It's 1974. Gloria Bethune faces a bleak existence after failing as a singer in New York. She retreats to her small hometown where she falls for a grifter, who claims to be the former manager of a famous Country singer. Through this flawed man's faith in her, Gloria's passion for singing is reborn, but she is pushed into uncharted territory.
2013
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
35 minutes
Director:
Katharyn Grant
REIFF 2013
Animation
United States
Runtime:
8 minutes
30 seconds
Director:
Derek Dolechek
REIFF 2013
Meet the Wattsons. They're spending some quality time together. In this short film, animation and live-action are combined to tell a story about a family of light bulbs.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
21 minutes
Director:
Harrison Givens
REIFF 2013
After the death of his father, Henry Fleetwood embarks on a whimsical journey to find the meaning of life and death.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
30 minutes
Director:
Mickey Blaine
REIFF 2013
I'm Harry Clark comically deconstructs the discrepancies between a small time politician's politically correct sound bites and his politically incorrect lifestyle.
Animation
United States
Runtime:
6 minutes
4 seconds
Director:
James Beck
REIFF 2013
A parched tortoise wanders through a vast desert desperately in search of water. He comes across an oasis only to find that trespassers are unwelcome. Somehow he must slip past the defenses to quench his thirst.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
4 minutes
Director:
Evan Sennett
REIFF 2013
A curious looking boy named Bongo sits at a table and watches a couple dance.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
Director:
Ian Campbell
REIFF 2013
Every year top athletes from around the world converge in Chilean Patagonia to test their physical and mental strength in an adventure race that stretches the limits of human endurance. The Last Wild Race documents the 2013 Patagonian Expedition Race as a worldwide cast of teams navigate 700+ kilometers of narrow fjords, imposing glaciers and unexplored forests on foot, bike and kayak. During ten days of non-stop racing the stories of survival, endeavor, drama and success are awe-inspiring.
Every competitor is literally putting their lives on the line; exposed to the elements, swimming across freezing rivers, crossing immense ice fields. Finishing this race is really winning in an event that sees less than half the teams make the full journey.
Narrative Feature
Korea (North)
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
42 minutes
Director:
In Hak Jang
REIFF 2013
A North Korean nurse and a South Korean soldier fall in love during a tumultuous time of the Korean War, and experience lifetimes of consequences, separation and pain, with the hope of reuniting one day.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
27 minutes
Director:
Todd Sheene
REIFF 2013
If two effeminate fashion lovers sound like the worst possible candidates to host a ghost hunting show, they may also be the most entertaining.
Documentary Short
US Minor Outlying Islands
Runtime:
2 minutes
35 seconds
Director:
Jacob Podber
REIFF 2013
'Vishneva, Belarus Soviet Union Poland' is grounded in the oral history testimony of a Holocaust survivor and has been deconstructed by the interviewee's son. Unlike most oral histories that focus on the words of the interviewee, 'Vishneva' uses silent images from the interview superimposed with typed memories that describe the unspoken pain borne by father and son through more than half a century.