ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) June 16-21, 2008

In 2004, the ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) was founded by a film supporter and world traveler of Irish descent who speaks 3 languages.

Our founder had a vision that a new film festival could be formed to fill the void created by the growing trend of ‘niche’ festivals. We are proud to call ourselves a ‘truly open festival’, accepting films of all genres, countries and film lengths.

Knowing our founder speaks English, Spanish and French, was motivation to also promote English, Spanish and French as the “official languages” of ReelHeART. We will integrate these languages into our festival programming and promotional materials as often as possible. We hope to reach our goal of offering a fully tri-lingual web site in 2010. To this end, films submitted in Spanish and French will not have to be subtitled specifically for our festival.

ReelHeART believes this will also help bring cultural mix of dedicated sponsors, media and filmgoers to our event and establish long term relationships. We also believe this will add to the cultural and creative exchange throughout RHIFF from planning stages to launch of the 4th Annual ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) June 16-21, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.

ReelHeART is dedicated to supporting the need for exposure for ALL LEVELS of independent filmmakers around the world. We put emerging and student artists alongside established and master filmmakers in an effort that all filmmakers can be recognized for their art, rather than their credits.

We also have a goal to satisfy and challenge the interests of filmgoers and film supporters; to encourage, reward and celebrate the “Real HeART” of film and new media.

Whether filmgoer, filmmaker, reviewer, media or industry professional, the welcome and networking opportunities you experience at ReelHeART will be talked about from one year to the next…