Opening our eyes each new day, we stare for a few minutes into space, seeing the first sights, hearing the first sounds. It is neither night nor day but something in-between. Fragments of dreams refusing to expire, the grip of the day not yet uponus, memory and desire hovering around the edges.
2015
Best Animation
Animation
Canada
Runtime:
5 minutes
Director:
Xstine Cook, Berlin Demuth, Maezy Dennie, Medina Dennie, Ocean Demuth, Sol Demuth, the Bum Family, Zaiyah Dennie
REIFF 2015
Lilly, a ten-foot tall orange monster, ventures into Wanda's Pet Shop in search of a friend. Lilly's escapades get her kicked out of the store but not before falling in love with a cute Fluffle. Lilly must undertake an epic journey to reunite with her true friend.
Created during a 48 hour animation challenge by The Bum Family, this group of cousins use cut outs and childrens logic to create an odd and hilarious story.
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
4 minutes
Director:
Todd Tue
REIFF 2015
Hurricane looks to capture the overwhelming chaos and inspiration of children, the creative process, and the crossover between the two
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
8 minutes
Director:
Josh Marberry
REIFF 2015
A story of conquering anxiety through love and the confrontation of fear.
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
3 minutes
Director:
Kristin Reeves
REIFF 2015
The body holds secrets confessed in examination rooms through expert techniques. Truth-telling clinical media has the authority to objectively answer what is found within physical bodies and processes. The White Coat Phenomenon uses found material from a distressed VHS training series on how to give examinations and the first ten questions of The Sexual I.Q. Test (LP 1973) to shed light on our understanding of sexuality and clinical subjectivity.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
14 minutes
Director:
Stephanie Jane Markham
REIFF 2015
A cancer scare compels a frustrated musician, whose life is in a rut, to turn off her phone and take a spontaneous road trip. Features original music by Bobby Long.
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
28 minutes
Director:
W. David Keith
REIFF 2015
After almost 50 years in business, the time has come to say goodbye to the Metcalf South Shopping Mall. In its last days of operation former employees, customers and hangers on are invited back to relive what were the best years of their lives. Featuring interviews with Gus, The Mer-Man, Dr. Randy The Puppeteer and a virtual Who's Who of Metcalf South denizens throughout its years on this planet. This is the story of the greatest mall ever built...but in some ways it is the story of us all. This is Metcalf South Memories.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
19 minutes
Director:
Jamey Hastings
REIFF 2015
Four individuals from various walks of life, desperate for cash, become entwined in the enigmatic plans of a cunning recluse.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
9 minutes
Director:
Elle Schneider
REIFF 2015
A short documentary about webcam performance artist Joey Kim, who communicates with her audience through an adult chat site.
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
5 minutes
Director:
Kristin Reeves
REIFF 2015
A fever-dream processes childhood memories of medical exploitation. Back and forth flash the clinical gaze, which holds tight to the profitable conjuring that vulnerable bodies make possible. Patients unravel into material to support a billion-dollarpharmaceutical industry driven by commercial interests and the fear of our fragile physiology.