Seeking escape from his stalled relationship and unhappy place in the world, a recently pink-slipped music teacher sets out to hike Kentucky's Sheltowee Trace Trail. Among the verdant hills of Appalachia, he encounters various strange characters and becomes the reluctant companion of a gregarious father and son who ultimately help him rediscover what he's been missing.
2012
Jury Prize For Best Narrative Feature
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
53 minutes
Director:
Martha Stephens
REIFF 2012
Audience Award
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
35 minutes
Director:
Wes Pryor
REIFF 2012
Livin' for a Song is a feature length documentary on the life and music of legendary Nashville songwriter Hank Cochran. A remarkable story that starts in the cotton fields of Mississippi then moves on to California where he partnered with Rock legend Eddie Cochran for much of the 50s then on to Nashville in 1960 where he wrote classics such as 'Make the World Go Away', 'I Fall to Pieces', 'She's Got You' and many more. The film includes intimate performances by Elvis Costello, Brad Paisley, Lee Ann Womack, Ronnie Milsap and others as well as appearances by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Jeannie Seely to name just a few. After watching this film you will understand why they called Hank: 'The Legend'.
Narrative Feature
Russia
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
34 minutes
Director:
Khrushch Roman
REIFF 2012
Based on the Russian classic novel. While maintaining all the main plot lines of the novel, it follows the events not as they happen but as they are reflected in the mind of the dying hero. Thus make a chain of recollections about the life he had lived through, now seen as a series of irrevocable mistakes and interpreted anew: it is either reconsideration or repentance. Recollections make main hero torment himself over his own past pretenses that seem ridicules now agonize and despair over his perfect indifference to everything except himself, see the horrible aspect of killing his friend, a greenhorn and a show-off. The final action of an intelligent and outstanding man is judging oneself without mercy.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
32 minutes
Director:
Mike Cahill
REIFF 2012
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident. Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
29 minutes
Director:
Adam Maurer, William Silva Reddington
REIFF 2012
Right outside Atlanta, Georgia is a small charter school that brings together refugee children from war-torn countries all over the world and teaches them alongside local American children. 'A Place In The World' follows three families with ties to the school, a first year teacher, and the principal of the school over the course of two school years, as they adapt to, and learn from, this diverse and complex social environment. The film asks the question of whether we can all live together in this rapidly changing world.
Animation
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
Director:
Nate Winckler
REIFF 2012
A childlike speaker dances joyfully to energetic music. It finds out, however, that its wire prevents it from dancing as much as it would like. It finally disconnects itself only to find out that the wire was its source of music and joy.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Paul Pater
REIFF 2012
Andy, a 30-something video game buff, eagerly anticipates the release of the new shoot 'em up INDESTRUCTIBLE. When he makes plans to play the game with his best friend Mick, a massive power outage sends the two friends on a DIY sci-fi mission to build an electrical generator that will give them enough juice to experience the latest and greatest digital war fantasy.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Cory Greene
REIFF 2012
A young couple about to embark on their dream vacation discovers they have over packed more than just socks. Weighed down with baggage full of desire, sin and ignorance, they find weakness and obsession are items you can't just leave at home. Winner of the 2012 Paducah 48 Hour Film Project Audience Award and Best Musical Score.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
6 minutes
Director:
JohnBen Lacy, Drew Osborn, Brennan Clark, Brendan Kennedy, Brandon Jones
REIFF 2012
The story of a story of a man who took the time to believe in time. Winner of the 2011 Louisville 48 Hour Film Project.
Documentary Short
Canada
Runtime:
23 minutes
Director:
Craig Scorgie, David Allen
REIFF 2012
As the lobster industry moves more toward commercialization and unions, the lobstermen in Southern Maine are the last of a dying legacy. Vacationland follows two lone lobster boat captains in the Southern towns of Maine, coping with the lawless and dangerous territory that comes with independent fishing in Maine.