RiverRun International Film Festival
A filmmaker- and community-first festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that screens new narrative, documentary, student, and animated films of all lengths every April, from established and emerging filmmakers around the world. RiverRun says it is Academy Award qualifying in the Documentary Short and Animated Short categories.
- Location
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and online, United States
- Next edition
- Apr 21 – 25, 2027
- Submission deadlines
- Final Dec 7, 2026
- Categories
- Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Narrative Shorts, Documentary Shorts, LIMITLESS: Stories Without Restraint (sponsored by Easterseals PORT Health)
- Also listed on
- FilmFreeway
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