Films

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• Abe's Story

  Abe, an overworked writer, gets an idea for a bloody brilliant novel in Victorian London. He toils on the manuscript for seven long years, only…

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• Animated Shorts 1

  Films in this program of short animated works include: Blieschow Embraced I Bleed The Kite The Masque of Blackness Pace Petty Thing Saguaro When the…

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• Animated Shorts 2

  Films in this program of short animated works include: Abe’s Story Cats Can’t Swim Fata Morgana Grandad Was A Romantic If Anything Happens I Love…

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• Blieschow

  Vast plains, colorful sceneries and a red dog that seems to reach into the sky bring to life the summer one boy spends on his…

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• Blue & Hues

  Blue and Hues are a tight-knit duo in thievery. When they set their sights on a powerful man with a diamond lodged in his eye,…

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• Cat's Can't Swim

  In an anthropomorphic world, a young cat boy wants to win his school swimming contest with the support of his mother. This short screens as…

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• Con Amore

  A little toy pianist falls in love with a music box ballerina who is sealed beneath a glass bell in this tiny, desktop fairy tale.…

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• The Credits Movie

  After decades of announcing the casts and crews of countless movies, the end credits finally get to tell their own story. This short screens as…

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• Dragon Recipes

  A young apprentice witch dreams of becoming like her mentor, so she decides to create her own dragon, using an old recipe and magic spells.…

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• Embraced

  Standing still in front of the open window, a woman stares at the dark clouds that obscure the sky. Immobile, she fights against the remembrances…

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• Fata Morgana

  Three women live their lives as nomads. One travels the world, another takes her daughter wherever she goes, and a third has made her home…

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• Films With Class Shorts

  This collection of animated short films shows how many great films we get for young audiences.  This program is being screened for area students during…

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• Fly Me to the Moon -- Free Family Day Screening

  The year is 1969 and three young houseflies are looking for adventure and hatch a plan to stowaway aboard Apollo 11 in homemade space suits.…

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• Folding Fur

  In a small paper forest lived a small paper fox who loved playing with all the animals, no matter how they were folded. When he…

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• Function

  A recently activated robot discovers it looks and functions a lot differently than the robots around him, and is unable to understand his purpose until…

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• Grandad Was a Romantic

  A child documents the love life of her grandfather, a man who has a reputation for being a passionate romantic. This short screens as part…

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• I Bleed

  Inspired by a true story, I Bleed is the intimate confession of a person living with HIV and seeks to demystify issues that, to this…

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• If Anything Happens I Love You

  Two bereaved parents are comforted by a supernatural visit from the daughter they lost, ushering them through a waltz of their once happy life. This…

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• Inside Blue

  A pathological man needs all of his home decorations to be placed inside of square frames of adhesive tape in order to maintain peace of…

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• The Kite

  Told with enchanting, richly-textured images, this tale of a man, his grandson and a kite is about remembering those who are no longer with us.…

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• Lulu DotAway

  In a town where everybody has dots, Lulu is the natural center of attention, as she has the most beautiful dots. When she suddenly starts…

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• The Masque of Blackness

  The Masque of Blackness is a hand drawn animation re-imagining Ben Jonson’s 1605 play of the same name and Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of…

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• Master Moley By Royal Invitation

  A young mole picks a rose from the Queen’s Garden, not knowing that this simple act will change not only his life, but the life…

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• Medium Rare

  Medium Rare is a whimsical stop-motion survey of functional and aesthetic values in recurrent, yet questionable, domestic scenarios. This short screens as part of the…

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• Misguided

  Tom, a clumsy guide retriever, take his eye off his blind master, Albert, when a tennis ball distracts him, putting his owner in danger. This…

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• The Moon's Not that Great

  After an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public no longer cares about the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a…

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• The Most Magnificent Thing

  This inspirational story is about a little girl with a creative spirit, determined to make great things. When she receives a toolkit as a present,…

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• My Brother Luca

  When an imaginative little girl discovers that her older brother might have superpowers, she sets out on a quest to make sure everyone else sees…

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• Pace

  A man tries to keep pace in front of the hand of a clock, turning ever faster, until he’s overtaken by time itself in this…

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• Petty Thing

  The summer afternoon was nothing special, until the kids in the village, playing war games, found a replica pistol. As the trigger was pulled, the…

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• Pressure

  Pressure follows a boy as he faces a slew of obstacles throughout the school day. He’s dealing with what feels like the weight of the…

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• Runaway Radish

  One day, a small Daikon radish comes to life in a suburban farmer’s market. A rambunctious terrier is determined to catch it, and chases it…

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• Saguaro

  The loneliest Saguaro cactus in the world spends his time collecting garbage that blows across the desert and sticks to his body. Then in the…

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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…

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• Smiles

  This short animated film is an amusing look into the world of sharks, with interviews from the majestic creatures themselves. They have been portrayed as…

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• Sous la Glace

  On a lake, a heron is fishing while winter arrives. This short screens as part of the Animated Shorts 2 block of films

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• The Swallows of Kabul

  This arresting animated feature premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and is set in Kabul, Afghanistan during the summer of 1998. In love despite…

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• Too Much Rain

  Winston-Salem’s own Out of Our Minds Studios created this animated short to take a look at overwhelming circumstances through the eyes of a little girl.…

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• Wander

  An energetic kid loves nature but does not know how to interact with it respectfully, which becomes a problem when she encounters a family of…

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• When the Light Comes

  Time streams away and influences numerous relationships in this animated short about life’s continuous journey. This short screens as part of the Animated Shorts 1…

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