival, celebrating a quarter-century dedicated to independent cinema, has set the final submission deadline for July 31, 2026. Entries are accepted in the following categories: feature films, documentaries, short films, and story concepts & screenplays…

The new competition section has also been confirmed: (r)evolution AI—a new RIFF section dedicated to the production of films and videos using AI technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . FilmFreeway Festhome . https://filmfreeway.com/RomeIndependentFilmFestival-RIFFAwards-1 https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/858 ...

05 Jun Climate Future Comes to RIFF in 12 Frames – We invite you to experience Chapter Two of the Climate Future Film Festival at RIFF 2026.

  Twelve emerging filmmakers respond to climate change in comedy, drama, satire, dance and documentary. In this 'micro festival', they leave technology to the engineers and turn their lens to the human heart, our interiors where imagination and action are born. They express what many of...

15 May From May 18th to 20th, the documentary Arte Sciopero, winner of @RIFF 2025, will be at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila! Luca Immesi’s documentary film about Galeazzo Nardini…

INCONTRO CON IL REGISTA LUCA IMMESI E LA CO-AUTRICE HELENE NARDINI PER ARTE SCIOPERO Dal 18 al 20 maggio il Nuovo Cinema Aquila di Roma ospita tre serate con proiezioni ed eventi dedicate ad Arte Sciopero, film documentario di Luca Immesi dedicato alla figura di Galeazzo...

07 Feb The new Call 4 Entries to the 25th edition of RIFF is now open. You can now submit your film or screenplay on FilmFreeway, the world’s leading channel for participating in film festivals and creative competitions. Exclusive 10% discount for GOLD members.

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19 Nov 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.

On Sunday the 23rd, the highly anticipated new 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...

19 Nov 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.

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 the director of photography Roberto Forza, followed at 8:15 pm by the previews of Even by...