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.
2012
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Jeffrey Hill
REIFF 2012
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.
2013
Best Of the Fest
Animation
Australia
Runtime:
9 minutes
48 seconds
Director:
Michael Cusack
REIFF 2013
A set of techniques used by someone to manipulate objects secretly to deceive. This is a stop-motion film about illusions. A Man yearns to know his place in the world and how he fits in, when sometimes it's better not to know.
Narrative Feature
Narrative Feature
United Kingdom
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
23 minutes
Director:
Henry Scriven
REIFF 2013
A desperate man hires a crime coach to turn him into the perfect criminal.
Narrative Short
Narrative Short
China
Runtime:
23 minutes
Director:
Yulin Liu
REIFF 2013
On Chinese New Year, a little girl learns reality is not what it seems as she discovers how betrayal can be done out of love.
Documentary Feature
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
33 minutes
Director:
David Earnhardt & Patricia Sommers Earnhardt
REIFF 2013
HEAR OUR VOICES tells the inspiring stories of nine children and young adults who are fighting to overcome their mental health issues. Their stories are framed by some of the nation's top mental healthcare experts, who contend that children's mental health issues are real and treatable, occurring with much greater frequency than most people imagine.
A film by award-winning filmmakers David and Patricia Earnhardt, in association with Tennessee Voices for Children, HEAR OUR VOICES reveals the high cost society pays when young people with mental health issues do not receive the help they need. The film makes the case that all children need access to treatments and supports that will make a profound difference in their lives.