Seeking escape from his stalled relationship and unhappy place in the world, a recently pink-slipped music teacher sets out to hike Kentucky's Sheltowee Trace Trail. Among the verdant hills of Appalachia, he encounters various strange characters and becomes the reluctant companion of a gregarious father and son who ultimately help him rediscover what he's been missing.
2012
Jury Prize For Best Narrative Feature
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
53 minutes
Director:
Martha Stephens
REIFF 2012
Audience Award
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
35 minutes
Director:
Wes Pryor
REIFF 2012
Livin' for a Song is a feature length documentary on the life and music of legendary Nashville songwriter Hank Cochran. A remarkable story that starts in the cotton fields of Mississippi then moves on to California where he partnered with Rock legend Eddie Cochran for much of the 50s then on to Nashville in 1960 where he wrote classics such as 'Make the World Go Away', 'I Fall to Pieces', 'She's Got You' and many more. The film includes intimate performances by Elvis Costello, Brad Paisley, Lee Ann Womack, Ronnie Milsap and others as well as appearances by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Jeannie Seely to name just a few. After watching this film you will understand why they called Hank: 'The Legend'.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
22 minutes
Director:
Michael Williams
REIFF 2012
Alex, a flawed family man, is forced to endure a personal journey of enlightenment under extraordinary circumstances.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
21 minutes
Director:
Jordan Noel
REIFF 2012
Following the cancellation of a 'Blues Clues' style kid's show called 'Rooney's World,' Dave, the genuine and sweet-natured host, attempts to put his life together in the real world with the help of newfound love interest, single-mom Jenny. Things get complicated when Rooney, his jealous animated co-host who only Dave can see, shows up causing trouble in his dating life. Dave has to make a choice of whether to stay with Rooney, his life-long best friend, or to put his childish ways behind him and become the man Jenny needs him to be.
Documentary Feature
Argentina
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
12 minutes
Director:
Sky Pinnick
REIFF 2012
The buzz among wine connoisseurs and novices alike is one word - Malbec. Originally from France, Malbec found its perfect home, its perfect territory in the dry Argentine climate. Its booming popularity has swept through the U.S. and the world, reviving a varietal that had been nearly lost. Boom Varietal will inspire not only your pallet but also a love for the rich Argentine culture.
Narrative Short
Australia
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Burleigh Smith
REIFF 2012
Melvin gives useless dating advice to his three-year-old son. He teaches him to dress well, act with confidence and spend time in the right places. Everything goes horribly wrong, until Melvin meets Mary, an attractive single mother. After a clumsy romantic advance, Melvin is shot down and forced to reconsider his role as romance expert.
Narrative Short
United Kingdom
Runtime:
25 minutes
Director:
Piers Thompson
REIFF 2012
A woman arrives at a port town in an unknown country at dawn. Her recounted stories begin to contradict themselves as she travels across the landscape. She is searching for something, a shape or a structure, which we are not even sure exists. Along the road she is eventually forced into initiating the process of self-reckoning. As her artifice begins to fall away she finds herself continuing her journey but now with a sense of resolution.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
26 minutes
Director:
John Putch
REIFF 2012
A Visitor from another planet mixes it up with the locals along Route 30, in South Central Pennsylvania. Veteran Film Maker John Putch's ROUTE 30, TOO! is the 2ND installment of the Route 30 Trilogy. A stand-alone backwoods comedy.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
4 minutes
Director:
Daniel Yocum
REIFF 2012
Kevin and his roommate start making clones of Kevin to pay the bills around the house. Things take a turn for the worse when neither of them can remember who the real Kevin is. Winner of the 2011 Atomic City Student Film Festival.
Narrative Feature
Haiti
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
8 minutes
Director:
Mercedes Kane
REIFF 2012
In January of 2010, a team of 23 volunteers set off on what should have been an ordinary medical mission. They had no way of knowing the devastation to come. On their final evening, they treated their last patient and set off towards their sleeping quarters. Suddenly they felt a jolt of panic as the world began to shake violently beneath them. Within hours, the entire team was thrust into the center of one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. The documentary film, Today We Saw the Face of God transcends viewers from their comfortable homes into the poverty-stricken world that Haitians navigate daily. As the team journeys back, they recount the harrowing reality of being first responders in an unprecedented medical crisis.