The 15th of December 2013 is the deadline for submitting works to participate to the 13th Edition of the RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival) that will take place in Rome at Nuovo Cinema Aquila in Rome, from the 3th to the 12th of April 2014.

All information to apply and the official Call for Entry are available on the website: "http://www.riff.it". This year as well, filmmakers from all over the world will have the possibility to present their original works as a first-ever preview in the section “New Frontiers” dedicated to the first work of an artist.

For the last 6 years, RIFF has collected and presented in prime time, works coming from all over the world, giving particular attention to Italian productions. Among the awards, the Distribution Prize, offered once again this year by Nuovo Cinema Aquila - the event’s venue - which consists in the possibility for the winning movie to be part of the regular cinema programming. The selected films will be over 150 (in the previous edition RIFF received over 1000 films from more than 50 countries) The competing sections are: Feature Films (Italian and International feature films); New Frontiers (first time director); Documentary Films (Italian and International documentaries); Short Films (Italian and International); International Student Films (for cinema students); Animation; Screenplays & Subjects.

The program of the RIFF 2014 will be enriched by retrospectives and seminars on different aspects of the Indie film industry. At the end of the Festival, the winners will be presented with RIFF Awards worth over 50.000 €.

Supported by the Directorate of Cultural Policies of the City of Rome, with the contribution of the Ministry for Cultural Activities (DGC) and the Directorate of Culture, Performing Art and Sport of the District of Lazio, every year the Roma Independent Film Festival is recording more and more appreciations and proves to be an important meeting for the Independent Cinema.

Margherita Spampinato
Italy
2012 | 0:15:00

The world seen through the eyes of a 9 year old girl. The town she lives in, friends, school, games. Among all of them, she starts a new one, secret and mysterious, that involves an unknown man.

Pierluigi Ferrandini
Italy
2012 | 0:18:00

South of Italy, 1935. The true story of Bianca Panarese, about her hard apprenticeship as a tobacconist in the big Consortium, and about her love for her little brother Pietro. He was killed during the worker’s protests raised against the closure of the tobacco factory.

Lamberto Sanfelice
Italy
2012 | 0:15:30

The loss of her parents makes Giulia feel disconnected from reality. Her only friend being an immaginative dog. The short film describes the fragility of a young child in the aftermath of a traumatic experience and her personal journey towards acceptance.

Piero Balzoni
Italy
2012 | 0:50:00

“Autobiography of the Italian University” is the first group photo of our universities. A journey from the North to the South of Italy, where people fight everyday against the lack of funds, the indifference of media and of governments. These isolated people regularly find themselves in the streets, fighting for their rights. Deans, professors emeritus, “maîtres à penser” as well as students are all at the forefront, actively engaged in their own university areas. It is the portrait of a single and large organism that includes contradictions, anomalies, social differences and beliefs in changes.