When he cant afford a retirement community, a nursing home, or a caregiver, Rudy Hendricks and his husband are forced to move back to his hometown in Kentucky to care for his ailing conservative father. Along the way, he grows closer with his single mother, sister and his gay but repressed best friend who never left home.
2016
Special Jury Award
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
28 minutes
Director:
Colby Holt
REIFF 2016
Special Jury Award
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
34 minutes
Director:
Zach Bandler, Kelly Blatz
REIFF 2016
A moving performance by Anthony Heald (Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Boston Public) highlights THE STAIRS, as an older man who hires a male escort for company on Christmas Eve. Faced with the realities of his own loneliness, he finds a strange kinship with the young man in this late-night exploration of solitude, intimacy and the basic human need for connection.
Special Jury Award
Narrative Short
Serbia
Runtime:
10 minutes
Director:
Luka Popadic
REIFF 2016
Two fishing buddies, Big brother and some fish stew. BAITS AND HOOKS is a black comedy inspired by the style oft he Czech New Wave about how two workers of an old factory face the transition from socialism to capitalism. A short and sweet film about friendship and cooking, but also about a generation of workers who have to deal with the changed system.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
8 minutes
Director:
Jeffrey Lamont Brown
REIFF 2016
A girl finds her soul mate on a social media site, but he turns out to be a sock puppet.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
22 minutes
Director:
Timothy Hodge
REIFF 2016
Clint, Amy, and their son Jonathan love spending time at the river. It is a special place for their family, filled with great memories and new inspirations. Everything changes, however, when a tragic accident happens at the river.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Mark Jones
REIFF 2016
A mayor has a unique way to revive the fortunes of his small town that had been losing citizens, businesses and tourist prior to his taking office.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
20 minutes
Director:
Travis Mills
REIFF 2016
Tom Sizemore plays Jack Durant, a dynamic and dangerous gentleman who runs the most famous steakhouse in the city. He caters to movie stars, politicians and mobsters. He knows all their secrets but does anyone really know the man they call Jack Durant?
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
15 minutes
Director:
Paul Zehrer
REIFF 2016
BEING SEEN will change the way you see people with developmental disabilities. A combination of funny, acerbic, and heart-wrenching, these peoples candid and articulate self-awareness quickly shatter preconceptions of the disabled. BEING SEEN explores the poorly understood subculture of people living with "developmental disabilities."
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
27 minutes
Director:
Craig Barnes
REIFF 2016
Parallel lives intersect when Jack, a nostalgic sci-fi enthusiast, serendipitously connects with the wistful Amelia over a misdialed number in dashed hopes of procuring a relic from his favorite childhood franchise. Their isolated existence and underlying need for friendship is further brought to light by the seemingly mundane circumstances of a stoic cab driver, who volunteers most of his free time in support of a failing neighborhood movie theater and the old man who tenuously owns it, and a young woman under pressure to forsake her dreams in favor of returning home to care for her aging parents.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
26 minutes
Director:
Patrica McInroy
REIFF 2016
After growing up and living under slavery, Clara Brown was freed in 1859 when her owner, George Brown, died in Kentucky. After coming to Colorado, which was not even a state yet, she amassed a savings of $10,000 through her own business as well as investments in real estate and mining. Often referred to as 'Aunt' Clara Brown, she gained a reputation of kindness as she searched endlessly for her daughter.