RiverRun International Film Festival

"Riverrun" redirects here. For the fictional stronghold from the works of George R. R. Martin, see Riverrun (A Song of Ice and Fire).

The RiverRun International Film Festival is a regional film festival held annually each spring in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The festival is a 501(c)3 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.

Grand Jury Award winners

Narrative features

Year	Narrative Features	Country	Director
2012	Found Memories	Argentina / Brazil	Júlia Murat
2011	Bal (Honey)	Turkey / Germany	Semih Kaplanoglu
2010	Katalin Varga	Romania / United Kingdom	Peter Strickland
2009	Three Monkeys	Turkey / France / Germany	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2008	The Edge of Heaven	Germany / Turkey	Fatih Akin
2007	For the Living and the Dead	Finland	Kari Paljakka
2006	A Wonderful Night in Split	Croatia	Arsen Anton Ostojić
2005	Innocent Voices	Mexico	Luis Mandoki
2004	Dandelion	United States	Mark Milgard
2003	The Truth... Yathharth	India	Rajesh Sheth
2001	Morning ( >$500k budget )	United States	Ami Canaan Mann
2001	Dischord ( <$500k budget )	United States	Mark Wilkinson
2000	The Magic of Marciano ( >$500k budget )	United States	Tony Barbieri
2000	Jacks or Better ( <$500k budget )	United States	Robert Sidney Mellette
1999	Crashing Eden	United States	Dean Alioto
1998	The Legend of Cryin' Ryan	United States	Deanna Shapiro & Julie Smith (St.Claire)

Documentary features

Year	Film	Country	Director
2012	The Boy Who Was a King	Bulgaria/Germany	Andrey Paounov
2011	Armadillo	Denmark	Janus Metz
2010	Last Train Home	Canada / China / UK	Lixin Fan
2009	Unmistaken Child	Israel	Nati Baratz
2008	Up the Yangtze	Canada	Yung Chang
2007	The Rape of Europa	USA	Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newnham
2006	Taimagura Grandma	Japan	Yohihiko Sumikawa
2005	Parallel Lines	USA	Nina Davenport
2004	Long Gone	USA	Jack Cahill & David Eberhardt
2003	The Boys of Second Street Park	USA	Ron Berger & Dan Klores
2001	Company Jasmine	Israel	Yael Katzir & Dan Katzir

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.

Festival Dates/Locations:

Number	Year	Dates	Location
1st	1998	Sept. 25-27	Brevard, NC
2nd	1999	Sept.	Brevard, NC
3rd	2000	Sept. 1-4	Brevard, NC
4th	2001	Aug. 29 - Sept. 3	Brevard, NC
	2002	skipped
5th	2003	April 24–27	Winston-Salem, NC
6th	2004	April 22–25	Winston-Salem, NC
7th	2005	April 21–24	Winston-Salem, NC
8th	2006	March 16–19	Winston-Salem, NC
9th	2007	April 18–23	Winston-Salem, NC
10th	2008	April 23–28	Winston-Salem, NC
11th	2009	April 22–29	Winston-Salem, NC
12th	2010	April 15–25	Winston-Salem, NC
13th	2011	April 8–17	Winston-Salem, NC
14th	2012	April 13–22	Winston-Salem, NC

External links

• Official website