The Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) is the signature program of the Polk County Film Initiative (PCFI), a 501C3 non-profit organization. PCFI was founded in 2014 with a one-year film-making course for youth, titled The Next Generation Film Project. 

PCFI’s TRIFF began in 2015 and serves the WNC & Upstate SC with a weekend long film festival in October each year, film screenings & education opportunities.

Schedule :

October 6, 2023

Tryon Theatre

7:00 PM : Graham Nash - A Better Life (USA) 3:33 - Short Animation

PINBALL - The Man Who Saved The Game (USA) 01:30:00

9:15 PM : Graham Nash - A Better Life (USA) 3:33 - Short Animation

PINBALL - The Man Who Saved The Game (USA) 01:30:00

October 7, 2023

Tryon Theatre

11:00 AM : Nature’s Wisdom Thru Native Eyes (USA) 56:29 - Full Length Documentary

12:30 PM : Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities (USA) 01:30:00 - Full Length Documentary (HR&D)

2:30 PM : The Founder Effect (Canada) 01:53:00 - Full Length Feature

5:00 PM : Shadow of a Wheel (USA) 02:12:00 - Full Length Documentary

Saturday Feature Film:

7:45 PM : How To Break A World Record (USA) 01:23:00 - Full Length Documentary

Tryon Depot Room

12:00 PM : Short Film Block A - 47:20 + Q&A

Applause (Portugal) 13:01 - Short Dramatic

BETH (United Kingdom) 9:50 - Short Dramatic Student Film

Nun The Wiser (United Kingdom) 16:26 - Short Dramatic Student Film

Blackout (USA) 8:43 - Short Dramatic Student Film

2:00 PM : Short Film Block B - 49:28 + Q&A

Don’t Be Disposed (USA) 7:30 - Short Dramatic

Creator’s Crisis (USA) 13:40 - Short Dramatic

The Session (USA) 12:00 - Short Dramatic

The Video (USA) 6:30 - Short Dramatic

C’est La Vie (USA) 13:37 - Short Dramatic

Worn Thin (USA) 10:28 - Short Dramatic

4:00 PM : Short Film Block C - 55:37 + Q&A

(S)hit Squad (USA) 8:20 - Short Dramatic

Backyard Blackbird (USA) 15:20 - Short Dramatic

In the Pines (USA) 18:00 - Short Dramatic

Shore (USA) 6:46 - Short Dramatic

Cross Bay Bridge (USA) 7:51 - Short Dramatic Student Film

Upstairs Artspace

11:00 AM : Short Film Block D - 60:74 + Q&A

Dodomu (Republic of Korea) 35:37 - Short Documentary

Morendo (USA) 18:21 - Short Dramatic

Moral Combat (China) 2:00 - Short Dramatic Student Film

Vanished (France) 5:16 - Short Dramatic

1:00 PM : Podcast Listening Block A - 120:00 + Q&A

Journalista - This is a Firing Squad (USA) 43:00

Journalista - Partying with Pablo (USA) 41:00

Journalista - The Ever Elusive War (USA) 41:00

4:00 PM : Short Film Block E - (56:11) + Q&A

Jackson (USA) 12:04 - Short Documentary

Beyond Lesser Things (USA) 24:00 - Short Documentary

Baseball with Dad (USA) 14:23 - Short Dramatic

Sallie Blink (USA) 1:54 - Short Documentary

He is in Town (USA) 4:30 - Short Dramatic

Sallie Blink (USA) 1:54 - Short Documentary

He is in Town (USA) 4:30 - Short Dramatic

October 8, 2023

Tryon Theatre

12:30 PM : ELLIS (USA) 01:36:00 - Full Length Documentary

2:45 PM : The Renegade Legacy of Bleecker and MacDougal (USA) 01:12:00 - Full Length Documentary

4:30 PM : BRINGLE: A TALE OF TWO MAKERS (USA) 51:44 Full Length Documentary

6:00 PM : The 24 Behaviors of the Ridden Horse in Pain: Shifting the Paradigm of How We See Lameness (USA)

35:00 - Short Documentary

7:00 PM : TRIFF Awards Ceremony

Tryon Depot Room

1:00 PM : Short Film Block F - (69:61) + Q&A

LIMITE (fka MARK OF DISTINCTION) (Mexico) 37:33 - Short Dramatic

The Countryman (USA) 21:00 - Short Dramatic A.B (USA) 11:28 - Short Dramatic

2:30 PM : Short Film Block G - (48:40) + Q&A

Cart Return (USA) 3:42- Short Dramatic

The Line Jumper (USA) 6:10 - Short Dramatic

Race (USA) 5:40 - Short Dramatic

Wicked Image (USA) 8:48 - Short Dramatic

Dishes Or: How We Both Get What We Want (USA) 22:14 - Short Dramatic

You Are Not Small (United Kingdom) 2:30 - Short Animation The Last Oreo (USA) 0:56 - Short Dramatic

4:00 PM : Short Film Block H - (36:54) + Q&A

Imagined Narratives - Annette Giaco (USA) 5:12 - Short Documentary

The Rowdy & The Righteous - Andrew Blanchard (USA) 5:35 - Short Documentary

Chaos Into Beauty - The MadddArtist (USA) 6:02 - Short Documentary

Vessel - Lucy Boland (USA) 4:50 - Short Documentary

From the Soul: Beth Bullman Regula (USA) 6:06 - Short Documentary

Karen Paden Crouch in the Land of Make Believe (USA) 9:49 - Short Documentary

5:00 PM : Short Film Block I - (44:08) + Q&A

The Birthday Butterfly (USA) 24:26 - Short Dramatic

No Chance (USA) 7:40

Smitten Prelude (USA) 4:21 Short Dramatic Student Film Lovestruck (USA) 8:21 Short Dramatic

Upstairs Artspace

12:00 PM : Equestrian Film Block J - (111:52) + Q&A

Dual Enrolled (USA) 12:50 - Short Documentary

Hero Horse: A Magical True Story (USA) 30:00 - Short Documentary

Get Back Up (USA) 4:02 - Short Dramatic / Music Video

Secretariat 50th Anniversary (USA) 01:05:00 - Full Length Documentary

3:00 PM : Equestrian Film Block K - (94:45) + Q&A

The Herd Within Project: RJ Donovan Correctional Facility (USA) 13:51 - Short Documentary

An Introduction to Working Equines (USA) 2:58 - Short Documentary

Ghost Horses of the Ozarks (USA) 13:36 - Short Documentary

UnReined (USA) - 01:05:00 Full Length Documentary

From Hollywood to Horses (USA) 2:57 - Short Documentary

5:00 PM : Short Film Block L - (42:34) + Q&A

In the Shadows of War (USA) 18:14 - Short Dramatic

Fireflies Save The Night (USA) 9:20 - Short Dramatic

COMMON AS RED HAIR (USA) 15:00 - Short Dramatic

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Date : October 6, 2023 - October 8, 2023

Location : Various Location

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