A short film following one character through a particular morning scenario that expresses the casual darkness of his human psyche.
2018
2020
Official Selection
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
15 minutes
52 seconds
Director:
Olivia Loomis Merrion
REIFF 2020
Once a year, 30,000 quilters descend upon Paducah, Kentucky for its annual quilt competition-- doubling the town's population. "Quilt Week" or “the Academy Awards of quilting” is a huge, adorable spectacle featuring quilt celebrities (including the Quilt Queen herself), a nonstop local TV channel (aptly named The Quilt Channel) and other women passionate about their craft. The film weaves through quilter stories, backboned by the exciting competition. Even though almost everyone has a smile on their face, the film pays tribute to deeper, more serious motivators that make people quilt.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
23 minutes
Director:
David Light
REIFF 2020
A freak accident pushes two low-level suburban carpet store employees to their breaking point.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
10 minutes
27 seconds
Director:
Marti Young, Alan Brazzell
REIFF 2020
When the nefarious Dr. Black threatens the future of Nashville, it's up to Wonderboy to save the day.
Official Selection
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
48 minutes
Director:
Gavin Guerra
REIFF 2020
This film traces the history of the struggle over voting rights from 1960 through the present day. Over those nearly 60 years this film connects the dots in a way meant to show that the conflicts over voting that are raging now did not burst forth from a vacuum, but are a part of a perpetual struggle centered around race, power and politics.
Official Selection
Experimental
Iran
Runtime:
23 minutes
54 seconds
Director:
Hajeer Moradi
REIFF 2020
A boy starts a surreal journey when he walks into a bizarre house where he encounters a series of dream- like incidents that leads him to death. However, when he resurrects, he must encounter his own inevitable truth.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
Lithuania
Runtime:
13 minutes
27 seconds
Director:
Lisa Maydwell, Artūrs Zeps
REIFF 2020
A woman uses deception and betrayal to keep the child she loves.
Official Selection
Animation
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
33 seconds
Director:
David Coleman
REIFF 2020
Chris Stapleton’s “Second One To Know” official music video – created in collaboration with Pure Imagination Studios, Universal Music Group (UMG) and The LEGO Group.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
Iran
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Faramarz Ramezanian
REIFF 2020
Midnight hour. Darkness looms in. In an empty street somewhere in the city, two or perhaps three men argue over some one's death and survival.
Official Selection
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
11 minutes
24 seconds
Director:
Alizé Carrère
REIFF 2020
Despite the growing persistence of environmental change, human resourcefulness remains alive and well as people across the globe experiment with adaptive methods on the ground. In ADAPTATION: Kentucky, scientist and National Geographic Explorer Alizé Carrère travels to a small town in western Kentucky to meet Angie Yu, a Chinese-American woman who is turning the Mississippi River’s invasive Asian Carp problem into an environmental and economic triumph. While Americans may want nothing to do with this bony fish, other parts of the world consider carp a resource – one to be cherished and celebrated. Can Americans learn to do the same?