As a private institution REAKTOR is dedicated to presenting and enabling the arts in a transdisciplinary approach. Together with music and fine arts, film is at the core of REAKTOR’s activities.
Once a year RIFF searches for unique cinematographic positions from a divers spectrum of contexts. Three awards honour filmmakers in fundamental elements of film - script, cut and direction.

RIFF is not limiting the jury’s selection to certain genres or styles, but understands itself as an invitation to the Austrian audience to explore extraordinary films, that otherwise might not have found their way into Austrian theatres.
The first two editions of RIFF were dedicated to Indian arthouse films. Due to a growing interest of filmmakers from all over the world RIFF transformed from a festival focused on Indian film to the REAKTOR International Film Festival.

RIFF 2021
Official Selection

Freeway
by Mohammad Akbari
RAUE NAECHTE
by Alex Kasses
Topfpalmen
by Rosa Friedrich
Golden Sunsolo Planet
by Bartosz Sikorski
ARMAZÓNIA
by Francisco Moura Relvas
Do You Like Poetry?
by Eduardo Mattos
I Found Malevich
by Ron Pollard
Die Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen
by Amelie Befeldt
SFUMATO
by Amirali Mirderikvand
Dilemma
by Luis Suarez Bracho
I’m Coming From That Crowded City
by Mina Salimi
Community Gardens
by Vytautas Katkus
The Movement
by Roozbe Kazemi
Flohplage
by Christoph Hans and Markus Ott
PALERMO
by Thomas Tröger
Celestine
by Denis Pejovic
A Message From the Last Summer
by Juyi Mao
Capriccio - Das falsche Kind
by Tobias Lenel
The Other
by Ako Zandkarimi and Saman Hosseinpour
Two Sisters
by Denis Pejovic
So that nothing changes
by Francescu Artily
Liebes Leben
by Julia Schmidt
Hoda's House
by Hamed Ghasemi
Vincent before Noon
by Guillaume Mainguet
Blue Distance
by Devin Jie Allen
Gegenschein
by Kai Krösche und Kolja Burgschuld
Freak Folks
by Patrick T. Lo
Stay Awake, be Ready
by Pham Thien An
Verklärte Nacht
by Leonard Lücke
Dial'nica desat'
by Jozef Eduardo Masarik
King of Ravens
by Piotr J. Lewandowski
Report On A Termination
by Arezoo Shabanian
VictoriAnna
by Gabriela Capello Barroso
It's Not the End of The World
by Bojan Brbora
PICNIC
by Grzegorz Krawiec
Janani's Juliet
by Pankaj Kumar
Die Ballade vom Maul des Affen
by Gregor Grkinic & Christoph Bochdansky
Rebellious Willows
by Babak Daghighi
Dear Mr. Ishida
by Sebastian Bobik
Die erinnernde Bewegung
by Mersolis Schöne
Haiku
by Martin Gerigk
The Universe According to Dan Buckley
by Roberto Santaguida
REAKTOR | Image of Perception
by Guli Silberstein

Awards 2021

Freeway | Beste Geschichte

Palermo | Beste Erzählung

The Movement | Beste Dramaturgie

Image of Perception | Beste visuelle Kreation

Golden Sunsolo Planet | Beste Collage

Peter Moucka | Celestine | Bester Schauspieler

Aline-Sarah Kunisch | Raue Naechte | Beste Schauspielerin

Topfpalmen | Beste Regie

RIFF 2020
Official Selection

1982
by Lucas Gallo
After us, the Flood
by Christoph Hertel
A New Normal
by Luzie Loose
A Small Insigificant Love  
by Larisa Crunteanu
CHASING NATURE INTO ABSTRACTION
by Suchart Wannaset
Cover
by Vahid Alvandifar
FELD
by Patrick Topitschnig
Field Resistance
by Emily Drummer
In Verdrängung
by Michael Winiecki
La Notte Salva
by Giuseppe Boccassini
Last Days
by Diana Frei
Palace of Colors
by Prantik Narayan Basu
quarto
by Matias Borgström
Tanz I
by Gabriel Kauer
Toad, Leaf, Grass, Rock
by Federica Foglia
Transparent, the World is.
by Yuri Muraoka
Where Do They Come From?
by Manuel Hüttner
Why We Are Unhappy in Cities
by Zhao Gang

Awards 2020

Cover | Best Screenplay

1982 | Best Editing

A Small Insignificant Love | Best Director

Jury | Sebastian Jobst, Bernhard Kammel, Philip Moran

RIFF 2019
Official Selection

Eka Veli Ek Diwas | One day at a time
by Sarika Joshi
Kuhasa | The Mist
by Gautam Chatterjee
CHITRAKUT
by Himanshu Malik
Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya | Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis
by Anamika Haksar
SUN GOES AROUND THE EARTH
by Arijit Biswas
The Gold-Laden Sheep and the Sacred Mountain
by Ridham Janve
Bhasmasur
by Nishil N. Sheth
Cactus | outside of the competition
by Aneek Chaudhuri

Awards 2019

Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya | Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis | Best Script

CHITRAKUT | Best Cut

Bhasmasur | Best director

Jury | Sebastian Jobst, Bernhard Kammel, Philip Moran, Vivek Singhania

RIFF 2018
Official Selection

Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain
by Harish Vyas
Bokul
by Reema Borah
Candyflip
by Shanawaz Nellikunnil
Chronicles of Hari
by Ananya Kasaravalli
Haal-E-Kangaal / The Bankrupts
by Ramchandra PN
Lajwanti
by Pushpendra Singh
Love and Shukla
by Siddartha Jatla
Neecha Nagar
by Chetan Anand
Paddayi
by Abhaya Simha
Pimpal
by Gajendra Ahire
Ralang Road
by Karma Takapa
Talking of Michelangelo
by Modhurima Sinha
Taramani
by Ram
Three and a Half
by Dar Gai
Waiting
by Anu Menon
White
by Aneek Chaudhuri