RiverRun Festival Archive

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• Abby the Spoon Lady

  You’ve never seen anyone play the spoons like this! Asheville-based Abby Roach is one of a few in the world who makes a living clacking…

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• Actor/Director/Collaborators panel with Celia Weston & Angus Maclachlan

  Join RiverRun advisory board members Celia Weston (last year’s Master of Cinema honoree) and Angus Maclachlan as they discuss the finer points of communication between…

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• After All

  After all is said and done, all that is left are memories. A man cleans out his childhood home while he remembers conversations from the…

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• Afterwork

  We are all condemned to work and repeat the same empty routines. Can we ever reach that eternal carrot at the end of the stick?…

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• The Age of Innocence

  Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer, Martin Scorsese’s film brings to life Edith Wharton’s tragic novel set in Gilded Age Manhattan. The Age…

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• American Animals

  Perhaps the most action-packed and suspenseful opening night narrative ever presented at RiverRun, not to mention the first such opener to have been made in…

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• Among Wolves

  Twenty years after the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to struggle, but in one small mountain town, an unorthodox leader has stepped up to help…

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• And Then I Go

  In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their families…

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• Angels Wear White

  In a small seaside town in Southern China, under the watchful gaze of a curiously placed, fifty-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe statue along the boardwalk, two naïve…

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• Animated Shorts 1

  Films screening in this program of short animated works include: After All Extinguished KCLOC Late Afternoon Liv Phototaxis Poles Apart Sog Toys Two Balloons Weekends…

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• Animated Shorts 2

  Films in the program of short animated works include: Afterwork Between Sand and Tides Carlotta’s Face Darrel The Driver Is Red Late Season Lotte that…

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• Are You Glad I'm Here

  A Lebanese woman and an American girl working abroad become friends and accidental partners-in-crime in a story that explores the nature of happiness and self-actualization…

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• Arlo Alone

  In this futuristic drama Arlo, a young woman, comes to terms with her own loneliness in a world where in-person contact has become a rarity.…

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• Automatic on the Road

  Technologist Ross Goodwin takes his creative writing Artificial Intelligence robot car across-country to write its version of the archetypal American literary road trip. What does…

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• Beautiful Thing

  In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten…

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• Becoming Who I Was

  In the sparsely populated Ladakh region of Northern India, an impoverished young boy is discovered to be the reincarnation of a high-ranking Tibetan monk. However,…

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• Bee Nation

  Kahkewistahaw First Nation Reserve is a world away from Toronto in so many ways, but for Grade 3 student William Kaysaywaysemat III it’s a journey…

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• The Beep Test

  Wojtek is a mysterious new student at school being targeted by two bullying classmates in search of entertainment. Uncertain in front of his assailants, Wojtek…

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• The Beginner

  At the age of 58, Annebärbel has become as cold as a block of ice. As a doctor she shows little compassion, and as a…

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• Between Sand and Tides

  An exhausted girl travels across an endless desert to look for new hope, all the while trying to deal with her irascible anteater. This film…

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• Breath

  Based on Tim Winton’s award-winning and international bestselling novel, Breath is a story about youthful recklessness and the lengths we will go, against our better…

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• Bye Bye Germany

  It’s 1946 in Frankfurt, just after World War II. David Bermann and his Jewish friends have seen the horrors of the Nazi regime, survived them,…

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• Carlotta's Face

  As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She even doesn’t recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about…

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• The Carter Effect

  This film recently had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival which makes sense, given the entire film is about how one man managed…

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• Casablanca

  Winner of the 1944 Best Picture Oscar, Casablanca follows a cynical American expatriate (Humphrey Bogart) who encounters a former lover (Ingrid Bergman) in Morocco in…

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• Chasing the Blues

  A music-centric indie comedy, Chasing the Blues is the tale of two rival record collectors attempting to con an old lady out of an ultra-rare–but…

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• Crab Trap

  Crawling back from the edge of society, Thirsty tries to prove he’s a changed man to his sister in order to gain access to his…

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• Custody

  Miriam and Antoine Besson have divorced, and Miriam is seeking sole custody of their son Julien to protect him from a father she claims is…

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• Darrel

  Glances are exchanged in the metro. How many opportunities have you let slip by? Darrel will do everything possible to not let this one escape…

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• The Desert Bride

  54-year-old Teresa has worked for decades as a live-in maid with a family in Buenos Aires, and feels justifiably thrown for a loop when her…

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• Destination Moon

  France, 1969. In order to be adopted, twelve-year-old André is transferred by the authorities from Reunion Island to France and placed with Jean, a lonesome…

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• The Devil We Know

  Unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of West Virginians take on the powerful DuPont corporation, the creators of Teflon,…

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• Disobedience

  Standout Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, a newly minted Oscar-winner following his film A Fantastic Woman’s recognition at the Academy Awards last month, helms this accomplished…

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• Documentary Shorts 1

  Films in this program of short documentary works include: Automatic on the Road Eye, Camera Handmade Film The Last Honey Hunter Nobody Loves Me Nuuca…

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• Documentary Shorts 2

  Films in this program of short documentary works include: Footprint I Have Something to Tell You The Sandman Talk To My Son While I Yet…

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• Donkeyote

  Manolo leads a simple life in Southern Spain and has two loves: his animals, in particular his donkey Gorrión (“Sparrow”), and wandering through nature. Against…

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• Don't Talk to Irene

  Irene is 16, overweight, friendless and tired of being a loser, but she’s determined that this year is going to be different–Irene is going to…

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• Don't Walk

  Inside the pedestrian signal, a man wants nothing more than to walk. But then he meets someone who wants something much different, and things get…

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• Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King

  Through personal interviews and in-depth study, Olympia Stone’s latest film immerses the viewer in the work of sculptor and stop-action animator Elizabeth King, who embarks…

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• Dragonfly Eyes

  Each of us is captured on surveillance cameras, on average, 300 times a day. In renowned artist Xu Bing’s ambitious experimental narrative, these all-seeing eyes…

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• Driven Blind

  Driven Blind follows Dan Parker, a world champion drag racer, as he struggles to adjust to a new reality after a tragic racing accident that…

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• The Driver Is Red

  Set in Argentina in 1960, this true crime documentary follows the story of secret agent Zvi Aharoni as he hunts down one of the highest…

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• DriverX

  Leonard (Better Call Saul’s Patrick Fabian) is a 50 year-old stay-at-home dad in Los Angeles, taking care of two daughters while his wife works. He’s…

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• Einstein-Rosen

  Summer of 1982. Teo claims he has found a wormhole. His brother Óscar does not believe him–at least not for now. This film screens as…

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• Extinguished

  In a world where flames represent love, it’s easy for your heart to get burned. This film screens as part of the Animated Shorts 1…

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• Eye on Juliet

  Scurrying its way through a Middle Eastern desert bisected by an oil pipeline, a strange, spider-like robot seems to be scoping the horizon. In a…

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• Eye, Camera

  After losing her left eye in a car accident, artist Tanya Vlach attempts to make herself whole again by trying to build a camera that…

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• The Fallen Swan

  A baby swan discovers its potential to escape out of a well, and must overcome its fear and doubt to succeed. This film screens as…

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• Family Day Shorts & Peppercorn Theatre at Kaleideum

  Once again, RiverRun has put together a fantastic line-up of free events for audiences of all ages for our third annual Family Day! At 1:00pm, Peppercorn Theatre…

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• Far from the Tree

  Based on the New York Times best-selling book by Andrew Solomon, Rachel Dretzin’s beautifully crafted documentary examines the experiences of families in which parents and…

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• Father's Kingdom

  Father Divine was born in poverty, the son of emancipated slaves. At his peak, he was one of America’s most controversial religious leaders. His movement,…

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• Film Comment Presents...Queer & Now & Then panel

  In an exciting new collaboration between RiverRun and the esteemed magazine Film Comment, a publication of New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center, we bring…

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• Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

  Feminism seems to be the scariest word in the English language, but not for those who experienced the game-changing awakening that was the Women’s Movement…

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• Fern

  A woman loses her husband and finds a houseplant. An unlikely friendship between a lonely woman and a household fern turns ugly in this darkly…

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• First Comes Courage

  Dorothy Arzner was an American film director whose career in feature films spanned from the silent era of the late 1920s into the early 1940s.…

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• Footprint

  Footprint is a purely observational meditation on how different people engage with the World Trade Center Memorial, exploring the ways we choose to commemorate tragedy…

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• Fort Maria

  Maria is a woman with no country. A Bulgarian immigrant and adoptive mother of a black daughter, she finds herself stricken with anxiety following a…

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• The Future Is Bright

  In 1979, a local newscaster prepares to cover an anti-KKK protest in Greensboro, NC, and realizes that she may never be ready for the events…

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• Garage at Night

  Twelve months. Four seasons. Two brothers. And a garage at night. This film screens as part of the Narrative Shorts 2 block of short films

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• Garden Party

  In the rich villa they inhabit, frogs explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts. In this film, nominated for Best Animated Short Film at…

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• Gays for Trump

  In the 2016 general election, 14% of LGBTQ Americans voted for Donald Trump. This revealing film follows Peter Boykin and David Smith, an interracial gay…

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• Generation Wealth

  Generation Wealth is an investigative documentary researching the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen, captured by the lens of…

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• Get Bent

  A man with a double-arm cast suddenly realizes he has to pee. This film screens as part of the North Carolina Shorts 2 block of films

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• A God Among Us

  A fallen superhero struggles with becoming human in a world that forgets they need a savior. This film screens as part of the North Carolina…

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• Godard, Mon Amour

  Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, lead actress Anne Wiazemsky. They are…

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• Good Boy

  A hopeful man goes on a blind date with the woman of his dreams, expecting to have the best night of his life. Things seem…

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• The Gospel According to André

  André Leon Talley has been a fixture in the world of fashion for so long that it’s difficult to imagine a time when he wasn’t…

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• The Guardians

  A visually dazzling meditation on the delicate balance between human and nature, The Guardians elegantly melds the life cycle of the iconic monarch butterfly with…

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• Handmade Film

  Handmade film is a rarely practiced craft in today’s film industry. Lindsay McIntyre spends three days making the film emulsion she shoots on than develops…

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• Hearts Beat Loud

  We are thrilled to be closing the 2018 festival with the triumphant latest feature from UNCSA alum Brett Haley. Brett has been a guest at…

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• Heaven without People

  Josephine, the matriarch of a sprawling Lebanese family, is delighted to gather everyone for Easter lunch for the first time in two years. Given a…

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• A House in the Countryside

  Jorge’s casual encounter with a unknown neighbor reveals that the walls of his house are thinner than he thinks. This film screens as part of…

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• The Hustler

  Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason and Piper Laurie star in this Academy Award-winning film about an up-and-coming pool player who decides to take on the long-time…

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• Hypertrain

  On a train trip through spatial and temporal dimensions, a traveler suddenly comes across himself and a mischievous cat. This film screens as part of…

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• I Have Something to Tell You

  A fine-art photographer turns to his craft to cope with his HIV/AIDS diagnosis in the acclaimed portrait series “I Have Something to Tell You.” This…

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• In Pursuit of Justice

  Walking past Jacquetta Thomas’ lifeless body in September of 1991 changed Greg Taylor’s life–and North Carolina’s criminal justice system–forever. Out late partying with a friend,…

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• The Incident

  At a bus stop near Beirut, a veiled Lebanese woman and a migrant Syrian worker get caught in a tumultuous moment and are arrested. They…

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• Itzhak

  From Schubert to Strauss and Bach to Brahms, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life–struggles that…

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• The Judge

  When she was a young lawyer, Kholoud Al-Faqih walked into the office of Palestine’s Chief Justice and announced she wanted to join the bench. He…

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• Kaiju Bunraku

  A day in the life of a husband and a wife, as told in a warped version of a traditional kabuki play. This film screens…

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• KCLOC

  A selection of brief interviews provide the voices for ten meticulously designed CGI clock characters, in a variety of real-world settings, as they respond to…

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• A Kid Like Jake

  Claire Danes, Jim Parsons and Octavia Spencer star in this story of Brooklyn couple Alex and Greg Wheeler (Danes and Parsons), whose four-year-old son Jake…

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• Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

  The most influential movie mogul that you’ve never heard of, Alan Ladd, Jr., is known to friends and colleagues simply as Laddie. He is also…

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• The Last Honey Hunter

  Maule Dhan Rai is the last man in the remote Nepal village of Saadi who’s been visited in a dream by a wrathful forest spirit…

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• Late Afternoon

  Emily finds herself disconnected from the world around her. She drifts back through her memories to relive different moments from her life. Emily must look…

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• Late Night Shorts

  For those ready to revel in the awkwardly hilarious and disturbing, our late night shorts have got you covered! Films included in this program of…

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• Late Season

  An elderly couple seem to have lost their affection for one another. One day at the beach, after falling asleep, something incredible happens–something that rekindles…

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• The Law of Averages

  Death waits for no woman. This film screens as part of the Narrative Shorts 2 block of short films

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• Laws of the Game

  Zeola is a single mother whose life alternates between her job as a prison guard and her career as a football referee in the men’s…

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• Leave No Trace

  In the long-awaited return to narrative for RiverRun’s 2014 Emerging Master honoree Debra Granik, whose powerhouse Ozark-set drama Winter’s Bone earned her an Oscar nomination…

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• Lion Dance

  It’s love at first sight for Jian and Ayumi during the city’s annual Lion Dance–but will they be able to find each other during the…

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• The Little Giraffe

  A hungry little giraffe needs the help of a friend to reach the tasty leaves at the top of the tree. This film screens as…

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• Liv

  Instead of sitting around waiting for death, Liv goes back to her roots to live out the rest of her days in the wild. This…

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• Lotte that Silhouette Girl

  This film tells the tale of one of animation’s biggest influencers, Lotte Reiniger. Despite her monumental achievements within the field, she remains a footnote in…

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• Love on the Balcony

  A crotchety old man does what he can to break up his oppressively lovey-dovey neighbors. This film screens as part of the Saturday Morning Cartoons…

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• Lovestreams

  A story of net-cross’d lovers. This film screens as part of the Animated Shorts 2 block of films

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• The Maestro

  As Rob Kellum faces a menacing opponent across the wrestling ring, his only concern is how to tell the best story. This film screens as…

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• Maynard

  Raised in the segregated American South, Maynard Jackson, Jr. became the first black mayor of a major southern city, Atlanta, in 1973. The father and…

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• Merry-Go-Round

  The restaurant is closing, and Oleg wants to celebrate. Taking along three of his adoring employees, unable to resist his charm, he sets off in…

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• Minding the Gap

  Set against the backdrop of the blue collar town of Rockford, Illinois, this seemingly innocuous skateboarding documentary turns into so much more as we delve…

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• Miner Difficulties

  Two very different robot miners left behind by their spaceships must work together to escape the planet before a meteor hits. This film screens as…

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• Master of Cinema award presentation with Chuck Workman

  Join RiverRun in a conversation with our second Master of Cinema for 2018, the esteemed Academy Award winning film editor and director Chuck Workman, whose career has spanned…

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• Master of Cinema award presentation with Piper Laurie

  Join us following a screening of the classic film The Hustler for an award presentation and conversation with renowned actress Piper Laurie! The conversation will…

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• Mosquito: The Bite of Passage

  A mosquito on her first hunting trip with her mother tries to confess that she doesn’t like blood. This film screens as part of the…

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• Moss

  Winston-Salem native Daniel Peddle’s unconventional road movie is actually set on a river, and is about an isolated young man who disappears into the woods…

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• Mulan -- FREE Bailey Park screening!

  Join us at Bailey Park in the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter for a free outdoor screening of the 20th anniversary of both RiverRun and the Disney classic Mulan.…

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• Narrative Shorts 1

  Films in this program of short narrative works include: The Beep Test Einstein-Rosen A House in the Countryside The Incident Laws of the Game Merry-Go-Round…

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• Narrative Shorts 2

  Films in this program of short narrative works include: Arlo Alone Destination Moon Garage at Night The Law of Averages Sans Réponse Tom Welcome Home…

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• The Narrow Margin

  When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds, she goes undercover to avoid being killed and is…

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• Nobody Loves Me

  High in the Andes, a frog with an unusual appearance is threatened with extinction. This film screens as part of the Documentary Shorts 1 block…

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• North Carolina Shorts 1--Documentary

  Films screening in this program of short documentary works include: Abby the Spoon Lady Driven Blind Gays for Trump The Maestro Princess Warrior Regrowth Strange…

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• North Carolina Shorts 2--Narrative

  Films screening in this program of short narrative works include: Crab Trap The Future Is Bright Get Bent A God Among Us Redaction Shades Where…

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• Nuuca

  Over the last decade, an oil boom in North Dakota has doubled its population and brought an influx of drugs, crime and sexual violence. Juxtaposing…

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• Odd One Out

  Flipper, a 2D penguin chick, was somehow born into a 3D world filled with 3D penguins. Being different, Flipper struggles to find a place in…

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• Opuntia

  In 1528, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca crossed the Gulf of Mexico on a raft made of melted armor and slaughtered horses. Over the next…

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• Orlando

  Young nobleman Orlando—played by Oscar winner Tilda Swinton in one of her breakout roles—is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he…

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• The Other Side of Everything

  For Serbian filmmaker Mila Turajlic, a locked door in her mother’s apartment in Belgrade has kept her family separated from their past for over 70…

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• Party Mouth

  A dubstep soundtrack and a talking toothbrush teach children how to brush their teeth. This film screens as part of the Saturday Morning Cartoons block…

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• Phantom Cowboys

  Part time capsule, part folk song, and nearly a decade in the making, Phantom Cowboys follows three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in vastly…

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• Phototaxis

  Phototaxis uses exquisite pastel-on-paper palimpsest animation to illustrate the parallels between Mothman, a prophetic and demonized creature in West Virginia lore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the…

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• Pitch Fest and Panel

  In an effort to further promote the development of new filmmaking talent, RiverRun is again joining forces with universities around the state to present Pitch…

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• Poles Apart

  In a harsh Arctic landscape, a hungry and solitary polar bear has to decide if a naive Canadian grizzly bear is her food or her…

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• Porcelain Stare

  A young girl is invited in for tea by an old woman. Little does she know that the woman harbors a terrible secret that will…

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• Positive

  An unlucky diagnosis sends a lonely man on a quest to find an unlikely date. This film screens as part of the Late Night Shorts…

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• Post Nuke

  In the twilight of the Los Angeles punk scene, a world-weary singer encounters two young women who have consumed some questionably dangerous substances. She takes…

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• The Power of Glove

  The Power of Glove is a documentary that chronicles the history and legacy of the Power Glove, a 1989 Nintendo controller that promised to forever…

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• Precious Images

  Precious Images, directed by 2018 Master of Cinema honoree Chuck Workman, is a breathtaking short film featuring approximately 470 half-second-long splices of movie moments through the…

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• Princess Warrior

  The years she served in Afghanistan as the “Green Mile Guy” left her with debilitating PTSD. Now, life is all about the little victories. This…

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• The Puppy Trials

  Written by 3rd grader Claire Hartman, The Puppy Trials is the story of an old abandoned German Shepherd teaching a group of puppies how to…

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• RBG

  At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon…

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• Redaction

  A young man uses a found toy to travel back in time and correct his mistakes in creating the perfect New Year’s Eve date. This…

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• Regrowth

  Regrowth traces the friendship, recovery, and philanthropic endeavors of two “battle buddies” twelve years after they were badly injured in an IED explosion in Iraq.…

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• Retreat

  Kaitlin arrives with her artist boyfriend Al at a large remote lodge in the Scottish highlands. They are there as winter caretakers, and Al plans…

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• RiverRun Gala presented by PNC Bank

  Join us for a celebration of RiverRun’s 2nd weekend and greet filmmakers and industry guests from around the world. Festivities begin at 9:00 and go until…

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• Rodents of Unusual Size

  After decades of hurricanes and oil spills, the bayous of Louisiana face a new environmental threat–hordes of monstrous, 20-pound swamp rats. Known as nutria, these…

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• The Rules of the Game

  Considered one of the greatest films ever made, French master Jean Renoir’s 20th film is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a…

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• Saints Rest

  A world premiere this year at RiverRun, the heartfelt Saints Rest is a female-driven musical drama featuring breathtaking original music performed live on set. Hani…

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• Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

  Sammy Davis, Jr. had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, so vast and multifaceted that it was dizzying in its scope and scale. And…

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• The Sandman

  A doctor walks the line of his own morality as he participates in executions, while personally opposing capital punishment. This film screens as part of…

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• Sans Réponse

  A young man moves back home to Sonoma after failing to “make it” in the Los Angeles film scene. So says our all-knowing narrator, anyway.…

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• Saturday Morning Cartoons

  Each year RiverRun presents our own version of Saturday Morning Cartoons to our young audiences. We search high and low for the best new animated shorts that we…

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• Saving Brinton

  In a farmhouse basement on the Iowa countryside, eccentric collector Mike Zahs makes a remarkable discovery: the showreels of the man who brought moving pictures…

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• Severina

  A bookseller and aspiring writer is shaken by the appearance and disappearance of his newfound muse, an enigmatic beauty who steals books from his bookstore.…

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• Shades

  A chance encounter between a beautiful drifter and a cynical gas station clerk results in a night that neither of them will ever forget. This…

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• The Shuttle

  An infertile nail salon owner decides to confront her husband, the salon’s shuttle driver, whom she suspects of sleeping with one of her employees. This…

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• Silas

  Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman’s commanding film profiles the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of…

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• Sog

  After an enormous flood, fish are left stranded in the tops of old trees. In danger of drying out they scream sharply, and the inhabitants…

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• Sol

  That voice in her head. It just won’t let go. This film screens as part of the Late Night Shorts block of films

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• Steve's Kinkoes

  A man copying posters for his missing (and dead) cat at an otherworldly 24/7 photocopy shop is forced to reexamine his motives and make a…

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• Strange Kid

  Ethan Gingerich is the quiet and brilliant founder of a company that converts old film projectors into guitar amps. Strange Kid follows him in search…

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• Stumped

  Will Lautzenheiser was a year into a promising relationship and had just landed his dream teaching job when he visited the hospital for what he…

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• Sunny and Gerd in Spring Cleaning

  A whistle blows, signalling break time. Things go from zero to chaos when Sunny finds himself in a tight spot and Gerd has to rescue…

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• Supernova

  When a little boy’s late night viewing of his favorite space adventure videotape is cut short by a scolding from his mom, he channels the…

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• Talk to My Son

  Kyung-hee, a barista in South Korea, is a North Korean defector who left her son in China 13 years ago. With the help of a…

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• Tête à Tête

  A young woman visits her family. Over the weekend tensions flare, whilst technology provides an easy respite. As Kerri’s gaze shifts from the screen, she…

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• Tethered

  Oscar is a scientist who takes his invention up to test in amateur pilot Wendy’s hot air balloon. In order to live up to his…

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• Time Trial

  Time Trial is an immersive film using innovative techniques to capture the very essence of professional cycling. The film takes audiences through every element of…

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• Tom

  Sophie and Henry are trying to locate their grown up son Tom, having lost contact with him for the umpteenth time during his struggles with…

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• Toys

  In 1930s farm country, a father wants a son, but he gets a little girl. He tries to toughen her up by giving her toys…

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• Train to Peace

  The sound of the Berlin subway takes a stranger back to the history of his country–Iraq–where peace is rare and happiness only comes as a…

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• Two Balloons

  Two adventurous lemurs navigate their handmade dirigibles halfway around the world to return to each other, though happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion.…

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• Undiscovered

  Sasquatch has always remained elusive in photos–but not for the reasons we think. This film screens as part of the Saturday Morning Cartoons block of…

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• Unexpected Discoveries

  A young fellow stumbles upon an ordinary flashlight that allows him to explore other places. Unexpected Discoveries reminds us to always be present. You never…

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• Versus

  In this increasingly escalating back and forth on a tennis court, the end justifies the means. This film screens as part of the Late Night…

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• Walden: Life in the Woods

  Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir stars in this radical, western re-imagining of Henry David Thoreau’s classic. The film interlaces three narratives about the trappings of…

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• The Wayward Kite

  A little kite breaks its tether, fleeing to the city for a dream. The setbacks it faces make it grow, change, and realize its real…

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• Weekends

  A young boy is shuffled between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dreamlike moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken family…

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• Welcome Home

  Set in the North of Norway, an Iranian refugee couple invite two Jehovah’s Witnesses in when they knock on their door. This film screens as…

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• What Is Cinema?

  Following a screening of two of his seminal films, join RiverRun in a conversation with 2018 Master of Cinema honoree Chuck Workman, the esteemed Academy…

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• When Objects Speak: Craft on Film panel

  From the iconic lamp in A Christmas Story to Charles Foster Kane’s Rosebud in Citizen Kane, film objects often become cemented in our cultural lexicon. RiverRun…

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• When She Runs

  The third feature from the gifted directing team of Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, whose previous film God Bless the Child similarly made exquisite use…

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• Where Mothbloods Bloom

  Fed up and exhausted Autumn cuts off her relationship with her heroin addict boyfriend. This leaves her stranded and alone at a gas station at…

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• While I Yet Live

  Five acclaimed African-American quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama talk about love, religion, and the fight for civil rights as they continue the tradition of quilting…

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• Who We Are Now

  Julianne Nicholson (I, Tonya, August, Osage County, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire) delivers a career-defining performance as an ex-con fighting for custody of her son while putting…

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• Wild Strawberries

  Traveling to accept an honorary degree, a professor is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the…

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• Wishing Box

  A pirate and his sidekick monkey finally find a treasure box after years of sailing, and the box can make all your wishes come true–if…

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• The Wishing Cranes

  When an orphaned paper boy fails to spend time with his lighthearted younger sister, she makes a wish by folding his papers into a thousand…

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• The Woman Who Was in Love with Seashells and Other Stories

  In the fight to make ends meet in the uphill battle against fishing regulations, a changing climate, and their own geographical isolation, multiple generations of…

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• The Workshop

  Feted French director Laurent Cantet, director of the Palme d’Or-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2008 feature The Class, returns once more to the subject of teacher/student…

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• The World Before Your Feet

  For over six years, and for reasons he can’t explain, Matt Green has been walking every block of every street in New York City–a journey…

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• Xavier Corbero: Portrait of an Artist in Winter

  This film offers a first and last glimpse into the universe of iconic Spanish sculptor Xavier Corbero, whose kaleidoscopic life and career traversed a turbulent…

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• Yojimbo

  The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic 20th feature. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, masterless samurai Sanjuro…

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• YouthMin

  David Bauer, a young, energetic youth pastor, feels he has the greatest job in the world and can’t wait to bring his youth group to…

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