17 Nov 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.

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On Friday the 21st, screenings at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila begin at 4:30 PM with French-language shorts, including "Deepflix" by Quentin Bitran, "The Mud Outside My Window" by Violette Delvoye, "The Lost Echo" by Andrew Cyr-Marcoux, and "Sàga" by Maïlys Gelin and Clément Grosdenier. From...

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16 Nov Competition of International Feature Films: The international feature films competing at the 2025 RIFF Awards have been announced as an absolute Italian premiere

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Five titles, eight countries: Honduras, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Peru, France, Mexico, and Poland. Transgender issues and family ties to be recomposed, friendship and disability, revolutions and time rifts, street art and corruption are the major reference themes of the selected works. With three Italian premieres, one European,...

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15 Nov National Feature Film Competition: the selection of Italian feature films competing at the 2025 RIFF Awards has finally been announced.

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We are pleased to present the six Italian feature films in competition, including two world premieres and one European premiere. Mental loops, drugs and glimpses of escape, a childhood in the 1980s, mysteries from provincial villages, experiences of non-traditional families, overwhelming feelings, interrupted adolescence, femicide. These...

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11 Nov 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.

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With four world premieres, two European premieres, and three Italian premieres, the documentaries in competition, coming from Italy, Greece, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, USA, Russia, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea, confirm the highly international climate of the RIFF Awards 2025. Photographing the wind, social commentary...

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10 Nov With ten world premieres and six Italian premieres, the RIFF Awards selection dedicated to Italian short films is on line!.

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This year, too, RIFF will feature a wide selection of national shorts, for a total of 21 works, including six Italian premieres and ten world premieres. . ...

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06 Nov (R)EVOLUTION AI Competition: For the first time, we are pleased to present the works competing for the section dedicated to artificial intelligence.

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(R)EVOLUTION AI Competition: For the first time, we are pleased to present the works competing for the section dedicated to artificial intelligence. The project, coming from Japan, Colombia, the United States, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and Switzerland, deal with themes and concepts that explore the...

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04 Nov International Short Competition: The international short films competing at the 2025 RIFF Awards have been announced.

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This year too, RIFF is proud to present its selection of international short films. The works come from Turkey, Slovenia, Lithuania, Ireland, Germany, Greece, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the USA. Shattered memories, trauma, prison escapes, father-son relationships, the frenzy and burdens of work, easy but...

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30 Oct With four Italian premieres and two world premieres, the RIFF Awards section dedicated to short films made by film students has been announced.

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The works selected for the student section of the 24th edition of the RIFF Awards come from Russia, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Germany, confirming the festival's international vocation. Love and robotics, the film industry and artificial intelligence, the excesses of...

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27 Oct From Turkey to China, all the way to Canada, with two European premieres and seven Italian premieres; we’re pleased to present the titles competing in the animated shorts section.

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The competition features nine animated short films by authors from Turkey, France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Poland, China, Belgium, and the Czech Republic. Among them are two European premieres. The competing directors include well-established international names: Violette Delvoye, with works presented at Annecy and the Sundance...

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21 Oct RIFF Awards 2025 Jury – The 24th edition of the RIFF is approaching: our jury of film professionals is ready!

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For the 24th edition, the RIFF Jury is once again made up of prominent figures in the Italian and international film scene, including: Barbara Busso (Production Director), Giancarlo Chetta (Project Scout), Gabriele Ciampi (AI Filmmaker and Composer), Mario Colamarino (LGBTQIA+ Rights Activist and Jurist), Enzo...

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