About Us

ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) is for films with ‘real heart’ and ‘real guts’.

In 2004, Our Founder, along with our Director had a vision that a new film festival could be formed in North America to fill the void created by the growing trend of ‘niche’ festivals.

Regardless of genre, it’s the story we’re interested in. If your film or documentary has that balance of a terrific story, an interesting vision and solid production standards, then we think an audience should see your film.

Any Genre is accepted at ReelHeART: Feature and Short Narratives such as: Drama, Comedy, Black Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Film Noir, Satire, Mockumentary, Animation, Experimental, Music Videos, as well as Feature and Short Documentary, Profiles, Underground and more.

What kind of film or documentary do you have? Is it a fun, an outrageous, a quirky, intense, raunchy, sweet? Is it a film that will rip your heart out or a film that will make your ribs hurt with laughter, a gut wrenching, bittersweet or tragic story? Then ReelHeART is for you…

Never entered a film festival before? If you have never entered a competition before, ReelHeART should be your first film festival stop. We are currently accepting submissions for our 6th season, June 21-26, 2010.

Local Film Industry pros affectionately refer to us as “The Filmmaker’s Bootcamp” as the only film festival that shows all levels of filmmakers ‘the complete indie package’ on how to hit the ground running with promotion, marketing, networking and how to garner distribution interest.

The experience you gain here, the networking opportunities and the welcome you’ll receive are among our priorities and quite possibly one of the top film festival experiences you’ll ever have-

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

Please join us for an exciting 6th Season, June 21-26, 2010 and show us your ReelHeART…!