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 5013 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.

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 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.
Since 2014, the festival has been an Oscar-qualifying festival in the Animated short film category.
Festival Dates/Locations:
NumberYearDatesLocation
1st1998Sept. 25-27Brevard, NC
2nd1999Sept.Brevard, NC
3rd2000Sept. 1-4Brevard, NC
4th2001Aug. 29 - Sept. 3Brevard, NC
2002skipped
5th2003April 24–27Winston-Salem, NC
6th2004April 22–25Winston-Salem, NC
7th2005April 21–24Winston-Salem, NC
8th2006March 16–19Winston-Salem, NC
9th2007April 18–23Winston-Salem, NC
10th2008April 23–28Winston-Salem, NC
11th2009April 22–29Winston-Salem, NC
12th2010April 15–25Winston-Salem, NC
13th2011April 8–17Winston-Salem, NC
14th2012April 13–22Winston-Salem, NC
17th2015April 16–26Winston-Salem, NC
20th2018April 19–29Winston-Salem, NC
21st2019April 4–14Winston-Salem, NC
22nd2020March 26-April 5Winston-Salem, NC