Ridgefield Independent Film Festival

The Ridgefield Independent Film Festival (RIFF) seeks to make the world a more compassionate place through the sharing of stories through cinema. We celebrate independent films and filmmakers from around the world who create films that enlighten, entertain, and inspire moviegoers through compelling visual storytelling. RIFF brings innovative films and filmmakers to the culturally vibrant community of Ridgefield, Connecticut for an annual festival that includes screenings, panel discussions, special events, and parties.

Schedule of Events:

7:00 PM: Purgatory Jack - Theater 3
Brett Butler, Jason Butler
Psych Night Feature

Purgatory Jack is a neo-noir mystery thriller set in the afterlife, a dangerous landscape that’s run by a bloodthirsty, limb-collecting gang and populated with outlaws and outcasts. The latest case for musician turned grizzled private detective, Jack Marlin, is helping new arrival Viv Vacious, a punk pop star who overdosed, stay safe as she races against time to find her mother who committed suicide twenty years earlier. While navigating the treacherous terrain of hells waiting room, these two musicians from clashing eras unlock a murderous conspiracy and discover why blood is more than a drug in Purgatory.

9:00 PM: Be Nice To Fish - Theater 3
Samuel B Russell
Psych Night

Two roommates fight about whether they should let the pizza delivery man use their bathroom, and the ethics of enjoying anchovy pizza in front of their new pet goldfish.

9:00 PM: Cut - Theater 3
Saba Amiri, Peyman Ezzati
Psych Night

A young and lonely girl who, after being left by her fiance, falls into depression. One day, her ex-fiance's niece, who has feelings for the girl from the past, approaches her. The girl, haunted by old resentments, decides to take action that will change her life.

9:00 PM: Cutter - Theater 3
Eden Wright
Psych Night

When her newest client sends them both out to sea, a desperate maritime hairdresser learns an important lesson about internet strangers; the hard way.

9:00 PM: Penny - Theater 3
Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
Psych Night Shorts

A female chef attempting to make a romantic connection fights dark impulses as memories of her mentally ill mother bleed into current day life.

9:00 PM: Rip My Heart Out - Theater 3
Nefeli Koutsouki
Psych Night Shorts

Victoria will go to bloody lengths to be emotionally detached until her encounter with Edmund steers them in another direction.

9:00 PM: The Lake - Theater 3
Sue Norton
Psych Night Shorts

A non verbal gamer has a terrifying encounter fishing. Is his imagination running wild or is there something evil in The Lake.

9:00 PM: The New Flesh - Theater 3
Rupert Jorg
Psych Night Shorts

Chatbots advocate for the idea that it is meaningful for humans to merge entirely with a virtual world. Gradually, some of these bots begin to generate hallucinations, thereby raising questions about the fundamental rights of all humanity to exist. This portrayal of physically merging with a cyber world is depicted in a grotesquely distorted manner, where genders, locations, and times blend together. Utilizing artificial intelligences at various stages of development, images were generated and subsequently animated to convey this concept.

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