From Thursday 5 to Monday 9 December, the RIDF – Rome International Documentary Festival will take place at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila. The selection of films is divided into three sections: the international competition WORLD-DOC, the Italian titles competition ITA-DOC, and the SHORT-DOC section featuring 10 short documentaries.
Among the Italian titles in competition is Vahkim by Francesca Pirani, with cinematographer Massimo Intoppa CCS. The screening is scheduled for Friday 6 December at 7:00 PM. Read the interview with Massimo Intoppa.
For the international competition WORLD-DOC, 11 films have been selected, all making their Rome debut and coming from every corner of the world (Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas). They share a delicate thread: intimate stories exploring intense and complex family relationships in an increasingly unstable world marked by wars, inequalities, and violations of universal rights.
- 1489 by Shoghakat Vardanyan
- Alma del Desierto by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
- Death of a Saint by Patricia Bbaale Bandak
- Happiness to All by Filip Remunda
- Hold on to Her by Robin Vanbesien
- Marching in the Dark by Kinshuk Surjan
- A New Kind of Wilderness by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
- The One I Love by Paweł Hejbudzki
- Silent Men by Duncan Cowles
- Songs of Slow Burning Earth by Olha Zhurba
- XiXi by Fan Wu
The ITA-DOC competition includes 9 films, a selection of the best Italian documentaries of the past season. These works delve into Italy’s most exposed and troubled depths while also expressing a desire for redemption through stories of inner struggles, personal battles, and collective fights.
- Bosco grande by Giuseppe Schillaci
- Come se non ci fosse un domani by Riccardo Cremona, Matteo Keffer
- L’era d’oro by Camilla Iannetti
- L’ultima Isola by Davide Lomma
- La Meccanica delle cose by Alessandra Celesia
- Quir by Nicola Bellucci
- Romina by Valerio Lo Muzio, Michael Petrolini
- Tineret by Nicolò Ballante
- Vakhim by Francesca Pirani
SHORT-DOC presents 10 short documentaries that, unlike last year’s edition, will be screened in the cinema as well as streamed on MyMovies during the Festival.
- 4:30 by Vasilii Ovchinnikov
- Between the Others by Marie Alice Falys
- Cataract by Łukasz Iwanicz
- CRD by Elena Mattioli, Flavio Perazzini
- Je suis Elodie by Tabs Breese, India Wadsworth
- Mic Drop by Kallol Mukherjee
- Se io non dimentico by Vincenzo de Caro
- Sewing Machine by Ülo Pikkov
- Tornando ringrazia by Christian Mantuano and Clementine Laurent
- Vibrations from Gaza by Rehab Nazzal, Mohammed Nateel, Nawras Samir, Mohamed Abu Elkas
The jury for the WORLD-DOC competition includes Oscar-winning director and producer Eva Orner, Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, and Fabio Mancini, Commissioning Editor of Rai Documentari. The jury for the ITA-DOC competition comprises directors Vittorio Moroni and Enrica Colusso and editor Ilaria Fraioli.
The Festival collaborates with the “Documentare i Diritti” project, the DAMS department of Roma Tre University, Amnesty International Italia, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, Obop, and FNC – Fondazione Nazionale delle Comunicazioni.
PROGRAMME
SINGLE TICKET: €7
Available only at the cinema box office.
DISCOUNTS: €3 for students and holders of a Metrobus card or validated BIT ticket.
10-FILM PASS: €50
Available by emailing accrediti@ridf.it
Masterclasses are free and open to the public, but reservation is recommended at welcome@ridf.it.
The event is promoted by Roma Culture. For information and scheduling, visit www.cinemaaquila.it.
