Westfield International Film Festival (formerly Rahway International Film Festival) is a non-profit film festival founded in 2013 located in Westfield, NJ, USA. production, is a non-profit film festival founded in 2013 & located in Westfield, NJ, USA. Please visit RIFF's website for more info: www.rahwayfilmfest.com
Our Story:
The Rahway International Film Festival, a Big Dreams and Silver Scree
ns production, was founded in June of 2013 in an effort to create a warm and welcoming home for independent filmmakers and fans of film in New Jersey and the surrounding area. First held at the Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts in Rahway, NJ for the last four years as our namesake, but we will continue to operate as Big Dreams & Silver Screens Film Festival moving forward. Our fifth season has taken us to the neighboring town of Westfield, NJ where we now call The James Ward Mansion home. The move has provided a beautiful space in which we are happy to honor our hard-working filmmakers whom we feel deserve the full red-carpet treatment. Our Mission:
Our mission is to provide an opportunity for artists worldwide to showcase works that educate, and inspire equality, empathy and awareness through film. Our Vision:
We believe that film can reach the mind and soul in ways nothing else can. For this reason, we present films that strive to promote equality, champion the oppressed and promote open-mindedness. In keeping with equality, we seek to present an equal ratio of films created by male and female filmmakers from around the world.
