Rome Independent Film Festival (or RIFF) is an annual film festival held every November in

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, Italy to represent and promote independent filmmakers globally. The festival was started in 2001, and its 25th event was held in 2018. In November 2019, the 26th festival event will be held.

The festival

Rome Independent Film Festival was first started in 2001 in

. In 2006's event '' Self Medicated'' by Monty Lapica was the winning film, in 2007 '' Punk Love'' by

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, in 2008 '' The Class'' by

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, in 2009 ''

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'' by Steve McQueen, and in 2010's event ''

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'' by Andrea Arnold were among the major independent winners of the festival. At the 17th event in 2018, the festival's main focus was on screening films from Albania and Spain and also based on LGBT issues.

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External links

* {{official website, https://www.riff.it/en/, Rome Independent Film Festival's official website Film festivals in Rome November events Annual events in Italy Tourist attractions in Rome Italian film awards Film festivals established in 2001