Brian Ratigan

Founder and Director of Non Films

In a small town, a young man gives in to his irrational desire to recreationally murder a stranger.

The Unreinable Compulsion

This film addresses a German forestry practice that can help mitigate climate change and also help forest owners improve the value of their forest holdings.

From the Black Forest to the Piney Woods

Suppressed memories reach a boiling point. An animated tale of longing.

Dull Hope

A found footage examination of what happened at the lake today. Where were you? An exquisite corpse by Non Films: 8mm images randomly selected from found footage; poem written without images; music written without images or words.

A Body Appeared at the Lake Today

A graduate student questions her reality after she receives a mysterious necklace.

Cameo

A feature length documentary about stripmine crooner, Rev. Fred Lane, and the Raudelunas arts collective of Alabama in the Seventies.

Icepick to the Moon

Richard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early 70's California Pop Duo, 'Richard Twice' was on his way to stardom and a huge career in the music business when he mysteriously walked away from it all.

Richard Twice

An exquisite corpse about the end of the world, made with found 8mm footage.

Collapsing

Drowning in isolation, a lonely soul finds a machine that can render artificial nostalgia for a price.

A Stones Throw Away

Fearing her own memories, a girl begins the cerebral journey of longing for escape before completely fading away.

In 1988, Charles Keener took a video camera to Collinsville, AL to document the town's outdoor market for his young grandson. 26 years later, this newly discovered footage has been edited by the grandson into a short documentary.

Collinsville Trade Day, 1988

Spectral Norwegian landscapes remind us that sometimes solitude can be bliss.

Shoulder-Width Apart

After a cataclysmic incident, the last man on earth is trapped alone and tries to free himself by falling in love with his own mind.

The Absent Dreamer

The host of an investigative news show joins forces with a techno-geek paranormal expert to dodge close-calls and chase crazy leads to get to the bottom of the mysteries around Talladega Superspeedway.

The Legend of Hallowdega

The last day in the life of a man who wasted it all through his mundane routine to which he has become so accustomed. A simple memory erodes as the man and his ghostly controllers end their lives in a violent frenzy.

Sunday

Six Blocks Wide

LUCID is the story of four friends that experiment with lucidity. After a few tries at this experiment, the two couple's subconscious desires begin to take on a life of their own and become a driving force of the passion and rage that follow when the line between reality and the dream world blurs.

Lucid

The last man in the world never to appear on any reality T.V. program becomes an unwilling participant in his own reality T.V. show.

The Private Man

Residents of a small Southern town contend with bloodthirsty zombies, a mysterious flying saucer, and bad television reception.

Hide and Creep

Following the stock market crash of 1929, patrons who check into the Excelsior Hotel often leave by way of the rooftop, balcony or window ledge. In order to keep the woman he loves from losing her job, the hotel's bellboy must prevent a determined patron from utilizing this form of express checkout.