The story of three men, from West Michigan, who sacrificed personal dreams to fight a common enemy in WWII. A SALUTE TO HONOR shares how the war in Europe permanently altered the course of their lives.
2016
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
32 minutes
Director:
Joshua Norman, Daniel Joel Deal, John Kangas
REIFF 2016
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:
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 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 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.
Narrative Feature
Singapore
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
30 minutes
Director:
Patrick Daly, Joel Fendelman
REIFF 2016
When Marie takes a job as a maid in Singapore to support her family in the Philippines, she trades one set of hardships for another. Betrayed by her husband, she begins to build a new life for herself. As she gets caught up in the new life she is building in Singapore, she is forced to choose between her personal aspirations and family responsibilities back home.
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.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
15 minutes
Director:
Michael Dunaway
REIFF 2016
Over the course of one afternoon, in six different parts of LA, six couples connect, reconnect, or fall apart. Love Actually meets Magnolia.