Guerrillas is an empathetic look at a delusional artists inability to transfigure visions.
2016
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
11 minutes
Director:
Vlad Aksenov
REIFF 2016
In the fantasy world of Charani, an 11-year-old girl who has recently lost her beloved mother, an ancient legend may help to resurrect her.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Jordan Noel
REIFF 2016
A womans encounter with a horrifying entity is chronicled over a series of weekly breakfasts with her best friend.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
13 minutes
Director:
Shayna Connelly
REIFF 2016
The period between knowing death is near and deaths arrival forms an unbearable state of regret, sadness and anticipation for Samantha. She is powerless to help Anne, who on the eve of her death, has not come to terms with her fate and remains angry and afraid.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
54 minutes
Director:
Julianne Donofrio
REIFF 2016
PIECED TOGETHER is the first documentary film about the American quilt square trail movement. Directed by Julianne Donofrio, a Peabody award-winning producer and veteran of ABC News, PIECED TOGETHER tells the story of how one woman's love for her mother changed the American landscape - and saved her life after job loss and breast cancer.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
6 minutes
Director:
Kevin Endres
REIFF 2016
A forlorn woman searches for truth in her mothers eclectic sayings, blurring the line between memories and home movies as she reflects.
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Josh Jacobs
REIFF 2016
Sometimes when you change, the world doesn't - it continues.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
29 minutes
Director:
Gregg Simpson
REIFF 2016
Professional bodybuilder Denise Masino has spent her life striving for the physical perfection of a superhero. When she discovers there are people calling themselves real-life superheroes (dressing in costume and fighting crime!) she embarks on a journey across the U.S. to get to the bottom of this incredible story.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
30 minutes
Director:
Cyrus Dowlatshahi
REIFF 2016
TAKIN PLACE is an observational documentary film directed by Cyrus Dowlatshahi about ordinary people and everyday life on the South Side of Chicago. As they work, chill, hustle and survive, Dowlatshahi reveals the common aspects of all neighborhoods and communities around the world: a desire to share, grow and celebrate.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
17 minutes
Director:
Nicholas Zafonte
REIFF 2016
Two college friends reunite fifteen years later in a secluded summer home, for a writers' retreat. As they attempt to write a movie together, Sean, still a carefree musician and Emily, now an uptight lawyer, try to recapture the intimate friendship they once shared.