The 23rd RiverRun International Film Festival will take place from May 6 – 16, 2021 in Winston-Salem, NC. Check back regularly for news and information about our many year-round film screenings and events, as well as for details about the upcoming Festival.
Join us on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 7:00pm for our next free Indie Lens Pop-Up event: a virtual screening of Mr. SOUL! PBS North Carolina, together with RiverRun and the State Library North Carolina, proudly present this exclusive screening opportunity, to be accompanied by a post-film panel discussion. Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Ellis Haizlip—Mr. SOUL! On the heels of the civil rights movement, the public television variety show SOUL!, offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and politics—voices that had few other options for national television exposure.
View MoreOur Virtual Theater is now live as we monitor guidelines for when it is safe to host indoor theatrical screenings once again. Now playing: Unapologetic
View MoreJoin us on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 7:00pm for a virtual screening of 9to5: The Story of a Movement. UNC-TV PBS North Carolina, together with RiverRun and the State Library North Carolina, proudly present this exclusive screening opportunity, to be accompanied by a post-film panel discussion. The film follows a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s who organized and formed 9to5 in order to fight for better pay, more advancement opportunities, and an end to sexual harassment. 9to5 tells the story of the fight that inspired a hit song and changed the American workplace.
View MoreDecember 24, 2020
Our Virtual Theater is now live as we monitor guidelines for when it is safe to host indoor theatrical screenings once again. Now playing: Unapologetic
View MoreDecember 11, 2020
In partnership with Parkway Lincoln, RiverRun is hosting a smartphone short film contest! The film content/story must be centered around a Lincoln vehicle(s). Participants may interpret this however they choose and will be judged on creativity and originality. The films will be screened for free to the community in our Virtual Theater December 24-31. Deadline for entries is December 19th!
View MoreNovember 15, 2020
For those of you still looking for ways to support RiverRun during these uncertain and unprecedented times–or for those of you who are believers in the multi-verse and want to represent the festival that only happened in the Bizarro World–we are making our 2020 merchandise available at the prices listed below! We are also running a special deal for multiple apparel items. Purchase two or more shirts and we’ll throw in a 2020 totebag as a free gift!
View MoreThe RiverRun International Film Festival is a regional event based in Winston-Salem, NC and is one of the premier film festivals in the southeastern United States. The 23rd annual RiverRun will be held May 6 – 16, 2021.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, RiverRun relies enormously on the generosity of the Winston-Salem and Piedmont Triad communities to present one of the premier international film festivals in the southeastern United States.
