RiverRun International Film Festival

The RiverRun International Film Festival is an annual Oscar-qualifying film festival held each spring in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The festival is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and presents a variety of feature-length and short films from all genres, and also presents special events, regional premieres of significant films, celebrity tributes, family events and classic retrospectives as well as panel discussions and parties.

"Riverrun" redirects here. For the fictional stronghold from the works of George R. R. Martin, see Riverrun (A Song of Ice and Fire). For the publisher, see Quercus (publisher).
RiverRun official logo

Jury Awards winners

Best Narrative Feature
Year Film Country Director
2019[1]
Alice
Australia/France
Josephine Mackerras
2018
Angels Wear White
China
Vivian Qu
2017
After Love[2]
France / Belgium
Joachim Lafosse
2016
The Fits[2]
United States
Anna Rose Holmer
2015
Memories on Stone[2]
Iraq / Germany
Shawkat Amin Korki
2014
Ida[2]
Poland
Paweł Pawlikowski
2013
In the House[2]
France
François Ozon
2012
Found Memories[3]
Argentina / Brazil
Júlia Murat
2011
Bal (Honey)
Turkey / Germany
Semih Kaplanoglu
2010
Katalin Varga
Romania / United Kingdom
Peter Strickland
2009
Three Monkeys
Turkey / France / Germany
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2008
The Edge of Heaven
Germany / Turkey
Fatih Akin
2007
For the Living and the Dead
Finland
Kari Paljakka
2006
A Wonderful Night in Split
Croatia
Arsen Anton Ostojić
2005
Innocent Voices
Mexico
Luis Mandoki
2004
Dandelion
United States
Mark Milgard
2003
The Truth... Yathharth
India
Rajesh Sheth
2001
Morning ( >$500k budget )
United States
Ami Canaan Mann
2001
Dischord ( <$500k budget )
United States
Mark Wilkinson
2000
The Magic of Marciano ( >$500k budget )
United States
Tony Barbieri
2000
Jacks or Better ( <$500k budget )
United States
Robert Sidney Mellette
1999
Crashing Eden
United States
Dean Alioto
1998
The Legend of Cryin' Ryan
United States
Deanna Shapiro & Julie Smith (St.Claire)

Best Documentary Feature
Year Film Country Director
2019
American Factory
United States
Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert
2018
Minding the Gap
United States
Bing Liu
2017
Quest[2]
United States
Jonathan Olshefski
2016
Salero[2]
Bolivia / United States
Mike Plunkett
2015
The Chinese Mayor[2]
China
Hao Zhou
2014
The Case Against 8[2]
United States
Ben Cotner & Ryan White
2013
I Am Breathing[2]
Denmark / United Kingdom[4]
Emma Davie & Morgan McKinnon
2012
The Boy Who Was a King
Bulgaria/Germany
Andrey Paounov
2011
Armadillo
Denmark
Janus Metz
2010
Last Train Home
Canada / China / UK
Lixin Fan
2009
Unmistaken Child
Israel
Nati Baratz
2008
Up the Yangtze
Canada
Yung Chang
2007
The Rape of Europa
USA
Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newnham
2006
Taimagura Grandma
Japan
Yohihiko Sumikawa
2005
Parallel Lines
United States
Nina Davenport
2004
Long Gone
United States
Jack Cahill & David Eberhardt
2003
The Boys of Second Street Park
United States
Ron Berger & Dan Klores
2001
Company Jasmine
Israel
Yael Katzir & Dan Katzir

History
A sign about the closure and cancellation of various events

Founded in 1998 by Gennaro and Beth D'Onofrio, the RiverRun International Film Festival got its name from the French Broad River near Brevard, North Carolina, where the festival was originally held. In 2003, Dale Pollock, a former film producer and then-Dean of the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, moved RiverRun to Winston-Salem, where it resides today as an independent arts organization dedicated to showcasing the best new films from independent, international and student filmmakers.[5]

Since 2014, the festival has been an Oscar-qualifying festival in the Animated short film category.[6][7][8]

Festival Dates/Locations:

Number Year Dates Location
1st 1998 Sept. 25-27 Brevard, NC
2nd 1999 Sept. Brevard, NC
3rd 2000 Sept. 1-4 Brevard, NC
4th 2001 Aug. 29 - Sept. 3 Brevard, NC
2002 skipped
5th 2003 April 24–27 Winston-Salem, NC
6th 2004 April 22–25 Winston-Salem, NC
7th 2005 April 21–24 Winston-Salem, NC
8th 2006 March 16–19 Winston-Salem, NC
9th 2007 April 18–23 Winston-Salem, NC
10th 2008 April 23–28 Winston-Salem, NC
11th 2009 April 22–29 Winston-Salem, NC
12th 2010 April 15–25 Winston-Salem, NC
13th 2011 April 8–17 Winston-Salem, NC
14th 2012 April 13–22 Winston-Salem, NC
17th 2015 April 16–26 Winston-Salem, NC[9]
20th 2018 April 19–29[10] Winston-Salem, NC
21st 2019 April 4–14[11] Winston-Salem, NC
22nd 2020 March 26-April 5[lower-alpha 1][13] Winston-Salem, NC

Notes
  1. Original dates for the festival before it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

References
  1. "2019 film awards announced!". RiverRun International Film Festival. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. "Awards". RiverRun Film Festival. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. "The Awards are in!". RiverRun Film. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  4. "I Am Breathing (2013)". Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  5. "RiverRun International Film Festival - History". RiverRun International Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  6. "Academy Award-Qualifying Festivals". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  7. "RiverRun receives another Academy Awards® distinction". RiverRun International Film Festival. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  8. "92nd ACADEMY AWARDS SHORT FILMS QUALIFYING FESTIVAL LIST" (PDF). Oscars.org.
  9. "Riverrun 2015 Film Announcement". ScreenAnarchy. March 17, 2015.
  10. "Home". RiverRun Film Festival. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  11. "Important Dates for the 2019 RiverRun International Film Festival". RiverRun International Film Festival. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  12. "UPDATE: COVID-19 and RiverRun". RiverRun International Film Festival. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  13. "RiverRun International Film Festival - Home". RiverRun International Film Festival. Retrieved 22 March 2020.


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