UPCOMING EVENTS
The 26th RiverRun International Film Festival will take place from April 18 – 27, 2024 in Winston-Salem, NC. Check back regularly for news and information about our many year-round film screenings and events, as well as for details about the upcoming Festival.
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Celebrate Giving Tuesday with $25 for 25 years of RiverRun!
RiverRun’s Holiday Can Film Festival Returns, December 16th!
Join RiverRun for our second Holiday Can Film Festival benefiting Samaritan Ministries. This year we offer a unique take on Dickens with The Muppet Christmas Carol starring Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the whole gang, along with Michael Caine as Scrooge!
Free Shorts Program by Emerging Black Women Filmmakers – 12/2!
Join RiverRun on 12/2 for a free screening of HEART OF THE MATTER, the second installment in the Our Right to Gaze film anthology series. HEART OF THE MATTER is an eclectic collection of shorts by Black women filmmakers.
Join RiverRun for a Retro Screening, Discussion, and book signing – 11/18
Mid-century modernism comes to the big screen when RiverRun Retro welcomes special guests Diane Baker and Foster Hirsch for a screening of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING from 1959.
RiverRun announces our first BIPOC Filmmaker Fellow – Fatima Wardy
Under a new initiative, RiverRun International Film Festival has named Sudanese filmmaker Fatima Wardy as its first BIPOC Fellow. RiverRun established the BIPOC Filmmaker Fellowship to uplift the work of Black, Indigenous, and other filmmakers of color.
Free Indie Lens Pop-Up Virtual Screening – Nov. 9
Join us on Nov 9th for our first Indie Lens Pop-up event of the season! The special event begins with a preview screening of the first episode in the three-part series, A Town Called Victoria. Following the hour-long screening, you will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual discussion with local subject-matter experts about civil rights, hate crimes, prejudice and resilience.
NEWS
$25 for 25
Celebrate Giving Tuesday with $25 for 25 years of RiverRun!
To further uplift the work of Black, Indigenous, and other filmmakers of color, RiverRun is establishing the BIPOC Filmmaker Fellowship.
RiverRun International Film Festival believes in the power of diverse voices to build community through film. Through our festival and year-round programs, we are responsible for our audiences and the stories we tell. Representation matters and our aim is to ensure it’s reflected in all our programming – across genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and ideological perspectives. READ MORE FOR GOALS OF THIS FELLOWSHIP AND HOW TO APPLY.
2023 Award Winners
RiverRun is pleased and honored to announce the Jury Awards for the Festival, which ran April 13-22 this year, celebrating our 25th Anniversary!
ABOUT
RiverRun is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to the role of cinema as a conduit of powerful ideas and diverse viewpoints. Our mission is to foster a greater appreciation of cinema and a deeper understanding of the many people, cultures and perspectives of our world through regular interaction with great films and filmmakers.
The 26th RiverRun International Film Festival will take place from April 18 – 27, 2024 in Winston-Salem, NC. Check back regularly for news and information about our many year-round film screenings and events, as well as for details about the upcoming Festival.
Thank You to our sponsors
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, RiverRun relies enormously on the generosity of the Winston-Salem and Piedmont Triad communities to present one of the premier international film festivals in the southeastern United States.
