January 24, 2011, Rome - RIFF AWARDS 2011, March 18 - 25, at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila - this year, celebrates a decade of "independence" puts focus on Italian production and showcases the best foreign films.

The festival will present some 150 works including national and international premiers confirming its reputation as the country’s leading purveyor of independent film.

A few titles stand out among the foreign films in competition: "All That I Love" by Jacek Borcuch, Audience Award and Best Production Design at the Polish Film Festival and Polish candidate for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, "180°" by Cihan Inan, hailed at the Zurich Festival, and noted Director Max Sender’s "Christopher Roth” a psychological thriller with Anna Galiena, Joaquim de Almeida and Ben Gazzara.

A significant portion of this year’s feature film competition is dedicated to "new" Italian directors:  Gabriele Albanesi’s horror film, "In the mouth of Ubaldo Terzani",  "5" by Francesco Maria Dominedò, "18 years: the world at my feet" is entered by Elisabetta Rocchetti;" and “The Legacy” is offered Michael Zampino.  All selected works will be published on www.riff.it.

The international jury that will award the RIFF Awards 2011 includes, among others, producer Gianluca Arcopinto, Iranian Kurdish filmmaker Fariborz Kamkari (The Flowers of Kirkuk), director Cinzia TH Torrini, the Anilogue International Animation Festival Director, Liszka Tamás  and actress Valentina Carnelutti.

Different workshops and seminars will accompany the festival: the European Forum of Independent Producers partners with project "Producers on the movie" and an event by the American network for the promotion of women's cinema: Women Make Movies. 

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