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 AngelesÃ¢ÂÂbased film producer Stefano Gallini-Durante. 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.

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.

Selection

2017

It's Only the End of the World (Dir. Xavier Dolan; Producers Xavier Dolan, Sylvain Corbell, Nancy Grant, Elisha Karmitz, NathanaÃÂ«l Karmitz, Michel Merkt; Cast Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, LÃÂ©a 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 ValÃÂ©rie 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)

Awards

In competition

2017 Winners

Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture Ã¢ÂÂ Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
Jury Prize for Best Director Ã¢ÂÂ Amanda Kernell for Sami Blood
Jury Prize for Best Actor Ã¢ÂÂ Daniil Vorobyov for Out of Love
Jury Prize for Best Actress Ã¢ÂÂ Baya Medhaffer for As I Open My Eyes
Special Mention Award Ã¢ÂÂ Baden Baden

2017 Nominees

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
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
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

References

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