Regina International Film Festival Explained

The Regina International Film Festival and Awards (RIFFA) is an annual Canadian film festival, staged in Regina, Saskatchewan.^[1] RIFFA is considered the largest film festival in Saskatchewan.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/community/riffa-2024-1.7287361

The event founded by John Thimothy was launched in 2015, and concentrated solely on short films in its first year.^[2] It was not held in 2016, with its second iteration instead taking place in 2017,^[3] but has been staged annually since then and has expanded to include feature films.^[4]

The festival also presents an annual program of awards to the films deemed to be the best in that year's festival.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Cole Davenport, "'Our own little Hollywood': Filmmakers descend on Queen City for Regina International Film Festival". CTV Regina, August 18, 2019.
2. Kerry Benjoe, "Regina to host its own homegrown cinema event". Regina Leader-Post, September 21, 2015.

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3. Ashley Martin, "Regina International Film Festival's second incarnation is bigger and better". Regina Leader-Post, August 12, 2017.
4. Ashley Martin, "Regina International Film Festival's focus on sharpening image". Regina Leader-Post, June 20, 2019.
5. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-film-festival-feature-gender-neutral-trophy-1.4713692 "Regina film festival to feature new gender-neutral trophy and logo"