Terry and Tessa are married ex cult deprogrammers living in the San Francisco Bay Area. A 'deprogrammer' is a professional contracted by families to kidnap people away from dangerous cults to counsel them back into their previous lives. Terry and Tessa's cryptic motto during their often verbally and physically abusive deprogramming process: 'For those who'd rather not drink the Kool-Aid, raise your kids on seltzer, bubble per bubble!'
2016
Narrative Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
47 minutes
Director:
Daniel Kremer
REIFF 2016
Documentary Feature
United States
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
34 minutes
Director:
Flecher Fluerdujon, Zebu Recchia
REIFF 2016
The story of how a gang of poets and musicians turned a pile of puppets into an international touring "vaudeville" show. This is a bohemian journey that examines the lifestyle that inspires the art and the struggle between friends trying to manifest a collaborative vision. With appearances by Ken Kesey, Michael Franti, Bassnectar, Speed Levitch and members of Beats Antique.
Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
26 minutes
Director:
Wilson Conkwright
REIFF 2016
Guerrillas is an empathetic look at a delusional artists inability to transfigure visions.
Narrative Feature
Portugal
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
26 minutes
Director:
Patricia Sequerira
REIFF 2016
Following Martas wake, her five best friends decide to spend the night at a rural tourist getaway that Marta never got around to opening. That long night becomes a maze-like journey through their interconnecting friendships, where each reveals herself as it was the last day. On the eve of the burial, the talk is about life and a friendship that survived it all. But will this friendship be able to survive death?
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:
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:
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:
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.
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.