Still, do you call it outsider art? Experience the art-making process of three Japanese artists. Terao deeply loves iron and calls his work 'plan.' Everything he sees is converted into an iron structure in his mind. Shinki is an avid fan of combat sports. He draws the muscular bodies of fighters and recreates dynamic matches. Takeda draws his pictures inspired by magazine advertisements. Every factor on the page is resolved into a new order. Three of them work at Atelier Incurve, studio for artists with intellectual impairments, drawing day after day. It is the movie that captured their creative force for the first time.
2012
Documentary Short
Japan
Runtime:
42 minutes
Director:
Hiroshi Imanaka
REIFF 2012
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Max Weinman
REIFF 2012
A caped demon lost in the limitless expanse of another world realizes his existence through the brief encounter with another.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
34 minutes
Director:
REIFF 2012
'Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics,' a nine-part documentary series, explores what some say is the largest mass movement people don't know exist -- more than 21 million quilters are currently active in the US. The documentary reveals the influence quilts have today, a four billion dollar economic impact annually, and talks about the important role quilts have played over the last two centuries, when quilting was one of the few ways women could convey political views, record their personal stories and express their artistic sides.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
15 minutes
Director:
Daniel Sites, Ryan Brod
REIFF 2012
What's more 'Maine' than lobster, rocky coastlines, blueberries, or moose? Ice fishing! HARDWATER chronicles quintessential Mainer Bob Foster, the last in a dying breed of winter anglers. Through rich, on-ice storytelling and reflection on a long outdoor life, 77-year-old Foster paints a picture of Maine's ice fishing history, while introducing us to key players in the tribal community today. His anecdotes illuminate controversial environmental issues, and in between stories he tends traps and attempts to catch the storied landlocked salmon - Maine's official fish and the species most susceptible to the changing environment. Ultimately, HARDWATER is a film about a treasured Maine tradition, shared passion for storytelling, and the ways in which ice fishing brings people together during the harshest of seasons.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
6 minutes
Director:
Austin Madding
REIFF 2012
When a rebel flag is posted in town, a magazine must take a stand on what is truly right when it comes to national symbols. Even in the face of overwhelming prejudice, what will one writer do to remain an honest, unbiased voice? Featuring actor Jim Malinda (Korg, 70,000 B.C.), this short is an examination of controversy within our present perspectives. This film was submitted to the 2012 Paducah 48 Hour Film Project.
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.
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?
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:
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.