ONE SPARK: THE WORLD'S FIRST CROWDFUNDING FESTIVAL documents the festival itself which took place in Jacksonville, Florida in April 2013, and also tells the stories of the people involved with the first crowdfunding festival ever.
2013
Documentary Short
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
28 minutes
Director:
Antonio Sarte
REIFF 2013
Animation/Experimental
Experimental
Germany
Runtime:
7 minutes
20 seconds
Director:
Maja Oschmann
REIFF 2013
Synchronising to the music, abstract ink drawings 'grow' in an interplay of curiosity, timid encounters, dynamic pursuits and confrontation, stimulating many emotions, which carry us off on a poetical journey to a musical world of pictures.
Innovation & Education
Animation
Canada
Runtime:
23 minutes
23 seconds
Director:
Xstine Cook
REIFF 2013
An animated history of the city of Calgary and Earl Grey School from the big bang up to the present, created by 180 elementary school students.
Audience Award
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
52 minutes
25 seconds
Director:
Scott Peterson
REIFF 2013
A unique documentary film about railroad motor car excursions and the people participating in them. Weekend Railroaders explores the excitement, satisfaction and camaraderie of railroad enthusiasts through personal interviews and action footage from rail cars during speeder runs.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
35 minutes
Director:
Katharyn Grant
REIFF 2013
It's 1974. Gloria Bethune faces a bleak existence after failing as a singer in New York. She retreats to her small hometown where she falls for a grifter, who claims to be the former manager of a famous Country singer. Through this flawed man's faith in her, Gloria's passion for singing is reborn, but she is pushed into uncharted territory.
Animation
United States
Runtime:
8 minutes
30 seconds
Director:
Derek Dolechek
REIFF 2013
Meet the Wattsons. They're spending some quality time together. In this short film, animation and live-action are combined to tell a story about a family of light bulbs.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
21 minutes
Director:
Harrison Givens
REIFF 2013
After the death of his father, Henry Fleetwood embarks on a whimsical journey to find the meaning of life and death.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
30 minutes
Director:
Mickey Blaine
REIFF 2013
I'm Harry Clark comically deconstructs the discrepancies between a small time politician's politically correct sound bites and his politically incorrect lifestyle.
Animation
United States
Runtime:
6 minutes
4 seconds
Director:
James Beck
REIFF 2013
A parched tortoise wanders through a vast desert desperately in search of water. He comes across an oasis only to find that trespassers are unwelcome. Somehow he must slip past the defenses to quench his thirst.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
4 minutes
Director:
Evan Sennett
REIFF 2013
A curious looking boy named Bongo sits at a table and watches a couple dance.