12/04/2013 - The twelfth edition of the Roman festival also gave awards to Transeuropae Hotel, Aquadro and documentaries Mapa and La Valle dello Jato

An award ceremony last night marked the end of the twelfth edition of RIFF, the Rome Independent Film Festival (4-10 April), which reached record levels of attendance this year.

The festival showed over 120 feature films, shorts and documentaries from over 40 countries and gave out RIFF Awards to the value of around €50,000.

The award for best international feature length film went to Ombline [+see also:
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Best Italian feature length film was a draw between Transeuropae Hotel by Luigi Cinque and Aquadro [+see also:
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Complete list of RIFF Awards 2013:

Best International Feature Film
Ombline - Stephane Cazes (France)

Best Actor/Actress – International Feature Films
Melanie Thierry (Ombline)

Best Italian Feature Film
Draw Transeuropae Hotel - Luigi Cinque and Aquadro - Stefano Lodovichi

Best Actor/Actress – Italian Feature Film
Giorgia Cardaci – (L’ultima Foglia - Leonardo Frosina)

Best International Documentary Film
Mapa — León Siminiani (Spain)

Special Mention
The Suffering Grasses - Lara Lee (USA)

Best Italian Documentary
La valle dello Jato - Caterina Monzani and Sergio Vega Borrego

Special Mention
Con quella faccia da straniera - Il Viaggio di Maria Occhipinti — Luca Scivoletto

Best International Short
Column — Ujkan  Hysaj (Kosovo)

Best Italian Short
Matilde — Vito Palmieri

Best Student Short
Momo — Teodor Kuhn (Slovakia)

Mention
Nicoleta — Sonia Liza Kenterman (Greece/UK)

Best Animation Short
Animalario — Sergio Mejía Forero (Columbia) – animation 3D

Best Screenplay Subject — Feature Film - Fabrique du Cinema Award
L’invito — Massimo De Angelis 

Best Screenplay — Short - Factotum Art Award
Primo — Marco Tosti

(Translated from Italian)