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From the 7th to the 14th April 2006 at the Embassy Cinema, via Stoppani 7 - Rome

The RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival), supported by Rome’s Municipal Department of Cultural Policies, is glad to invite you to its 5th edition.
The festival will display a selection (among the over 1,000 works sent from 70 countries) of 75 FILMS including features, shorts and documentaries.

Several Italian and foreign premieres are among the features: the world premiere Il Segreto di Rahil (Rahil’s Secret) by Cinzia Bomoll, her debut feature, starring Lorenza Indovina and Giorgio Faletti, Elisabetta Rocchetti; Three Days of Anarchy by Vito Zagarrio, starring Enrico Lo Verso and Tiziana Lodato; Short Order by Anthony Byrne, a first film starring Vanessa Redgrave and John Hurt; Black Brush by Roland Vranik, first film and winner of Best Movie at the 2005 Budapest Hungarian Film Week; El taxista ful by Jordi Sol, awarded by New Directors Awards Jury at the 53rd edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival; Ra Choi by Michael Frank, first film and Best Movie at the 2005 Australian Writers Guild Awgie Awards; OFF Screen by Pietre Kuijpers, winner of the Grand Prix des Ameriques at Montreal’s World Film Festival and official nominee of the Rotterdam Film Festival; A New Wave by Jason Carvey, a world premiere; Self Medicated by Monty Lapica, first film and Best Movie at the Santa Fe Film Festival; Dreaming Lhasa by Ritu Sarin starring Jampa Kalsang, shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and The Forbidden Chapter by Fariboz Kamkari, an Italy/France/Iran co-production presented at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

For the first time in Italy, the audience will be presented with the Norwegian film Kissed By Winter, one of the Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. This will be a unique introduction to Sara Johnsen’s essential and straightforward language. The director, a guest at the festival, will be awarded with the NEW VISION PRIZE, now in its second edition.

The entrance is free but subject to seat availability, so pre-booking is recommended for 8 pm and 10 pm screenings.

Otherwise you can take a Special VIP Pass just to be sure to have a seat at the special price of 30 Euro.

Besides, you will also benefit from:

-seat booked for all RIFF Awards screenings

-free entrance to Rome film market

-20% discount on Riff’s restaurants and hotels

-free admission to special events, symposiums, screenings, exhibitions and parties

-T-shirt,DVD and Riff catalogue

-1 Vip Pass to the opening and closing dinner gala

-prize cerimony and after party