Guerrillas is an empathetic look at a delusional artists inability to transfigure visions.
2016
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:
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:
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.
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.
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Josh Jacobs
REIFF 2016
Sometimes when you change, the world doesn't - it continues.
2017
Best of Fest
Narrative Short
Iran
Runtime:
13 minutes
Director:
Milad Jarmooz
REIFF 2017
The story of a woman accused of infidelity on the day after her wedding.
Special Jury Award
Experimental
United States
Runtime:
7 minutes
Director:
Kristin Reeves
REIFF 2017
The Chicago Board of Education made history in 2013 approving the closure of 50 schools, the largest public school closing to date in the United States. I shot all 50 schools on a 100 roll of 16mm film while my DSLR caught vignettes of their communities. Direct laser animation and bleach were used to distress the 16mm film, which was then optically printed.