Riviera International Film Festival

The Riviera International Film Festival (RIFF)[1] is an international film festival dedicated to filmmakers under 35 that takes place every year in Sestri Levante. Since the 2018 edition, there is a section entirely dedicated to documentaries[2].

Riviera International Film Festival
LocationSestri Levante, Liguria, Italy
Founded2016
AwardsBest Movie, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, Grand Jury Prize, Career Award, Icon Award, Special Mention
No. of filmsOfficial Competition: 10 Films by directors under 35 / 6 Feature Documentaries on the Environment
LanguageInternational
Websiterivierafilm.org

RIFF is a film festival born in 2017 from the passion for cinema and Liguria of Los Angeles-based producer Stefano Gallini-Durante.,[1] founder and president of the event, and executive director and co-founder Vito D'Onghia. In the 2018 edition, the Riviera International Film Festival expanded to Portofino, with the aim of reaching other cities of the Ligurian Riviera in the next editions[3]. The Riviera International Film Festival aims to bring to the Riviera Ligure di Levante an international film festival characterized by an innovative format, which combines the growing demand for training on film techniques, along with the opportunity to give a qualified space to young directors under 35 of independent cinema.

The RIFF combines film and documentary screenings with panels, conferences, meetings, workshops and masterclasses by world-class professionals.[2][3][4][5]

Jury

An international jury composed of a president and various film, culture, and art personalities, who determine the prizes for the feature films in the competition.[6][7]

YearJury presidentJury membersTestimonial
2019J. Miles DaleJosephine De La Baume, Nils Hartmann, Cristina Donadio, Eddy Moretti, Yalitza Aparicio, Silvia Locatelli, Vincenzo VenutoStella Egitto
2018Matthew ModineViolante Placido, Ed Solomon, John Campisi, Paola Jacobbi, Dr. Nigel Tapper, Cote De Pablo, Gaia TrussardiMarta Perego
2017David FranzoniMarton Csokas, Gianni Quaranta, Valentina Lodovini, Marta PeregoAlessandra Mastronardi

Selection

Winners

Icon Award: RIFF2021: Aubrey Plaza

RIFF2021 Best Film Award: As Far as I Know di Nandor Lorincz e Balint Nagy

RIFF2021 Best Director Award: Malou Reymann (A perfectly normal family)

RIFF2021 Best Actress Award: Kaya Toft Loholt (A perfectly normal family)

RIFF2021 Best Actors Award: Yulian Vergov (German Lessons)

RIFF2021Audience Film Award: Spagat di Johannes Koch

RIFF2021 Miglior documentario: Newtopia di Audun Amundsen

2020

The 2020 edition took place online from August 10–26, 2020, with only the awards ceremony in attendance in Sestri Levante on August 29.

Winners
  • RIFF2020 Icon Award: Claudia Gerini
  • RIFF2020 Best Film Award: Relativity di Mariko Minoguchi
  • RIFF2020 Audience Film Award: Supernova di Bartosz Kruhlik
  • RIFF2020 Best Documentary: Strike! – Fighting for the Future di Francesca Floris, Pietro Jellinek, Davide Petrosino
  • RIFF2020 Audience Documentary Award: The Need to Grow di Rob Herring, Ryan Wirick

2019

The 2019 edition took place from May 7 to 12, 2019, between Sestri Levante and other locations in Tigullio. In addition, Tex illustrator Stefano Biglia collaborated on the creation of the RIFF2019 image.

Winners
  • RIFF2019 Icon Award: Claire Forlani
  • RIFF2019 Best Film Award: Sons of Denmark di Ulaa Salim
  • RIFF2019 Best Director Award: Tamas Yvan Topolanszky (Curtiz)
  • RIFF2019 Best Actress Award: Noémie Merlant (Paper Flags)
  • RIFF2019 Best Actors Award: Guillaume Gouix (Paper Flags)
  • RIFF2019 Audience Award: Hopelessly Devout di Marta Diaz de Lope Diaz
  • RIFF2019 Jury Award: Gwen di William Mc Gregor
  • RIFF2019 Achievement Award: Fanni Metelius (The Heart)
  • RIFF2019 Sky Special Award: Summer Survivor di Marija Kavtaradze
  • RIFF2019 Best Documentary: Chasing The Thunder di Marc Levin
  • RIFF2019 Student Jury Award: Chasing The Thunder di Marc Levin

The Jury

The 2018 edition (from May 2 to 6) saw a specific jury for documentaries alongside the jury for films. The members of the film jury were the American actor Matthew Modine (president of the jury), the Italian actress Violante Placido, the American screenwriter Ed Solomon, the Italian journalist Paola Jacobbi and the American agent John Campisi. The components of that documentary were the New Zealand climatologist Nigel Tapper (president of the jury and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 together with Al Gore), the Chilean actress Cote de Pablo and the Italian entrepreneur Gaia Trussardi. During the first day of the event, Matthew Modine revealed that his character in the U.S. television series Stranger Things (Dr. Brenner) did not die in the second season, and that he will return in subsequent ones.

In competition

Films

Documentaries

Winners
  • RIFF2018 Best Film Award: Filthy di Tereza Nvotovà
  • RIFF2018 Best Director Award: Elene Naveriani (I am truly a drop of sun on earth)
  • RIFF2018 Best Actress Award: Sara Forestier (M)
  • RIFF2018 Best Actors Award: Sam Louwyck, Sebastien Dewaele e Wim Willaert (Cargo)
  • RIFF2018 Audience Award: Filthy di Tereza Nvotovà
  • RIFF2018 Best Documentary: Blue di Karina Holden
  • RIFF2018 Student Jury Award: Living in the future's past di Susan Kucera

Masterclass

As in the 2017 edition, three masterclasses were organized: For the love of acting: the business and the heart by the Chilean actress Cote de Pablo (interpreter of Ziva David in the statuary television series NCIS - Anti-Crime Unit), The fight against mediocracy by Austrian cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger (who has been working with German director Werner Herzog since 1995) and The inner process of writing in film and TV by American screenwriter Ed Solomon (author of the screenplays for Barry Sonnenfeld's Men in Black, McG's Charlie's Angels and Louis Leterrier's Now You See Me).

2017

The jury of the first edition of the Riviera International Film Festival (April 26–30, 2017) was composed of David Franzoni (jury president), Marton Csokas, Gianni Quaranta, Valentina Lodovini, Marta Perego and Stefano Gallini-Durante. Alessandra Mastronardi was the godmother of RIFF2017.

In competition

Winners

Masterclass

The masterclasses of the 2017 edition of the Riviera International Film Festival were held by set designer Gianni Quaranta (Oscar for best set design in 1987 for James Ivory's Room with a View), screenwriter David Franzoni (Oscar for best film in 2001 for Ridley Scott's Gladiator) and actor Marton Csokas (Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Frank Miller's Sin City - A Woman to Kill For).

Awards
2017 Winners[8][9]
2017 Nominees[8]

See also

References
  1. Pagliettini, Marco. "The Riviera International Film Festival has ended: all prizes". SpettaKolo!.
  2. Zorzoli, Barbara. "Riviera International Film Festival". Vogue Italia.
  3. "Festival: The Riviera International Film Festival". Cinema Scandinavia.
  4. Cavagnaro, Riccardo. "Riviera International Film Festival – Quer pasticciaccio bello de Sestri Levante". The MaGuffin.
  5. Pagliettini, Marco. "Riviera International Film Festival in Sestri Levante: The Program". Spettakolo!.
  6. "Sestri: workshop ed eventi speciali al Riviera International Film Festival". Levante News. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  7. Da Redazione, Casarza. "Riviera International Film Festival Begins in Sestri Levante". Tigullio News.
  8. "RIFF 2017". RIFF. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  9. Malatesta, Leandro. ""Sameblod" and the first edition of the Riviera International Film Festival". AgoraVox Italia.
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