RAIIFA
1. RAiifa Winners 2018
2. Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awards
3. RAiifa Winners 2017, Official Selected
4. RAiifa Winners 2016, Official Selected
1. RAIIFA 2018
WINNERS
Best feature narrative: „Shades of Day - New Director's Cut“, Director Vitaly Sumin
Best short narrative: „Confidence Of a Tall Man“, Director Michael McCallum
Best feature documentary: „On the track of Robert van Gulik“, DirectorRob Rombout
Best short documentary: „Forget Shorter Showers“, Director Jordan Brown
Best for children: „Big Boy“, Director Yuri Solodov
Best for teenager: "Toy Talk", Director Adelle Johns
2. Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awards
“Ramunas Atelier” (Ramūno ateljė), a non-goverment film production and education organisation, will start festival “RAIIFA” (Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awards), Third edition for Professional and Student filmmakers.
The RAIIFA is looking for the gifted filmmakers and artists of our generation. The Independent film community is without a doubt the backbone of the industry. This is why it is so important for there to be opportunities for these independent geniuses to be recognized. The Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awards provides a tremendous amount of opportunities for filmmakers to receive the accolades they deserve within our awards. We want to help indie filmmakers find success by celebrating their achievements with a plethora of different awards.
Do any of these words describe your film: nature, heritage, environment, history, culture, adventure, wildlife, indigenous cultures, social issues... you welcome! All genres accepted: action, comedy, drama, fantasy, mystery, romance, science fiction, experimental...
Awards & Prizes
- Best Feature Narrative
- Best Short Narrative
- Best Feature Documentary
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Animation
- Best For Children
- Best For Teenager
- Best Student
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Sound
- Best Virtual Reality
Rules & Terms
All movies must meet the following requirements to take part in this competition. The entrant/submitter/moviemaker/controlling company accepts all of the rules and terms in full by sending in a movie for consideration.
1) Anyone profesional, student filmmaker, from any country can participate in this competition. Movies of any length are allowed to enter the competition, but all dialogue must either be spoken in English or the movie must have English subtitles.
2) The entrant can submit as many entries separate, as they want. Submissions can include short films, feature films, documentary and other categories. With or without notice, a category may be removed from consideration at any time. For the purposes of these Rules and Terms categories that contain moving images are considered movie(s).
3) Previously entered movies can be re-submitted if they did not previously win any awards in past editions of the RAIIFA.
4) Please double check the exact length of your movie, including opening credits, closing credits, bumpers, etc. and submit into the appropriate category or else your movie may be disqualified if improperly submitted. Submission fees will not be returned in such cases. (Short 0 – 50 Minutes,
Feature, 50+ Minutes)
5) The entrant/submitter/moviemaker hereby certifies that they possess the right(s) and all of the proper clearances to submit the movie, including, but not limited to image rights, talent releases, soundtrack and/or source music releases; and assumes all responsibility for their material. The RAIIFA accepts no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for any movie submitted to the festival.
6) The participants will not get feedback.
7) Every entry/submission will be judged based on its directing, acting, technical, and artistic merits, as related to the submission.
8) The RAIIFA only accepts online screeners. Please submit screeners via FilmFreeway.com. Please don't send discs or any downloadable files.
9) The RAIIFA does not refund fees after an entry has been submitted, especially if a submission has already been adjudicated and/or the deadline for the current submission period has passed. Moviemakers/submitters should familiarize themselves with the Rules and Terms prior to submission. Questions asked after submission may or may not receive a response.
10) The submitter/moviemaker grants the Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awardsthe right to use the movie’s trailer and/or other materials (such as the poster, headshots, bios, etc.) for promotional purposes, in perpetuity, without any further consideration, and accepts sole responsibility for the use of all materials.
11) All decisions made by the judge(s) are considered final and incontestable. We reserve the right to not give all of the awards possible if we didn't receive enough entries in a particular category or if none of the submissions met our high judging standards. If we deem it appropriate, additional categories of awards may be presented as well.
12) Laurels in PDF format will be sent to all winners (Official RAIIFA Trophy).
13) At the end of adjudication, the results of the Ramunas Atelier International Independent Film Awards will be made public and accessible on the official website www.ramuno-atelje.lt
14) Movies containing overly vulgar pornographic content, obscene titles and/or content deemed hateful, racist, or in poor taste may be disqualified.
15) The RAIIFA reserves the right to add, modify, or discard rules and terms, if needed, as needed, at any time, at its sole discretion, with or without notification
16) By submitting an entry to the RAIIFA, the entrant(s)/submitter(s)/moviemaker(s)/controlling company accept(s) all of the rules and terms herein, in their entirety, without modification. Entrant/submitter/moviemaker further acknowledges that remediation of any sort will be limited to a refund of their submission fees. If entrant/submitter/moviemaker does not agree with these terms, do not submit your entry. By submitting, entrant/submitter/filmmaker indicates that they have read, understand, agree with, and will comply will all of the Rules and Terms stated in items 1-16 above.
3. Raiifa Winners 2017:
Best Feature Narrative
The Chungul, Director Alexander and Vyacheslav Alyoshechkin, Ukraine
Best Short Narrative
From the Dust, Director Vincenzo Laurella, Italy
Best Feature Documentary
Hilde and the Chimps, Director Alexander Sletten, Norway
Best Short Documentary
Gorgeous Sisters, Director Inesa Kurklietytė, Lithuania
Best Animation
Swan Lake, Director Saeed Mayahy - Hamid Jamali, Iran
Best Director
Ether, Director Mahshid Sajadi, Iran
Best Cinematography
Yosemite, Director Oliver Goetzl, Germany
Best Sound
Save Me!, Director Mohsen Nabavi, Iran-Malaysia
Best Editing
Roshmia, Director Salim Abu Jabal, Palestine
Best Student
People At Night, Director Joshua Magor , United Kingdom
Best For Children
The Little Gypsy Witch, Director Tomislav Zaja, Croatia
Best For Teenager
Again, Director Petra Grgić, Croatia
Official Selected:
Pet, Director Chris Moraitis, Greece
The Swing, Director David Witchell, United Kingdom
Wild Without Wings, Director Steve Graf, New Zealand
Standing Eight, Director Brian Kazmarck, United States
The guy came on horseback, Director Hossein Rabiei Dastjerdi, Iran
A Whole World for a Little World, Director Fabrice Bracq, France
Shala, Director João Inácio, Brazil
Green Memories, Director Eustaquio Martinez Del Rio, Mexico
Boy On The Bridge, Director Petros Charalambous, Cyprus
Don't Give Up The Ghost, Director Jean-Louis Milesi, United States
Papa Underwater, Director Welf Reinhart, Germany
Sea With No Name, Director Emilia Linnakoski, Finland
The Dream Factory, Director Michal Pinsky, Israel
Legacy Warnings!, Director Jonathan Happ, Jean-Jacques Schwenzfeier, Katja Becker, Germany
The Bus Trip, Director Sarah Gampel, Sweden
For One, Director Mathieu RIVOLIER , France
The Devil and the Holy Water, Director Diego Maria Malara, Finland
Snowgirl, Director Ilina Perianova, Estonia
Nobody Dies Here, Director Simon Panay, France
Inherit The Stars: The Director's Cut, Director Keishi Suenaga, Japan
The Burrow, Director Chloé Galibert-Laîné, France
White Silence, Director Hyo-mi Kim, Korea
4. RAiifa Winners 2016:
Best Feature Narrative - „Crime & Punishment“,Director Andrew O'Keefe, Australia
Best Short Narrative - „Mother“, Director Piotrek Golebiowski, Poland
Best Feature Documentary - „The Hand of Franklin“, Director Frank Wolf, Canada
Best Short Documentary - „Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition“, Director Christoph von Toggenburg, Switzerland
Best Animation - „Cuerdas“, Pedro Solís García, Spain
Best Children (up to 14) - „Agrinoui“, Director Alexis Chaviaras, Cyprus
Best Teenager (14 – 19) - „Really Looking“, Director Kira Bursky, United States
Best Student - „Kamakshi“, Director Satindar Singh Bedi, India
Best Director - „Escapes“, Director Mercedes Gaspar, Spain
Best Actor - „The Double Cross“, Director Mark Brocking, United Kingdom
Best Actress - „Ben and Ara“, Director Nnegest Likke, United States
Best Cinematography - „Europe 5 Days“, Director Friedl Wolffhardt, Germany
Best Editing - "Beneath the wide wide Heaven", Director Hisham Bizri, United States
Best Sound - “Buffalo”, Director Michael McCallum, United States
RAiifa 2016 Official Selected:
“Not knowing who you are is a beautiful source of surprises”, Director Karl Sterner, Sweden
„Hit The Road Gunnar”, Director Nicolas Ehret, Germany
„Crime & Punishment“, Director Andrew O'Keefe, Australia
„Mother“, Director Piotrek Golebiowski, Poland
„First Encounter With Authority”, Director Yavuz ÖZER, Turkey
„Maasai 10th Lost Tribe of Israel“, Director Dante Tanikie-Montagnani, United Kingdom
„The Hand of Franklin“, Director Frank Wolf, Canada
„Just like the movies“, Director Atanas Hristoskov, Bulgaria
„Journey to the Maggot Feeder“, Director Liivo Niglas, Estonia
„Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition“, Director Christoph von Toggenburg, Switzerland
„Moving to live!“, Director Marco Tessaro, Italy
„Madagascar's Scars“,Director Camille Wainer, United States
„HeavenKid: Time-Space Door“, Director Derrick, Yung-Te, Wu, Taiwan
„The Calling“, Director Chris Boyd, United Kingdom
„Cthorsion scrypt fantomsens“, Director Chris Boyd, United Kingdom
„Cuerdas“, Director Pedro Solís García, Spain
„Revoltoso“, Director Arturo "Vonno" Ambriz, Mexico
„September Sketch Book“, Director Ronnie Cramer, United States
„The Wonderful World of Chinese Characters“, Director Shan-Pen Lin, Taiwan
„Agrinoui“, Director Alexis Chaviaras, Cyprus
"The Cosmospinguin", Director Luca Potskhishvili, Austria
„Light Divides the Square“, Director Kimberly Burleigh, United States
„Really Looking“, Director Kira Bursky, United States
„Kamakshi“, Director Satindar Singh Bedi, India
„Escapes“, Director Mercedes Gaspar, Spain
„The Double Cross“, Director Mark Brocking, United Kingdom
„Ben and Ara“, Director Nnegest Likke, United States
„Julia“, Director Carlo Perassi, Italy
„Europe 5 Days“, Director Friedl Wolffhardt, Germany
"Beneath the wide wide Heaven", Director Hisham Bizri, United States
“Buffalo”, Director Michael McCallum, United States
