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.
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]
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