About RiverRun International Film Festival

RiverRun International Film Festival is a non-profit, media arts organization dedicated to the role of cinema as a conduit of powerful ideas and diverse viewpoints. Our 9-day festival is one of the largest cultural events in the Piedmont Triad and North Carolina. RiverRun is an Academy Award qualifying festival in 2 film categories – animated shorts and documentary shorts. In addition to our annual festival, we have several highly regarded year-round screening programs which including RiverRun Retro, RiverRun Arts, the free ITVS Indie Lens Pop-Up Series in partnership with PBS North Carolina, and our free education initiative Films With Class