Special Episode: The RiverRun International Film Festival

Today we release a unique episode in which we review 10 films that played at the 2025 RiverRun International Film Festival. We at Nerdhat are grateful to the directors for inviting us to be a part of this year’s festival. We had so much fun! 

As of release (April 24th), films are still playing virtually. You can purchase tickets now through April 27th at https://riverrunfilm.com/events/

Here is a breakdown in order of the films we are reviewing for this episode: 

1) “The Death of James” (animated short, drama/comedy)

2) “A Night at the Rest Area” (animated short)

3) “Waterlogged” (animated short, narrative) 

4) “Cucumber” (live-action short, comedy)

5) “Order for Ben” (live-action short, drama)

6) “We Are Kings” (live-action short, drama)

7) “Time Travel is Dangerous” (feature, scifi/comedy)

8) “Motherland” (feature, drama/thriller)

9) “Battersea” (feature, drama)

10) “The Pantone Guy” (feature, documentary)

Chapters

• 9:11 The Death of James
• 14:22 A Night at the Rest Area
• 19:13 Waterlogged
• 29:53 Cucumber
• 35:51 Order for Ben
• 42:12 We Are Kings
• 53:36 Time Travel is Dangerous
• 58:21 Motherland
• 1:06:50 Battersea
• 1:12:27 The Pantone Guy