Set in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL is an intimate, observational look beyond the stigma of injection drug users, revealing the courage of those facing terrible tragedy in a neighbourhood often referred to as ground zero of the overdose crisis in Canada. As the number of overdose deaths reaches an all time high, the Overdose Prevention Society (OPS) opens its doors — a renegade safe injection site that employs primarily current or former drug users, its staff and volunteers save lives and give hope to a deeply marginalized community as the overdose crisis rages.
2022
Official Selection
Documentary Feature
Canada
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
20 minutes
Director:
Colin Askey
REIFF 2022
Official Selection
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
17 minutes
16 seconds
Director:
Beret E. Strong, Katrina Miller
REIFF 2022
"The happiest place in America is Boulder, Colorado" -- said no Black person ever. "This is [Not] Who We Are" is a documentary film exploring the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community.
Official Selection
Animation
Runtime:
2 minutes
3 seconds
Director:
Olivia Perkins
REIFF 2022
A metaphor for child predators and their grooming patterns, Chums is about Mack, a young girl brushed aside by her mom after she sneakily surprises her during a phone call. Left essentially unsupervised in an aquarium, she begins to follow her only friend Mega, a massive tiger shark, into the top of his tank.
Official Selection
Animation
Runtime:
3 minutes
24 seconds
Director:
Benjamin Brossett
REIFF 2022
A man goes on a journey through a snowstorm, encountering various wonders along the way.
Official Selection
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
10 minutes
Director:
Nicolas Jose Volosky, Christian Stephen Branham
REIFF 2022
A portrait of professional wrestling told through the different perspectives of Kentucky-based wrestlers.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
13 minutes
30 seconds
Director:
Peter Bolte
REIFF 2022
Seymour (David Yow) is the epitome of the mundane. He is just another random person, comfortable in his routines with a marriage on the rocks and a diet fueled by high sodium Chinese takeout.
One morning he gets a call that just might end this loop of existential dread. What could possibly go wrong?
Official Selection
Narrative Short
Israel
Runtime:
24 minutes
59 seconds
Director:
Naama Lahav
REIFF 2022
Broken-hearted Omer finds out she is pregnant and tries to use it to lure back her ex. She pushes away her worried mother but ends up realizing she is her true source of love and support.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
12 minutes
Director:
Jack Henson
REIFF 2022
A recovering heroin addict is sent to a rehabilitation camp. There, he discovers that the people who run the camp are not who they seem.
Official Selection
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
28 minutes
57 seconds
Director:
Aaron Hose
REIFF 2022
Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation. Eager to shift the historical perception of who makes and drinks beer, Black brewers, brand owners and influencers across the country are reshaping the craft beer industry and the future of America’s favorite adult beverage.
Official Selection
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
23 seconds
Director:
Jared Kunish
REIFF 2022
Two brothers must fight their zombified extended family in order to find the key to bringing their mom back to life.