Uri and Neta, the owners of the Indian restaurant 24 Rupee in Tel Aviv, and Lilach, a photographer, decided to travel to India, in search for the Secret Ingredient in Indian food. This simple search after the secret ingredient in Indian food, leads them to encounters and experiences that only magical India can provide. The journey transforms itself to a surprising life adventure for all of them in the appearance of repressed memories, old wounds of betrayals, marriage, death and even madness, and becoming a search for the secret ingredient in their own lives.
2014
Documentary Short
Israel
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
5 minutes
Director:
Dror Shostak
REIFF 2014
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
14 minutes
15 seconds
Director:
David McCracken
REIFF 2014
Two brothers from two different worlds. A road trip in their dead dad's '74 Chevy pickup. Aliens, flying saucers, yoga, the wide-open desert, and of course, ostriches.
OSTRICHLAND follows ZACH, the older 'white trash' brother who never left home, and TRAVIS, the young hippie who moved away for grad school. But when their dad dies, they reunite to empty his storage locker in Roswell and haul his UFO memorabilia back to Carson City. Along the way, they're forced to come to terms with their dad's death and the chasm that's deepened between each other.
Experimental
United Kingdom
Runtime:
14 minutes
30 seconds
Director:
Nick Jordan
REIFF 2014
The Rising is a short film about an invasive alien species, Giant Hogweed, as it rapidly colonizes the British landscape. Filmed throughout its yearly growth cycle, from dead seed heads and sapling shoots to huge flower umbels on statuesque stems, the film captures the plant's rapid and dramatic infestation along a lowland riverbank in England. Featuring an atmospheric soundtrack score by Lord Mongo, The Rising is part natural history, part sci-fi, and presents the alien interloper as both a dangerous, toxic menace and impressive, natural wonder.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
Director:
REIFF 2014
A stranded couple faces an unseen enemy. Injured and very weak, Belinda Rainey is forced to stay in hiding and wait for her husband, Bill, to return with supplies. The world is not what it seems in this surreal sci-fi short film.
The Paducah 48 Hour Film Project winner.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
5 minutes
Director:
Tim DeRoche
REIFF 2014
A man, a gigantic stuffed bunny, a helicopter. A five-minute silent film with an original score.
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
15 minutes
Director:
Courtenay Singer
REIFF 2014
Out of the Fire offers a rare, absorbing look into the little-known world of wood-firing potters. Join Kevin Crowe, Krista Loomans, and their crew for a four-day, high-temperature kiln firing, in which nearly 2000 handcrafted pots are at stake. Interwoven commentary explores the drive to create, the importance of community, and the role of risk-taking and authenticity in making our best work - and living our most fulfilling lives.
Narrative Short
United Kingdom
Runtime:
17 minutes
18 seconds
Director:
Adam Morse
REIFF 2014
Sam and Danny crash an exclusive party with different objectives. Sam is pursuing his girlfriend in the hope of resolving their relationship while Danny's mission is to hook up with the first girl he finds. The universe however, has other plans for the two when a single coin flip separates them from each other and alters their destinies.
Narrative Short
Sweden
Runtime:
25 minutes
Director:
Andrej Landin
REIFF 2014
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.
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.