The RiverRun International Film Festival is an annual Oscar-qualifying film festival held each spring in

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. The festival is a 501(c)3

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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.

Jury Awards winners

Best Narrative Feature

Best Documentary Feature

History

Founded in 1998 by Gennaro and Beth D'Onofrio, the RiverRun International Film Festival got its name from the French Broad River near

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, where the festival was originally held. In 2003,

Dale Pollock Dale M. Pollock (born 1950) is an American film producer, writer and film professor. A journalist whose works have been published in a number of magazines and newspapers, Pollock is also the author of a biography of George Lucas. Pollock has ...

, a former film producer and then-Dean of the School of Filmmaking at the

University of North Carolina School of the Arts The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...

, moved RiverRun to

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

, where it resides today as an independent arts organization dedicated to showcasing the best new films from independent, international and student filmmakers. Since 2014, the festival has been an Oscar-qualifying festival in the Animated short film category. Festival Dates/Locations:

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* Film festivals in North Carolina Animation film festivals in the United States Tourist attractions in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Film festivals established in 1998 1998 establishments in North Carolina {{US-film-festival-stub