Riviera_International_Film_Festival
The Riviera International Film Festival (RIFF) is an annual film festival held in Sestri Levante, Italy, which previews new films of various genres from around the world. The invitation-only festival is held annually at the end of April/beginning of May and was founded in 2016 by Los Angeles–based film producer Stefano Gallini-Durante.[1] The festival's Official Competition is reserved for carefully selected works by directors under 35 and for feature documentaries on the Environment and Climate Change.[2][3][4][5]
Quick Facts Location, Founded ...
| Location | Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Awards | Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, Grand Jury Prize, Career Award, Icon Award, Special Mention |
| No. of films | Official Competition: 10 Films by directors under 35 / 6 Feature Documentaries on the Environment |
| Language | International |
| Website | rivierafilm |
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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 |
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2017
- 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 Christoph Friedel, Claudia Steffen; Cast Margarita Breitkreiz, Georg Friedrich, Sahin Eryilmaz)
- Baden Baden (Dir. Rachel Lang; Producers Valérie Bournonville, Pierre-Louis Cassou, Jeremy Forn, Joseph Rouschop; Cast Salome Richard, Claude Gensac, Lazare Gousseau)
- I Was a Dreamer (Dir. Michele Vannucci; Producer Giovanni Pompilli; Cast Mirko Frezza, 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)
- Our Last (Dir. Ludovico di Martino; Producers Alessandro Amato, Ludovico Di Martini, Gabriele Luppi; Cast Fabrizio Colica, Guglielmo Poggi, Giobbe Covatta)
- Out of Love (Dir. Paloma Aguilera; Producers Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans Van Gestel; Cast Naomi Velissariou, Daniil Vorobyev)
In competition
- 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 – Daniil Vorobyov for Out of Love
- Jury Prize for Best Actress – Baya Medhaffer 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
- Michel Vannucci for I Was A Dreamer
- Leyla Bouzid for As I Open My Eyes
- Ludovico di Martino for Our Last
- Paloma Aguilera for Out of Love
- Best Actress
- Nathalie Baye for It's Only the End of the World
- Léa Seydoux for It's Only the End of the World
- Marion Cotillard for It's Only the End of the World
- Marta Gastini for Autumn Lights
- Lene Cecilia Sparrok for Sami Blood
- Margarita Breitkreiz for Marija
- Salomé Richard for Baden Baden
- Mia Erika Sparrok for Sami Blood
- Naomi Velissariou for Out of Love
- 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
- Mirko Frezzo for Our Last
- Lazare Gousseau for Baden Baden
- Ayari Montassar for As I Open My Eyes
- Fabrizio Colica for Our Last
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to RIFF (film festival).
- Riviera International Film Festival – Official Website (in English and Italian)
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- Riviera International Film Festival at IMDb