Alexander, a lone cosmonaut, is adrift in orbit around Earth. He has lost communications and life-support systems are dwindling fast. At the same time in Italy, a radio engineer is working the night shift. He discovers a voice amidst the empty static. Under desperate circumstances, and across vast distances, an intense connection is made.
2014
Animation
United States
Runtime:
10 minutes
45 seconds
Director:
Trent Coffin
REIFF 2014
A boy named Phil has a very unique condition: at random, he turns into a Phoenix and explodes! And as a pile of ashes forms, he pops out of it back in his human form again. Day after day this occurs, and the whole town hates him for it. But as they find out, this disorder could be the one thing that saves the day....
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
13 minutes
42 seconds
Director:
Tatiana Bears
REIFF 2014
Reese lives in a place secluded from the outside world and its all she knows, but her curious nature leaves her wanting more. After Geo, an older boy from the city, moves into her community and befriends Reese, she feels like she may have found what she was yearning for. When Geo makes plans to run away, Reese must decide if her small community is enough for her, or if the world has more to offer.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
2 minutes
Director:
Caleb Johnson
REIFF 2014
Kevin (Jordan Clifford) is a stand-up comedian struggling to refine his act as his wife Joy (Tallie Medel, 'The Unspeakable Act') faces her own challenges in crafting a new dance performance. As the couple share the ups and downs of co-habitation and the professional and creative problems that plague them, they try to find peace and comfort in their marriage.
Caleb Johnsons JOY KEVIN is a charming and funny romance, the story of two creative people looking to find their way in the world without losing their sense of themselves and their longstanding dreams of doing what they love.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
52 minutes
Director:
Amy Elliott
REIFF 2014
Open the box. Dump out all the pieces. And scramble for your lives. Because this is competitive jigsaw puzzling. And it turns even the mildest of mannered Midwesterners into stone-cold competitors. Every January, the top teams in the game gather at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in frigid Minnesota to determine the fastest puzzlers in the country.
Wicker Kittens invites you to choose your favorite contestantsthe returning champs, the upstart challengers, the sunny family or the dark horse team with nothing to loseand watch them try to put the pieces back together.
Documentary Short
Brazil
Runtime:
13 minutes
34 seconds
Director:
Stefania Fernandes
REIFF 2014
Jean Marie Dubrul is a French ballet dancer, he danced in the biggest companies of the world and came to Brazil in 1979 to work as a choreographer. Since then he lives in Rio de Janeiro. Currently he gives stretching classes and teaches classical ballet He is well-known for teaching people of all types and ages. Stefania Fernandes attends his classes for 8 years now. In the movie she talks about the transformation process she experienced and presents some of the concepts passed by him in class.
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
30 seconds
Director:
Samati Boonchitsitsak
REIFF 2014
We all have seen an iconic Golden Gate Bridge in a normal day from the distant. In this poetic experimental film, the filmmaker present the audience with the close-up view of the bridge in the foggy and windy day. This film is a director's love letter to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Narrative Short
Australia
Runtime:
15 minutes
Director:
Chris Smellin, Robert Smellin
REIFF 2014
A young mother must come to terms with letting go the thing she loves the most, her only son. She must do the deed herself, he is subject zero the undead...
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
11 minutes
50 seconds
Director:
Robert Conley
REIFF 2014
In a short period of time, film production has become a significant part of the culture in North Carolina. The Film Tax Incentive created a remarkable increase in major motion picture production, tax revenue for the state, and jobs for local industry workers. Unfortunately, this incentive is set to expire January 1, 2015. Keep It Rolling highlights the North Carolina Film Tax Incentive's contribution to a healthy economy, but more importantly focuses on the hardworking crew members, actors, and other individuals in the film industry who will be affected most if the incentive is not renewed.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
24 minutes
Director:
Christian de Rezendes
REIFF 2014
This inspirational documentary profiles the life of Matthew G. Christian (1983-2009), known as 'Matty' from the town of Canton, Massachusetts, who was born without a full set of arms and legs and without a tongue. As told through interviews with his parents Allie and Jerry, brother Michael and several close friends and authority figures throughout his life, 'Raising Matty Christian' paints a portrait of an inspiring young man who never took no for an answer and set out to live life to the fullest.