Riff Festival

Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Riff)

An IMDb qualified festvial , Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Riff) is a brand new, up-and-coming online seasonal short film festival in Netherland, a country with great filmmakers like Johan van der Keuken and popular international film festivals. Riff is an exclusive online short film competition, and our main goal is to showcase the brilliant short projects for a diverse audience of cinephiles.

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Why choose us

Your submission implies that you have the legal right to represent and submit this film for consideration, along with your acceptance of RIFF regulations.

1) International films are required to have English subtitles
2) Short films are 50 mins and under. Micro short is under 5 minutes
3) To submit a film or script, you must have created the project yourself, own the rights or have permission from the content owner to submit the film to us.
4) Films must be 2016 or newer to qualify for an award.
5) Our festival is run by a small group of volunteers, film enthusiasts, and professional film judges. Every effort is made to provide excellent communication. If there is anything we can assist with, please send us an email, and we will contact you back within 72 hours.
6) One entry fee per category. The same film can be entered into one or more categories, but each category requires an entry fee.
7) Only the winner project has the chance for the online screening. Given that we might not receive all the film screening materials on time, we reserve the right to change the time of the online event. If we change the date, the new information will be communicated to the affected filmmakers (the winners’s one).
8 ) We communicate with filmmakers through emails, so we appreciate that you check your email regularly.
9) All fees are non-refundable

Testimonials

What People Are Saying About Festival

I am extremely pleased to have my works selected at RIFF! Its nothing like working hard and getting things done and then being rewarded! Thanks again for choosing me RIFF!

Crystal Sauls

I am so honored to be a part of this festival. They do a great job of programming.

Richard Morell

It was wonderful to receive notification from Rotterdam International Film Festival that Bye Bye Baby was selected as a Semi-Finalist. Great news, thank you. There has been great communication. I am very honoured to be part of this festival and will enter this competition again.

Dianne Lang

Communication was great. Kept me informed of the changes and deadlines. And of course, honoring my film LANA DEE as BEST MALE DIRECTOR made it even more of a wonderful experience. Thank you RIFF!

Chris Stifel

Everything was great. Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate twice: with Where Time Breathes in the Micro Short category, and also with "(PAUSE)", which was selected for the Best Covid Film award. My thanks to the whole team for the experience.

Marcelo Lagreze