2012

Narrative Feature
Canada
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
20 minutes
Director:
Atul Sharma

REIFF 2012

Moments before an anniversary party at his house, an Indian man sits in his back yard in a state of shock. His wife lies dead at his feet. He pulls it together enough to call 911 but the doorbell rings. Family and guests are here for the party. He makes a split second decision, hangs up on 911 and scrambles to hide the body. Reminiscent of Hitchcock's ROPE, guests fill the house not realizing the deceased hostess lies in their midst. Her desperate husband seems willing to go to any lengths to conceal the truth. In the process, significant, sometimes darkly comic differences emerge between his Hindu family and western culture. How long can he possibly keep his morbid secret and why?

Experimental
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
22 minutes
Director:
Banks Helfrich

REIFF 2012

In a world where time is vertical, mathematician Nigel Kline, stumbles upon himself. Sorting his past, present and future seems the least of his worries when his mother falls for him. The weaving of time lays the foundation for Nigels acceptance of his own immortality.

Animation
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Michael Zachary Huber

REIFF 2012

Part science fiction, part thriller and part cautionary fairytale, Worlds Apart encompasses the universal themes of innocence, friendship and the possible fate of humanity. Set in the not so distant future, Earth is visited by extra terrestrials on a peaceful mission to find sentient life. Landing near a central California farm home, they discover a desolate, polluted world where little life remains. As they search the abandoned farm home, they find a lone teddy bear that emits signs of life. With the aid of their futuristic technology, they extract the memories of the teddy bear and thus unravel the mystery of humanity's demise. Worlds Apart asks the questions, is there hope for what remains of humanity?

Narrative Short
Spain
Runtime:
20 minutes
Director:
Fernando Uson-Fornies

REIFF 2012

A photographer obsessed by Belchite, a village bombed down during the Spanish civil war, meets there a mysterious woman.

Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Jeffrey Hill

REIFF 2012

Banjo Bill, The Ballad is a look at a unique Kentucky native. Come listen to this Hindman, Kentucky banjo player who served as a state Representative in the 1950's.

Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
19 minutes
Director:
Mike Grundmann

REIFF 2012

Art Mitchell, 74 is still a full-time Virginia farmer years after surviving a horrific accident that doctors doubted he'd live through. Later, he escaped another brush with sudden death. Though he was pushed to the limit and farming poses special challenges for him, he and his wife retain the sense of humor that helped them pull through, and a sense of mission that helps others. This is a farmer who can't be stopped.

Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
44 minutes
Director:
Gary King

REIFF 2012

An award-winning movie musical that critics are calling a crowd-pleaser, witty and extremely well performed and utterly fantastic. When Joe (Joe Schermann) lands an opportunity to write for an Off-Broadway show, he is forced to cast either the love of his life, Evey (Christina Rose) or his newly discovered muse, Summer (Debbie Williams). The realities of show business prove to Joe that writing is easy, living is hard.

Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Timothy Tamisiea

REIFF 2012

The Little brothers have big problems. Charles Little desperately wants to be an artist, but he's made a comfortable living writing trashy romance novels for his publisher/brother Samuel Little. To add insult to injury, Samuel forces Charles to write under the pseudonym, 'Charlene Little.' When Charles is late on his next draft, Samuel holds him hostage in the hopes that he will write another romance blockbuster. Charles, however, sick of being under his brother's thumb, has plans of his own.

Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
50 minutes
Director:
Morteza Rezvani

REIFF 2012

When I went back to Iran, after seventeen years to attend a wedding, my family history became intertwined with the history of the city and the country I grew up in. This video is about Iran from a personal perspective; my memories mixed with her history, literature, art and architecture. It is an attempt to introduce a country that seems so enigmatic to the West.

Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
20 minutes
Director:
Dave Scala

REIFF 2012

Trapped in suburban limbo is Maggie, a recent college grad with dreams of greatness on the stage. However, a degree in drama doesnt pay the bills, as Maggies mother, a righteous community leader, wont let her soon forget. Instead of applying for jobs, Maggie gets cast as the lead of a controversial new musical -- about abortion! -- in hopes of pleasing her mother. But when her mother vows to shut down the leftist parade of sin, Maggie must choose between her responsibilities and her dream.

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