In a constantly evolving audiovisual landscape, where the boundaries between cinema and television are increasingly blurred, writing remains the beating heart of every story. This masterclass brings together some of the most acclaimed voices in international screenwriting for an open conversation about the challenges and...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

(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...

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...