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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. An international vocation that has found expression in
the right choice during the film selection (giving priority to national and
international preview). There was therefore no coincidence in the fact
that the feature film winners of the latest editions were foreign films.
Just to mention few of them, the North American “Self Medicated” by
Monty Lapic in 2006, the Italian-American “Punk Love” by Nick Lyon
in 2007 and in 2008 the Estonian “The Class” by Imar Raag. The last
two editions of the RIFF, won by two great directors such as Steve
McQueen, “Hunger” (2008) and Andrea Arnold with “Fish Tank”, have
engendered particular interest among critics and public. An international
soul that has given to the RIFF the opportunity not to focus only on
a specific issue but to use the dialogue, research and film experimentation
as identikit of the festival.

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