The Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is Italy 's first independent and international film festival. Its aim is to unite enthusiasm for films and filmmaking among young filmmakers with the realities of film production and distribution.Since its first edition in 2001, RIFF has become an event that is followed with more and more interest by the public in Rome and a reference for worldwide filmmakers. In these years, the Riff has received works coming from the 5 continents, ending up being an attentive witness
representative of the directions and passions of the independent film industry.
BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD
– RIFF AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM.
Distribution Award: to promote the distribution of independent international works, the winner will be programmed at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila..
BEST NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
> Premio Filmaker For You: Ass. Nazionale Filmaker e Videomaker italiani
– BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
> IRP Award: post production audio / video to the value of 4,000 euro.
– BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM RIFF
Award for Best Italian Short film.
> The Rai Cinema Channel award is handed over to the best web short for a value of € 3,000.00, this prize is intended to reward the effectiveness of a story on web channels. The award consists of a distribution contract of the rights of the web and free tv of the short, by Rai Cinema and will be aired on www.raicinemachannel.it, on its partner sites and at the discretion of network managers on the RAI channels.
> Panalight Award: rental of technical materials to the value of 1,500 euro.
– BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
RIFF Award for Best International Short Film.
– BEST STUDENTS SHORT FILM
RIFF Award for best short film made by students of cinematic arts schools.
– ANIMATION
RIFF Award for Best Short Animation film.
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winners of the Roma Independent Film Festival will receive an TIXTER Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to TIXTER.