[cinestory]

Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)

Richmond Fest

Contact

3126 W. Cary Street
#605
Richmond, VA 23221

Web:
http://www.rvafilmfestival.com
Email:
heather@richmondfilmfestival.com

Contact: Heather Waters, Founder & Producer

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 26    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Related Contests

Objective

The Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) is a competitive festival that accepts feature and short screenplays, teleplays, and screens more than 120 international cutting edge film premiers making it one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest international competitive festivals. RIFF provides six days of industry panels, Q&As, industry mixers, live music performances, the FLOW Creative & Pitch Conference, and entertainment mixers that bring the spirit of Hollywood to beautiful Richmond, Virginia at the Bowtie Criterion/Movieland and the historic Byrd Theatre. In 2011, USA Today called the 1,300-seat theatre, "One of the top 10 places to still see a movie in splendor in the United States."

An inclusive and spirited festival designed to honor cutting edge filmmakers and writers; RIFF welcomes produced films and screenplays of all genres and niches, feature and short screenplays plus teleplays. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early September 21, 2024 $55
Regular October 15, 2024 $65
Late November 15, 2024
10
$75
Winter December 15, 2024
40
$80
Extended January 15, 2025
71
$85
Final March 10, 2025
125
$95

WinningScripts Pro $5 Off Coupon

Notification: June 9, 2025.

Rules

Please see website for a list of Rules & Regulations.

Awards

Grand Jury Winners (Screenplays) - This is awarded to the overall best feature screenplay and best short screenplay. The best feature script receives $500 cash and the best short screenplay receives $250 cash and each receives a special recognition trophy at the annual red carpet awards. Plus screenplay genre awards.

See website for more details.

Richmond Fest

Contact

3126 W. Cary Street
#605
Richmond, VA 23221

Web:
http://www.rvafilmfestival.com
Email:
heather@richmondfilmfestival.com

Contact: Heather Waters, Founder & Producer

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 26    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Related Contests

Contest Comments

You must login to post a comment.

First-time user? Register now to receive FREE email contest updates, news, results, deadline reminders and more. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!

Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)

Contact

3126 W. Cary Street
#605
Richmond, VA 23221

Web:
http://www.rvafilmfestival.com
Email:
heather@richmondfilmfestival.com

Contact: Heather Waters, Founder & Producer

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 26    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Related Contests

Contest News

Richmond Fest Announces Official Selections

The Richard International Film Festival has announced its Feature, Teleplay and Short Screenplay Official Selections for 2023.

OFFICIAL SELECTION WINNERS

FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
A Man in The Minarets Josh Kalven
A8450, M.D. Shia Labeouf
Coming Up for Air Stefan Alexander
Grynszpan: Thompson Hal LaCroix
King of the Underground Jeffrey M. Davis
Liberty, NE Rudy Jansen
Marcel David Soll
Natalia Rising Donna Bonilla Wheeler
Night Country Ned Thorne
Raven Winters and the Spirit Vortex Heather Ostrove
Seoul '88 Jennifer D'Angelo Kircher, Nancy Stearns Bercaw
Shelby Kane Bridget Bell McMahon
Teleportation Security Administration Kevin J. Howard
The Red Zone Terry Luke Podnar
Untouchable Adam Lapallo

ORIGINAL TELEPLAYS
Albertville Lara Roizen
American Street Eugene Martin
Neurotransmission Andrea Berting
Pilotus: A Tale of Anathema Bob Singleton
Robert the Bruce King of Scots Al Anderson
The Angario Project Michael John Dunker
The Happiest Place Jon Davis
Wolf's Head Samuel Anderson

SHORT SCREENPLAYS
Hoochie Jenny Goddard-Garcia
Leave Us Where We Left It Krista Gallagher
Paper Giants Ryland Jones
Solipsism Duncan B Putney
The Untamed Olga Holtz

Updated: 06/26/2023

Richmond International Film Festival (Screenplays & Films)

Contact

3126 W. Cary Street
#605
Richmond, VA 23221

Web:
http://www.rvafilmfestival.com
Email:
heather@richmondfilmfestival.com

Contact: Heather Waters, Founder & Producer

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
Professionalism: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (4.8/5.0)
Feedback: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.2/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (3.9/5.0)
Report Cards: 26    
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card

Related Contests

Submit Report Card

You must login to read or submit report cards.

First-time user? Register now to receive FREE email contest updates, news, results, deadline reminders and more. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!

Subscribe to WinningScriptsPRO

Go Pro!