FUSION is a step toward cinematography. It is a line between cinema and video. Edit and installation convey a feeling ... a unique feeling ... and every human being feels in a unique way. That is how cinema and the audience meet. Installation should be close to a poem, therefore, the pictures should replace the words. The important pictures are the inspirational and poetical ones that fascinate us with new discoveries just by staring at them.
2017
Documentary Short
Canada
Runtime:
28 minutes
Director:
Inder Nirwan
REIFF 2017
Each year, thousands of grizzlies are killed worldwide for entertainment. Diving deep into the controversy across Canada and the United States,TROPHY asks: can we truly justify killing these animals for sport?
Documentary Short
Japan
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Thom Southerland
REIFF 2017
Eighty-seven year-old Kaei Uechi recalls his experiences as a conscript in the Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, the largest battle of World War II.
Documentary Short
Ukraine
Runtime:
57 minutes
Director:
Stanislaw Gurenko
REIFF 2017
DUSTARDS is the first Ukrainian feature documentary film about a cross-country motorcycle journey through one of Europe's biggest countries. The film tells the story of four friends and follows them on their journey. The film also gives unique look in to the personal lives of the riders. The soundtrack is from the Ukrainian indie-folk musician Sasha Boole and narration of a local Carpathian Hutsul. During the five-day journey, they travel 1,800 kilometers, face breaking down, mechanical problems, two days of heavy rain, and much more.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
8 minutes
Director:
Fredric Lehne
REIFF 2017
Two strangers (2016 Tony winner Reed Birney and newcomer Blake DeLong) bring the laughs as they confront and resolve one of the most insidious scourges afflicting mankind - while standing at public urinals with their willies out. SHY GUYS is the first film by ubiquitous character actor Fredric Lehne.
Narrative Short
Spain, United States
Runtime:
15 minutes
Director:
Alvaro Ron
REIFF 2017
In the drought-stricken town of Agua Dulce, in the California High Desert, a ten-year-old girl challenges her grandfather, a cranky retired firefighter, to follow a crazy plan and bring the water back to the dry river.
Animation
Iran
Runtime:
Director:
Seyed M. Tabatabaei
REIFF 2017
M.E., the imprisoned character in a room is attracted to a hanging light and tries to catch it. But the room itself becomes an obstacle on his way.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
14 minutes
Director:
Jeff Gentner
REIFF 2017
Doug scores a $350 month 3 bedroom house on Craigslist only to discover some unique house guest and that this deal might have been to good to be true.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
11 minutes
Director:
Jeff Gentner
REIFF 2017
Two bullshit artists are out of their luck selling their mediocre art at a yard sale.
Documentary Feature
Canada
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
10 minutes
Director:
Travis Lowe
REIFF 2017
An old gaucho's tale inspired the search for a new world-record brook trout; but the water, landscape and the culture surrounding it became the impetus to conserve and protect it all. FINDING FONTINALIS, a new feature film from Travis Lowe, takes you to the heart of Patagonia and one of the last remaining world class brook trout fisheries. Featuring Bart Bonime, Bryan Gregson, Agustin Fox and Yvon Chouinard, FINDING FONTINALIS exposes you to both jaw-dropping landscapes and hook-jawed trout.