Riviera International Film Festival
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| Location | Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Awards | Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, , Grand Jury Prize, , , |
| No. of films | Official Competition: 10 Films by directors under 35 / 6 Feature Documentaries on the Environment |
| Language | International |
| Website | rivierafilm |
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].
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]
| Year | Jury president | Jury members | Testimonial |
| 2019 | J. Miles Dale | Josephine De La Baume, Nils Hartmann, Cristina Donadio, Eddy Moretti, Yalitza Aparicio, Silvia Locatelli, Vincenzo Venuto | Stella Egitto |
| 2018 | Matthew Modine | Violante Placido, Ed Solomon, John Campisi, Paola Jacobbi, Dr. Nigel Tapper, Cote De Pablo, Gaia Trussardi | Marta Perego |
| 2017 | David Franzoni | Marton Csokas, Gianni Quaranta, Valentina Lodovini, Marta Perego | Alessandra Mastronardi |
Selection[]
2021[]
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
- 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
2018[]
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
- The seen and unseen di Kamila Andini
- Gutland di Govinda Van Maele
- M di Sara Forestier
- Ho bisogno di te di Manuel Zicarelli
- Thirst street di Nathan Silver
- Filthy di Tereza Nvotovà
- Bad lucky goat di Samir Oliveros
- Cargo di Gilles Coulier
- I am truly a drop of sun on earth di Elene Naveriani
- Firstborn di Aik Karapetian
Documentaries[]
- A river below di Mark Grieco
- Ivory di Sergey Yastrzhembsky
- Living in the future's past di Susan Kucera
- Death by design di Sue Williams
- Blue di Karina Holden
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[]
- di Ludovico Di Martino
- Sami blood di Amanda Kernell
- Out of love di Paloma Aguilera
- Marija di Michael Koch
- di Xavier Dolan
- Baden Baden di Rachel Lang
- Appena apro gli occhi di Leyla Bouzid
- di Michele Vannucci
- Autumn lights di Angad Aulakh
- El abrazo de la serpiente di Ciro Guerra
Winners[]
- RIFF2017 Best Film Award: El abrazo de la serpiente di Ciro Guerra
- RIFF2017 Best Director Award: Amanda Kernell (Sami blood)
- RIFF2017 Best Actress Award: Baya Medhaffer (Appena apro gli occhi)
- RIFF2017 Best Actor Award: Daniil Vorobyov (Out of love)
- RIFF2017 Audience Award: Sami blood di Amanda Kernell
- RIFF2017 Special Mention: Baden Baden di Rachel Lang
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).
- It's Only the End of the World (Dir. Xavier Dolan; Producers Xavier Dolan, Sylvain Corbell, Nancy Grant, Elisha Karmitz, Nathanael Karmitz, Michel Merkt; Cast Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, Gaspard Ulliel)
- Embrace of the Serpent(Dir. Ciro Guerra; Producer Cristina Gallego; Cast Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis)
- Autumn Lights (Dir. Angad Aulakh; Producers Guy Kent, Angad Aulakh, Ashley M. Kent, David Oskar Olafsson, Arni Filippusson; Cast Guy Kent, Marta Gastini)
- Sami Blood (Dir. Amanda Kernell; Producer Lars G. Lindstrom; Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri)
- Marija (Dir. Michael Koch; Producers , ; Cast , Georg Friedrich, Sahin Eryilmaz)
- Baden Baden (Dir. Rachel Lang; Producers Valérie Bournonville, , Jeremy Forn, Joseph Rouschop; Cast Salome Richard, Claude Gensac, Lazare Gousseau)
- (Dir. Michele Vannucci; Producer Giovanni Pompilli; Cast , Alessandro Borghi, Vittorio Viviani)
- As I Open My Eyes (Dir. Leyla Bouzid; Producers Sandra da Fonesca, Imed Marzouk; Cast Baya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari)
- (Dir. ; Producers Alessandro Amato, Ludovico Di Martini, Gabriele Luppi; Cast Fabrizio Colica, Guglielmo Poggi, Giobbe Covatta)
- (Dir. ; Producers , , Frans Van Gestel; Cast , )
Awards[]
- Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture – Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
- Jury Prize for Best Director – Amanda Kernell for Sami Blood
- Jury Prize for Best Actor – for
- Jury Prize for Best Actress – for As I Open My Eyes
- Special Mention Award – Baden Baden
- 2017 Nominees[8]
- Best Director
- Xavier Dolan for It's Only the End of the World
- Ciro Guerra for Embrace of the Serpent
- Angad Aulakh for Autumn Lights
- Michael Koch for Marija
- Rachel Lang for Baden Baden
- for
- Leyla Bouzid for As I Open My Eyes
- for
- for
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Vincent Cassel for It's Only the End of the World
- Gaspard Ulliel for It's Only the End of the World
- Guy Kent for Autumn Lights
- Olle Sarri for Sami Blood
- Georg Friedrich for Marija
- for
- for Baden Baden
- for As I Open My Eyes
- for
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Pagliettini, Marco. "The Riviera International Film Festival has ended: all prizes". SpettaKolo!.
- ^ Zorzoli, Barbara. "Riviera International Film Festival". Vogue Italia.
- ^ "Festival: The Riviera International Film Festival". Cinema Scandinavia.
- ^ Cavagnaro, Riccardo. "Riviera International Film Festival – Quer pasticciaccio bello de Sestri Levante". The MaGuffin.
- ^ Pagliettini, Marco. "Riviera International Film Festival in Sestri Levante: The Program". Spettakolo!.
- ^ "Sestri: workshop ed eventi speciali al Riviera International Film Festival". Levante News. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Da Redazione, Casarza. "Riviera International Film Festival Begins in Sestri Levante". Tigullio News.
- ^ a b "RIFF 2017". RIFF. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Malatesta, Leandro. ""Sameblod" and the first edition of the Riviera International Film Festival". AgoraVox Italia.
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