2020

Official Selection
Narrative Short
Lithuania
Runtime:
13 minutes
27 seconds
Director:
Lisa Maydwell, Artūrs Zeps

REIFF 2020

A woman uses deception and betrayal to keep the child she loves.

Official Selection
Animation
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
33 seconds
Director:
David Coleman

REIFF 2020

Chris Stapleton’s “Second One To Know” official music video – created in collaboration with Pure Imagination Studios, Universal Music Group (UMG) and The LEGO Group.

Official Selection
Narrative Short
Iran
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Faramarz Ramezanian

REIFF 2020

Midnight hour. Darkness looms in. In an empty street somewhere in the city, two or perhaps three men argue over some one's death and survival.

Official Selection
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
11 minutes
24 seconds
Director:
Alizé Carrère

REIFF 2020

Despite the growing persistence of environmental change, human resourcefulness remains alive and well as people across the globe experiment with adaptive methods on the ground. In ADAPTATION: Kentucky, scientist and National Geographic Explorer Alizé Carrère travels to a small town in western Kentucky to meet Angie Yu, a Chinese-American woman who is turning the Mississippi River’s invasive Asian Carp problem into an environmental and economic triumph. While Americans may want nothing to do with this bony fish, other parts of the world consider carp a resource – one to be cherished and celebrated. Can Americans learn to do the same?

Official Selection
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
53 minutes
3 seconds
Director:
Steven Middleton

REIFF 2020

The Show Starts At Dark examines the last remaining operating Drive-In Movie Theaters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Meet the owners, fans, and Roadtrippers who still take the time every weekend to make sure the movies still start at dark.

Official Selection
Canada
Runtime:
7 minutes
52 seconds
Director:
The Bum Family

REIFF 2020

Lilly, a giant orange monster, embarks on an adventure at a lakeside fishing camp with her friend Fluffle. Will Lilly discover the mysterious secret that lurks below the surface of the lake?

Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
13 minutes
34 seconds
Director:
Cody Joel

REIFF 2020

A young father tries to protect his daughter from the pitfalls of Eastern Kentucky, the epicenter of America's opiate crisis and crippled coal industry

Official Selection
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
32 minutes
Director:
Zach Schlapkohl, Jacob Kiesling, & Ethan Cartwright

REIFF 2020

A mockumentary about rehabilitated zombies (or necro-sapiens, to be politically correct) facing the adversities that come with living in a time when they aren't yet considered socially equal to homo-sapiens (aka, human beings).

Official Selection
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
22 minutes
Director:
Nick Natalicchio

REIFF 2020

People have been sending messages in bottles for hundreds of years, in search of everything from romance to scientific data. Once found, a message in a bottle can capture the imagination and ignite a feeling of adventure. No one understands that more than Clint Buffington, who has found over 90 messages in bottles. Even more impressive, Clint has been able to track down many of the senders, which usually takes some detective work. Clint never knows where each message might take him, and he’s made some unlikely friends along the way.

Official Selection
United States
Runtime:
19 minutes
2 seconds
Director:
Chris Temple, Zach Ingrasci

REIFF 2020

Lizbeth Mateo is an attorney in Los Angeles—one who started a law practice, hired four employees, and took an oath to uphold the U.S. constitution. She also has no legal options to stay in the country. Lizbeth is undocumented.

Since crossing the border at age 14, Lizbeth hasn’t let her immigration status hold her back. Frustrated by an unjust system, she’s drawing from her own experiences to fight for immigrant rights in the streets and in the courts.

Her latest client is Edith Espinal, a woman avoiding deportation by taking sanctuary in a church. As the months turn to years, Lizbeth is running out of legal options to help. Lizbeth returns to her activist roots and teaches Edith to fight back—because sometimes you need to ignore the law in order to change it.

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