REIFF Block D 2025

Showings

Maiden Alley Cinema Sat, Aug 2 7:00 PM

Description

CATTYWAMPUS | Narrative Short | USA | 5m

Darrell just can’t seem to get things straightened out…

BREAKROOM | Narrative Short | USA | 15m

A offbeat genre-bending comedy where mundane office tensions often unravel into something far more unsettling.

What if the most awkward person in the room was the most popular? Armie Broker a socially awkward man has worked for the Kingsley Work Agency for a few years. He is trying his best to fit in and be acknowledged. Will he win P.E.U.C award and be a Champion or will he come up short?

DON'T TALK ABOUT IT | Narrative Short | USA | 10m

Lance Hightower is the best at what he does, and he knows it. As the most talented photojournalist in the city, a big promotion comes his way in the form of a challenge. An urban legend has become the talk of the town, and people want the story. With his ego and tenacity, Lance accepts. He chooses to investigate the urban legend despite many warnings to leave it alone. There is no turning back now, and a new choice becomes apparent. Boosting his career, or staying alive.

HOLY CALAMITY! | Narrative Short | USA | 9m

Holy Calamity! Is a short film shedding light on what it means to return to a spiritual being in modern times. The film introduces two characters— our protagonist being a disheveled and obscure gentleman by the name of Mister Davies (who finds himself in a place of distress after being admitted into the care of a psychiatric facility) and the film’s antagonist; being a calculated and well dressed staid professional by the name of Doctor Chausser (the chief of medicine of the psychiatric ward of which Mister Davies is being held.

The story plays out in a surreal fashion as the two gentlemen proceed to delve into Mister Davies’ issues and what has brought him into the care of the medical professionals to begin with. As the story transpires, the audience is quickly left wondering what is real or simply a manic delusion of which Mister Davies has conjured up within his own unorthodox psyche.

THE CAT SITTER | Narrative Short | USA | 20m

In search of quick cash, a young professional takes on a cat-sitting job for quirky ladies in Slabtown. Little does she know, these seemingly innocent feline companions harbor a sinister secret.

SLEEP DEMON | Narrative Short | USA | 8m

Sleep Demon is a chilling short horror film inspired by a real event, exploring the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis. The story delves into the unsettling phenomenon many have reported—being frozen in place, unable to move or scream, while a shadowy figure looms over them. As the protagonist struggles to wake from the grip of paralysis, they begin to wonder if the “sleep demon” they see is a mere hallucination or something far more sinister that preys on those most vulnerable in the night.

NEON SHADOWS | Narrative Short | USA | 10m

In a remote southern honky-tonk, an up-and-coming country artist attempts to win over his hero only to discover the local country legend has a darker side.

MILWAUKEE | Narrative Short | USA | 6m

A retired Army Ranger, seeking vengeance after a Milwaukee police officer kills his son, interprets the Old Testament to justify his brutal retribution, blurring the line between justice and madness as his faith leads him down a dark and destructive path.

AWESOMISTIC | Narrative Short | USA | 10m
 
A father learns to accept his son's autism and stands up for his son's right to be himself in public.
 
THE CIRCLE CHILDREN | Narrative Short | USA | 16m
 
On a summer night in Ohio, a typical family card game turns quickly to an evening of revelation, celebration, and tragedy as Esther has a premonition about her little brother who has been drafted in the Vietnam War.
 
EXIST | Narrative Short | Iran | 4m
 
She is a mother and fisherwoman. She sells fish to provide money for her disabled boy.