Raleigh Film & Art Festival 2016
High Cotton
by Ken Horstmann
A simple-minded southerner and a Brit misfit refusing to take revenge on his wife's betrayal seek a peaceful life of crime in the deep south until violence forces them to find a new way to come up.
Where We're Meant To Be
by Michael Howard
Small moments can change our entire path in life. Travel in and out of the lives of a number of vastly different people as each one connects to the next during their most pivotal moments.
No Child
by Rob Underhill
Mid-length
NO CHILD is about growing up, and the power of growing together. It explores our inner passions, becoming inspired to be responsible, and the ability in us all to overcome our disadvantages... and our demons.
Broiled
by Megan St. John
Mid-length
When two girls and two boys coincidentally rob the town bank on the same day in small-town, rural America, the result is a a love story, some dark twists, and a whole lot of sweet potatoes.
For the Love of Rose
by Pamela McCarthy
Mid-length
Jeff has decided that his buddy, Frank, needs a guy’s night out to get over his most recent break up. As they’re taking a short-cut along an old road they suddenly realize that they’re lost. Luckily they come upon Rose, a beautiful but mysterious young woman with a tragic and romantic secret past.
YOUNG PPL
by Holland Gallagher
Experinmental
YOUNG PPL is a short film voiced in sound. It touches on how youth communicate and finding a balance between personal ambition and relationships.
To Die For
by Clark Ivers
Experinmental
In the aftermath of a catastrophic event the last humans on earth survive in an underground facility built by the U.S. Department of Extinction Prevention (D.E.P.). A young scavenger named Arlin Franger is depressed and suicidal after the loss of her family; one day she is given a choice, what will she die for?
Alchemy
by Ian Kevin Scott
Experinmental
An epic transformation manifests from a seemingly routine interview.
As a failed everyman begins to work through pages and pages of questions, time elongates. He finds himself tormented, isolated, battling the unknown, ultimately transcending into a heightened reality, discovering a new life between multiple worlds both familiar and otherworldly.
What Makes Dave Run
by peter Zander
The story of extreme runner Dave James is not the story of the world’s greatest ultra marathoner. It is not the story of finding love where you least expect it. It is the story of the “other” cancer survivors--the ones who are left behind when cancer takes another life. It is the story of trying to cope with the devastating result of that loss, and the hidden heroes among us a they make their way through their emptiness, putting one foot in front of the other, day after day.
Alchemy
by Ian Kevin Scott
Experimental
An epic transformation manifests from a seemingly routine interview.
As a failed every man begins to work through pages and pages of questions, time elongates. He finds himself tormented, isolated, battling the unknown, ultimately transcending into a heightened reality, discovering a new life between multiple worlds both familiar and otherworldly.
Heyln Springs
by Noah Camenker
After discovering that his grandpa is terminally ill, Mason sets out on a journey to a local spring rumored to have magical healing powers.
Brother
by Mahkia Greene
A child alone. A world unforgiving.
Dead Saturday
by Jeremy Burgess
Jimmy is convinced he's found a way to release his inner demons without going against the will of God: Dead Saturday, the time between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Jesus is “dead” and our sins are overlooked. But when he confronts Pastor Malcolm, the man who unknowingly inspired the idea, the conversation gets heated.
To Die For
by Clark Ivers
In the aftermath of a catastrophic event the last humans on earth survive in an underground facility built by the U.S. Department of Extinction Prevention (D.E.P.). A young scavenger named Arlin Franger is depressed and suicidal after the loss of her family; one day she is given a choice, what will she die for?
THIS MODERN MAN IS BEAT
by David Schroeder
In the post 911 world of cultural confusion and erroneous judgment, Habib bin Habib al Fulan tries to pawn his guitar and reconcile with his wife.
Sisters
by Guillaume Comtois
Two sisters with nothing in common have only one night to come to terms with something that happened in their past.
The Horror Within
by Anthony Stephens
Trapped, fully aware but with no control, in the body of an undead flesh-eater.
Before I Die
by Katherine Williams
Before I Die is based off a true story of a single 30-year old woodworker that is stuck. He doesn't know his purpose in this world and he seeks to find it. He decides to let go of his fears, build this chair that represents building something that does matter.
The blue room -al-ḥamdu li-llāh
by bettina d'mello
"the blue room -al-ḥamdu li-llāh" interweaves the inquirers inner and outer reality while the process of transformation -escorted by power, spirit, doubt, yielding to temptation: in the vastness of the atlas it encounters singing berbers, curative gnawas, dancing dervish and untamed beings. their incessant musical ecstasy guides him through the doors of perception towards the blue room
Motivation
by Oliver Crooms
Two record executives eagerly meets a young and talented artist to offer him a life changing opportunity, but only if he betrays his beliefs.