Films


Reel Paradise
Steve James

When John Pierson, the indie film commentator, producer and exhibitor decided to move his family to Fiji for a year and run a movie house,…

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Reel Paradise
Steve James

The final month of an American family’s year-long stay in Fiji, where they screened movies in one of the most remote cinemas in the world.

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Refrigerator Mothers
David E. Simpson

From the 1950s until sometime in the 1970s, doctors and psychologists were convinced that if a child was born autistic, the “fault“ lay with the…

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The Refugee All Stars
Zach Niles, Banker White

The civil war in the West African nation of Sierra Leone displaced hundreds of thousands of people from 1991 to 2002. Most found themselves in…

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Regretters
Marcus Lindeen

Born men, once women, and now men again, Orlando and Mikael dig deep into the psychology behind the one regret they share, offering a thoughtful exploration of identity and expectations.

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The Rehearsal
Nathan Fielder

So what exactly does it mean to be prepared? Commissioned to make a comedy show but troubled by a serious problem, Nathan Fielder combines the…

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Reinvention
Sadia Shepard

Enjoy life in this brief film about inventor Pete and his muse Mary. She wanted a socially-minded, people-loving, churchgoer. In Pete, she got two out…

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Reluctantly Queer
Akosua Adoma Owusu

This epistolary short film invites us into the unsettling life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his love for same-sex desire amid the increased tensions incited by same-sex politics in Ghana. Focused on a letter that is ultimately filled with hesitation and uncertainty, “Reluctantly Queer” both disrobes and questions what it means to be queer for this man in this time and space.

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Remaining
Gianfranco Piazza

A year-long journey through the mountains of Sicily, a fleshed-out and depopulated territory seen through the eyes of a young shepherd, a wingless vulture, and an astronomical observatory.

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Remake
Ross McElwee

For forty years, Ross McElwee has made documentaries which blend autobiography and cultural observation. When his son Adrian died suddenly, the footage he had filmed of his son became something else entirely: a reckoning with what the camera captured, and what it could not. REMAKE traces the fragile bond the camera created between a father and son, and what remains of it now.

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Remembering Nancy Buirski

Full Frame is honored to celebrate Nancy Buirski, who passed away unexpectedly last year, with a special gathering as part of our 2024 Tribute program.

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Remote Area Medical
Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman

Over the course of one weekend, RAM’s dedicated team sets up a “pop-up” clinic at a NASCAR speedway to provide no-cost, accessible healthcare to people in need.

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Reporter
Eric Daniel Metzgar

Director Eric Daniel Metzgar offers a nuanced and eye-opening reflection on the moral imperative to report real news, not just infotainment rubbish. His subject, Nicholas…

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Reportero
Bernardo Ruiz

At some point every war reporter questions how far he or she is willing to go for a story and whether death is worth the…

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The Rescue List
Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink

In a Ghanaian safe house, a team works to rehabilitate two boys who were trafficked into slavery to fisherman on Lake Volta. As it moves from rescue operation to healing process, this riveting film follows the boys through their recovery and reveals the extraordinary dedication of their rescuer.

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Ressaca
Vincent Rimbaux, Patrizia Landi

In this film, which mimics the arc of a three-act play, art and protest unite for dancers and workers at the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro.

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Restrepo
Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger

An unblinking look at American soldiers on a long deployment in the dangerous Korengal Valley of Afghanistan, where they exchange fire with the Taliban almost every day.

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Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Jon Foy

A classic whodunit adventure following three men determined to solve the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, whose cryptic message is embedded in cities around the world.

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