A 16-year-old girl deals with the responsibility and harsh bureaucracy of having to identify the body of her mother.
2017
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
26 minutes
-1 seconds
Director:
Glenn Pack
REIFF 2017
A young priest tries to help a 14-year-old Charles Manson.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
20 minutes
Director:
Rachel Wortell, Dan Erickson
REIFF 2017
A brother and sister become consumed with investigating a mysterious woman they suspect has stolen their winning lottery ticket, endangering their summer party plans.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
15 minutes
Director:
Jordan Noel
REIFF 2017
Hip-hop artist Lil Iffy borrows characters, language, and situations from the Harry Potter books to tell his own version of typical hip hop stories and themes. This documentary explores the kinds of magic, real and unreal, which surround and permeate his life.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
38 minutes
Director:
Shanden Simmons, Jeran Simmons
REIFF 2017
A documentary following local musicians selected to collaborate in a revitalized local landmark of Paducah, Kentucky: The Coke Plant. Hosted by the progressive rock band Fairseas, the film documents the process of writing, recording, and performing 5 original songs with selected local talent, from musicians to videographers and sound engineers, displaying the impact of collaboration and how it creates and reinforces the concept of community.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Dillon Ward
REIFF 2017
One afternoon during detention at a southern private school in the early 90s, Alex "Mac" McMurphy, a left-handed student, stands up to Ms. Skillern, a right-handed teacher.
2018
Best of Fest
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
37 minutes
Director:
Laura Somers
REIFF 2018
A group of troubled teens from a low-income community break into Los Ricos, the local mansion with a border fence, and spend the day pretending to be rich in order to forget their difficult lives.
Best Narrative Short
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Austin Madding
REIFF 2018
The 2018 Paducah 48 Hour Film Project winner.A story about balance. A woman is stalked by a terrifying figure. Not everything is as it seems.
Best Documentary Short
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
12 minutes
Director:
Ryan Maxey & Zack Wright
REIFF 2018
Willcox, Arizona is a country music town that isn’t what it used to be. The town has a single radio station, run by one employee who lives at the studio, and is seen as an outcast by many of the townspeople.
This unlikely champion of country music has a troubled history with the music that he plays every day. But he’s keeping it alive for the old folks, and looking for redemption over the airwaves.
Best Documentary Feature
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
8 minutes
Director:
Glenn Hall
REIFF 2018
This film follows the 4th and 5th generation commercial fisherman working the Ohio River Valley Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley on the Tennessee River. The problems faced by rules and regulations and trying to make the invasive species Asian Carp profitable.