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Glimpse, an experimental nine minute animated short, using stop motion photography, which started as a study of the life of artist and painter Willem de Kooning, evolved into a stream of consciousness narrative concerning freedom from imprisonment, and the impermanence of life.

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Jakob Wywialowski tries everything he can think of to evict the angels who have invaded his attic to sing hallelujahs day and night. Finally, he calls the exterminators. A rather diabolical team of pest killers arrives, and when Jakob accepts their offer to fix his angel problem, they promptly launch a miniature Armageddon in his attic.

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The beauty and treasure of water in the setting of the impressive Tirol Mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes and rivers of the Alps.  Director Johannes Koeck works in Austria.

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Getting old is the most unexpected certainty. Synopsis: In the twilight of his life, Ned reflects on his past, his remaining years, and discovers how his role in life has changed.. Against the Wind is a sentimental film that shows the old truly are young at heart and that universal emotions live within us all. 

Parthenabe, a geriatric caretaker, looks after Albert, who suffers from dementia, while Albert's daughter Victoria pursues her musical career.  Albert and Parthenable share a unique friendship, which is threatened when Parthenable becomes ill herself. 

Randal, a young African-American man, is meeting his prospective Mexican-American inlaws at their dinner table.  Among the language problems, cultural barriers, and a bowl of hot chiles, the ever-dreaded meeting of the parents is treated in a heart-warming and comedic manner.  

Upon her return from a year living in studying in Cannes, France, Orange County student Katherine has a hard time reconnecting with her old friends.  The more she tries to reintegrate, the more estranged she feels.  How can she create harmony in herself when her body and heart seem to be in different worlds?  made this film as a student at Chapman College. 

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An in-depth study of the atrocities committed on the civilian population of Manila, Philippines, during the battle for the liberation of that city by American forces in 1945.  It contains many unseen film clips, still pictures and interviews with survivors and historians.  Peter Parsons participated in RIFF2006 with his documentary film Secret War in the Pacific.

A ventriloquist's relationship with his dummy is strained after they lose their job with a traveling vaudeville act. The ventriloquist realizes he is able to scam farmers for money, much to the dummy's dismay. 

Quirky, paranoid and obsessed with fortune cookies, Jim is forced to face his fears after a fortune prophecies of his certain doom. However, when challenged by his equally underachieving yet loyal friend Frank, Jim finds courage, love, and life where he least expects it. 
 

In a gangland neighborhood, a streetwise Latina comes home to find an intruder waiting for her. After a frenzied confrontation, she soon gets control of the situation... or does she?  
 

Alvaro Nuñez has crossed the border many times, but this time is different: his son Omar is coming with him to live and work in the U.S. For Danny Jackson the Arizona borderland is home, although since his mother left he has been struggling to adjust to life there with his father Luke. The Line follows these fathers and sons as they attempt to rebuild their relationships under new circumstances, an endeavor made even more important by the high stakes of life at the border. 
 

When a teenage Casanova teaches his best buddy how to talk to girls, a chance encounter with the beautiful barrio bird Kika leads to Jordan getting stuck with her hot tempered cousin Felipa.   
 

“Natural ice tastes sweeter.” Eighty two year old Maji has spent her life in a small community of adobe homes high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Her son and grandson earn their living by harvesting glacial ice for Shikashika, a shave ice delicacy sold at the steps of a cathedral in town. Twice each week Maji and her family make the eight mile trek up to the glacier behind their home where they select the finest blocks of blue ice by hand and then transport the ice down with pack animals. The film offers a rare glimpse into life and work in the high mountains of Peru.   
 

To make ends meet, rookie cop Bannerman works the grueling night shift for the NYPD.  On this particular night, the senior officers are abuzz with rumors about a new prisoner held in the upper floor jail cell: Mellor, a notorious serial killer with a habit of eating his victims.  Following a series of bizarre incidents, Bannerman begins to suspect that Mellor has, in fact, escaped.   
 

After trying for years to bail out his ne'er-do-well brother, a man may succumb to the threats of his boss about his job and just look out for himself for once.  Director Russell Blanchard created this film as a student at the University of Hawaii. 
 

Inspired by extraordinary true events, 'The Barber of Kigali', is a dramatic short film about Patrick, a Rwandan barber living in Toronto, who must decide whether to kill or not to kill his next client, the dreaded Colonel who murdered his father in the genocide. 'What would you do if you had the chance to kill your father's murderer? He who seeks revenge, will be destroyed by it. 
 

Max is about to awaken his long dormant desire for human contact. In his tiny cell of pure function and wall-to-wall screens, he performs menial tasks for the bourgeoisie through a robotic pod. When he discovers a way to communicate with Alice in the neighboring cell, he'll stop at nothing to reach her.   
 

Young and inexperienced Gus meets old and disenchanted Ben to do a mysterious job. After waiting endlessly for the arrival of their faceless, almighty boss 'the note guy,' they are suddenly thrown on a meaningless and strangely poignant journey of co-dependent self-discovery. The film is inspired by the works of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett.
 

What would you do with an empty apartment, an ocean of alcohol and one night of freedom left before shipping off to the most dangerous place on earth?  Director Michael Bley is currently based in Vancouver, Washington.  
 

The story of a neglectful father and his estranged son set at the end of World War II. It is 1945 Germany. A Nazi soldier returns home to his childhood farm with the intent of convincing his father to retreat with him to Berlin. Old feelings rise to the surface, and suspicions grow until the son discovers that his father has been harboring a family of Jews. With the Russians en route, they both must decide how far they are willing to go for their cause. 

 
During a casual lunch break in the park, a sensory trigger -- the sound of a low-flying plane -- forces a Manhattan business man to relive the events of 9/11.  What follows is a struggle between his subconscious, which attempts to push the long-buried trauma to the surface, and his conscious mind, which fights to maintain stability by keeping the disturbing feelings buried. 
 

This creepy little tale was born from a nightmare, a nightmare determined to become a reality.  Andy is a women living her nightmare.  Eugene is the boy-next-door type who finds her.  The house hold the past that connects them. 

Sometime in the near future, humankind will set foot again on the Moon. As part of NASA's New Vision for Space Exploration, they will build a permanent base on the moon, to test, research and invent new technologies for manned missions to Mars and beyond.

The task will not be easy - there will be danger and hardships and broken lives, but these modern-day pioneers would have it no other way. Because for all the hardships that they must endure, they know that the Grand Vision extends beyond them - that they are but a small part of what makes man's future in the stars possible. 'Postcards From The Future' attempts to share this epic undertaking with today's audience. We see the Grand Vision unfold over the course of two decades by following the life of one man - civilian electrical engineer Sean Everman.  Entrusted with the task of helping to build out the power grid on the Moonbase, Sean occasionally sends "video postcards" and personal messages to his wife back on Earth, sharing with her the details, trials and tribulations of his jobs. Over the epic course of the story, these postcards from our possible future reveal in exquisite detail the grand adventure. 

A baby who has been in a baby carriage drops a baby bottle on the street. The bottle opens and milk spreads out on the ground. At that point a woman running from the opposite direction steps on the spread-milk. Suddenly she falls into it. She is thrown into confusion... 

The California Citrus State Historic Park is one of our many state parks that are enjoyable for everyone.  It's history dates back to the time when citrus was king in the early 1900's.  Today you can take a walk through orange groves, check out the citrus museum, and even have a picnic.  It's one of Riverside's best kept secrets! 

Based on a WW II legend; A German soldier awaiting his doom in the pocket of Stalingrad spots an undamaged piano in the no-man's land between the lines. The urge to play one last time becomes irresistible....  RIFF will be the world premiere for this film. 

A desperate man goes into a convenience store with a gun but a pregnant woman enters shortly after him. 

Account of the grim and ironic death by freezing of a man trapped inside a refrigerated train car, told using a combination of archival and imagined material to speculate on the man’s final hours.  This is writer/producer Alan Woodruff’s first project.