Rifkin's Festival

Rifkin's Festival
Official poster
Directed byWoody Allen
Written byWoody Allen
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Edited byAlisa Lepselter
Music byStephane Wrembel
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Tripictures (Spain)
  • Vision Distribution (Italy)
  • MPI Media Group (United States)
Release dates
  • September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) (Zinemaldia)
  • October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) (Spain)
  • January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Spain
  • United States
  • Italy
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.3 million[2]

Rifkin's Festival is a 2020 comedy film, written and directed by Woody Allen. An American-Spanish-Italian co-production, it stars Wallace Shawn, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López, and Christoph Waltz. It premiered at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 18, 2020, and was released in Spain on October 2, 2020, by Tripictures. A short plot summary appeared in The Guardian on September 4, 2019, stating: "The movie, Rifkin’s Festival, is about a couple who fall in love while in town for the San Sebastián film festival, drawing on the annual event as the backdrop to a romantic comedy."[3]

On January 28, 2022, the film began a limited release in United States theaters and on streaming services.[4]

  1. ^ "Rifkin's Festival". San Sebastian Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rifkin's Festival - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Agirre-Maskariano, Mikel (September 4, 2019). "The last thing my city needs is Woody Allen selling us to the world". The Guardian. London, England: Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Julia (January 28, 2022). "Woody Allen's 'Rifkin's Festival' Is Opening in U.S. Theaters". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2022.