Fame

“You’ve got big dreams… You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. In sweat.” We’re kicking off September with an endearing back-to-school classic that that captures the dreams, anxieties, ambitions, victories and “hot lunch jams” of those perilous

Together

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens

Soul’s Road (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)

Shot in Alberta and starring Canadian country star Dallas Smith, filmmaker Joel Stewart‘s SOUL‘S ROAD is a riveting tale of self-discovery and redemption, promising audiences great music and heartwarming performances. After ruining his solo career and taking an extended break from music, the infamous Ronan Garrett returns to

Souleymane’s Story

Racing through the streets of Paris on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane (Abou Sangare, in a breakthrough performance) is struggling to stay afloat as an undocumented gig worker, delivering food to middle class Parisians using a “borrowed” account, for which he pays a percentage of his hard-earned wages. In two

Know Your Place

KNOW YOUR PLACE is a slice-of-life drama set in present-day Seattle. Robel Haile, an Eritrean-American boy of 15, embarks on an errand to deliver a huge and heavy suitcase across town destined for a sick family member in his parents’ homeland. He enlists the help of his best friend Fahmi Tadesse, when

Boys Go to Jupiter

From writer-director Julian Glandner (creator of the cult video game “Art Sqool”) comes BOYS GO TO JUPITER, a dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age musical about a gig worker who encounters a creature from another world. It’s the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 and

The Fall (4K Restoration)

The Rio Theatre’s “Must Be Seen on the Big Screen” series continues with one of the most regularly requested titles we get from our audience, writer-director Tarsem’s (THE CELL) visionary 2006 epic THE FALL. Relive this gorgeous fantasy fable on the big screen with its stunning new 4k restoration, presented

Soul’s Road (Filmmakers in Attendance)

Influencers (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A!)

Join us for an exclusive Rio Grind Film Festival screening of writer-director Kurtis David Harder‘s INFLUENCERS, the follow-up to his 2022 horror drama, INFLUENCER. In the sun-drenched countryside of southern France, CW (Cassandra Naud, reprising her role from the first installment)  lives a quiet, idyllic life with her

She Talks to Strangers (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)

Divorcée Leslie discovers that her deadbeat ex-husband Keith has moved back in to “lay low for a while” and to stake claim on what he feels is owed to him: half the value of her house. In need of an accomplice, Leslie turns to her mother Staci in order to