When he cant afford a retirement community, a nursing home, or a caregiver, Rudy Hendricks and his husband are forced to move back to his hometown in Kentucky to care for his ailing conservative father. Along the way, he grows closer with his single mother, sister and his gay but repressed best friend who never left home.
2016
Special Jury Award
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
28 minutes
Director:
Colby Holt
REIFF 2016
Special Jury Award
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
34 minutes
Director:
Zach Bandler, Kelly Blatz
REIFF 2016
A moving performance by Anthony Heald (Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Boston Public) highlights THE STAIRS, as an older man who hires a male escort for company on Christmas Eve. Faced with the realities of his own loneliness, he finds a strange kinship with the young man in this late-night exploration of solitude, intimacy and the basic human need for connection.
Special Jury Award
Narrative Short
Serbia
Runtime:
10 minutes
Director:
Luka Popadic
REIFF 2016
Two fishing buddies, Big brother and some fish stew. BAITS AND HOOKS is a black comedy inspired by the style oft he Czech New Wave about how two workers of an old factory face the transition from socialism to capitalism. A short and sweet film about friendship and cooking, but also about a generation of workers who have to deal with the changed system.
Narrative Short
Canada
Runtime:
19 minutes
Director:
Teryl Brouillette
REIFF 2016
Eighteen-year-old Jack gets kicked out of school after an extreme attempt at fitting in. But back at home he doesnt quite fit either. Against the backdrop of his fathers death, Jack must navigate the expectations of his family and his friends to discover, on his own terms, what it really means to be a man.
Documentary Short
United Kingdom
Runtime:
6 minutes
Director:
Kieran Hennigan
REIFF 2016
Derek is a remarkable Scottish painter. He's served in the Navy and the Fire Service - surviving wars, PTSD and cancer. However, his artistic achievements are all the more noteworthy because Derek has a physical disability. This is not revealed until the end of the film - in an effort to put the person before the disability.
Narrative Short
France
Runtime:
5 minutes
Director:
Pierre Gaffie
REIFF 2016
Four lonely women in Paris find a secret connection between them, through their hearts and through their arts_
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
14 minutes
Director:
James Lantz
REIFF 2016
After their homemade "Trump 4 President" sign is run over twice, a Vermont filmmaker travels to Virginia to interview his parents' to understand their support for presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Documentary Short
United States
Runtime:
32 minutes
Director:
Joshua Norman, Daniel Joel Deal, John Kangas
REIFF 2016
The story of three men, from West Michigan, who sacrificed personal dreams to fight a common enemy in WWII. A SALUTE TO HONOR shares how the war in Europe permanently altered the course of their lives.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
12 minutes
Director:
Travis Newton
REIFF 2016
A teenage boy bonds with his uncle over a straight shifter and rock 'n' roll.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
8 minutes
Director:
Jeffrey Lamont Brown
REIFF 2016
A girl finds her soul mate on a social media site, but he turns out to be a sock puppet.