__Poetics of the Moving Image Panel__

__Moderated by Anna Scime__

Through discussion of their work as creative and critical praxes, this panel of filmmakers (Matt McCormick) and digital poets (Annette Daniels Taylor) explores the power of the moving image through a poetic lens focusing on devices like point of view, structure, rhythm, mood, metaphor, mise-en-scène and more.  Followed by Q&A. 

@ [Burchfield Penney Art Center](https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 11:30AM

Poetics of the Moving Image Panel

Explores the power of the moving image through a poetic lens focusing on devices like structure, rhythm, metaphor, mise-en-scène and more.

Panel

Burchfield Penney Art Center

__NY <3 Film Roundtable__

__Hosted by Tilke Hill__

Meet the team from the New York State Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development for a roundtable discussion of all things productive; re: producing in New York State – tax credits, location scouting, finding stages and crew, and more. Whether you’re a first time filmmaker wondering where to start or a veteran producer looking to catch up on the latest, this informal face-to-face Q&A is an invaluable opportunity to Meet Team NY and hear firsthand about all the great things New York State has to offer.

__@ [Revolution Gallery](http://revolutionartgallery.com/) – Saturday, October 7, 12:00PM__


NY <3  Film Roundtable

Roundtable guests discuss the growth of NY filmmaking communities, and the myriad opportunities for shooting your next film in WNY.

Roundtable

Revolution Gallery


__8 Days, 8 Borders__, Amanda Bailly (dir.), 61min, ARABIC-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Documentary Feature__

A gut-wrenching first person account of Sham, a fierce single mother of two, as she escapes the Syrian civil war.


__@ [Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center](http://www.squeaky.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 12:15PM__

Screening with: 


__More Than Two Days__, Ahmed Abdelnaser (dir.), 9min, ARABIC-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

Two teenage boys reconcile a past trauma in Ahmed Abdelnaser’s understated Qatarie drama in More Than Two Days.


__One Word__,  Caleb D. Shaffer (dir.), 17min, ARABIC-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

Sammi, a shy African refugee struggles to adapt to her new life in the UK as he comes out of his shell in Caleb Shaffer’s One Word. 

__Jonah__, Michael Maschina (dir), 14min, 2017

Inspired by actual events, Jonah provides an Austrian perspective on the refugee crisis in Michael Machina’s action drama.


[__Watch the trailer for 8 Days, 8 Borders here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwCz_FJimbY)

8 Days, 8 Borders (w/ More Than Two Days, One Word, & Jonah)

A gut-wrenching first person account of Sham, a fierce single mother of two, as she escapes the Syrian civil war.

Screening

Squeaky Wheel

__Woman on Fire__, Julie Sokolow (dir), 82min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Documentary Feature__

__Skype Q&A with director Julie Sokolow after the screening__

BIFF alum Julie Sokolow returns to the festival with the award-winning, crowd pleasing story of Brooke Guian, a third-generation firefighter and the first transgender firefighter in the history of the New York Fire Department. 



__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 12:45PM__ 

Woman on Fire

BIFF alum Julie Sokolow returns to the festival with the award-winning, crowd pleasing story of Brooke Guian.

North Park Theatre

__BIFF SHORTS: INTERSTATES, 97min__

Provocative storytelling where the journey is more important than the destination. 


__Cleopatra, Jenna Roscoe (dir), 15min, 2017__

__Director Jenna Roscoe in attendance__

A disturbed teenager flees the scene of her mother’s fatal car crash in Jenna Roscoe’s Rochester-lensed thriller.


__Sofia, Anabel Caso (dir), 11min, SPANISH-W-ENG-SUB, 2017__

An encounter in the middle of nowhere changes everything for a blossoming teen in Anabel Caso’s provocative erotic drama.


__Points of View, Fabio Yama Ji (dir), 16min, PORTUGUESE-W-ENG-SUB, 2017__

An immersive first-person exploration of Sao Paulo through the experience of Maria, a blind tour guide.


__Jack and Jill, Nikhil Melnechuk (dir), 16min, 2017__

__Director Nikhil Melnechuk in attendance__

Two tough girls wreak havoc and seek redemption in the bars and parking lots of a rough-and-tumble small town.


__Exit 9, Joseph Barglowski (dir), 23min, 2017__

Stood up by a guy, a woman makes the best of an impossible detour along Exit 9.


__The Long Way Home, Iben Deari (dir), 14min, MACEDONIAN-W-ENG-SUB, 2017__

A murder is released from prison must choose between abandoning his family and risking his family to return home in Iben Deari’s Macedonian revenge thriller.


BIFF SHORTS: INTERSTATES

Provocative storytelling where the journey is more important than the destination.

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

__Buzz One Four__, Matt McCormick (dir.), 60min, 2017 

__BIFF USA: Documentary Feature__

__Director Matt McCormick in attendance__

Buzz One Four chronicles the ill fated flight of a Cold War B-52 bomber loaded with two thermonuclear bombs that crashed 90 miles from Washington DC. The crash has remained classified and details continue to be repressed by the AirForce, but it is a story the filmmaker grew up with because the pilot of the plane was his grandfather. *Buzz One Four* investigates the aspects of this crash and other nuclear-weapons accidents and leaves us wondering if the United States was in greater danger of nuking itself than being attacked by the Russians.


__@ [Burchfield Penney Art Center](https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 1PM__

Screening with:


__The Collection__, Adam Rothman (dir.), 10min, 2017

__Director Adam Rothman in attendance__

Two friends stumble across a rare trove of 40,000 print blocks and 20,000 printer plates used to create newspaper articles from virtually every movie released in the US from the silent period through 1984.



[__Watch the trailer for Buzz One Four here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d032eidOX0)

Buzz One Four (w/ The Collection)

The ill fated flight of a Cold War B-52 bomber loaded with two thermonuclear bombs that crashed 90 miles from Washington DC.

__Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge__, Marie Noelle (dir.), 95min, FRENCH-W-ENG-SUB, 2016

__BIFF Global: Narrative Feature__

Karolina Gruska stars as the legendary physicist and chemist Marie Curie as she struggles for recognition in the male-dominated science community of early 20th century France. Presented by the Polish Film Festival in Buffalo with the support of the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College.

__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 2:45PM__


[__Watch the trailer for Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CMMkLHeqds)


Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge

Marie Curie as she struggles for recognition in the male-dominated science community of early 20th century France.

__Women in Film Panel__

__Moderated by Tilke Hill__

A discussion with filmmakers about their work and what it means to identify as a woman behind the lens in film and media industries today. With Savanna Washington, Ali Weinstein and more. Followed by Q&A.

__@ [Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center](http://www.squeaky.org) – Saturday, October 7, 3:00 PM__

Women in Film Panel

A discussion with filmmakers about their work and what it means to identify as a woman behind the lens in film and media  industries today.

__Voices Beyond the Wall: Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World__, Brad Coley (dir). 87min, SP-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Documentary Feature__

__Director Bradley Coley in attendance__

Founded twenty-five years ago in San Pedro Sula, a Central American city infamous for its poverty and violence, Our Little Roses is the only girls’ orphanage in Honduras. Seventy girls, ages 1-18, have found refuge there from broken and destitute homes, murderous streets, and the neighboring Bordo, the worst slum in the Americas. Inside twenty foot high concrete walls topped with barb wire, they receive medical attention, food, shelter, and the nurturing care of a vibrant and entirely female collective of other “Desechables”. (a slang word for orphans- also used for ‘disposable containers’).

Voices Beyond the Wall explores the question: how do those subjected to profoundest trauma and rejection begin to heal themselves and change the course of their lives? It bears witness to the catharsis that occurs when marginalized adolescent girls are encouraged to find their voices, in poetry and their own words. In the winter of 2012, Spencer Reece, an award winning American poet and Episcopal priest, came to live at the home for a year. On a Fulbright grant to teach the girls poetry and help them create a book of their own work, he found himself immersed in a profoundly challenging environment. His attempts to teach the girls were largely rebuffed- poetry is too difficult, personal, and boring they insist. Who would want to read about their lives anyway? Oh and Padre, we don’t like the words ‘orphan’ or ‘orphanage.’ We call ourselves “Chavas”. And we call this place home. 


__@ [Burchfield Penney Art Center](https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 3:15PM__


[__Watch the Trailer for Voices Beyond the Wall here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwS4-AL1F_U)


Voices Beyond the Wall: Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World

Founded 25 years ago in San Pedro Sula, infamous for its poverty and violence, Our Little Roses is the only girls’ orphanage in Honduras.

__BIFF SHORTS: DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, 90min__

Family dramas, light comedies, chance encounters and life long love affairs: private matters take center stage in Domestic Affairs.


__To Live Again, Aron Safranyos & Chris Smith (dirs.), 18min, 2017__

__Director Aron Safranyos in attendance__

A woman learns to rebuild her life after a tragedy in a new drama from BIFF alum Aron Safranyos. 


__Le Creuset, Don Dowie (dir.), 8min, 2017__

__Director Don Dowie in attendance__

BIFF alum Don Dowie returns with a delightful romp about an adulterous man, his wife and his mistress...and cookware.


__A Meditation, Joe Petricca (dir.), 16min, 2017__

__Director Joe Petricca in attendance__

A man who is a little lost has a surprising encounter with a women who shows up to buy a DVR he’s selling on Craigslist one a lazy sunday afternoon.


__Backstory, Joschka Laukeninks (dir.), 8min, 2017__

After a harsh childhood, a man goes to college, falls in the love with women of his dreams, builds a life, overcomes hardships and ponders the meaning of it all in Joschka Laukeninks’s award-winning drama. 

__Pilgrimage, Qunio Nozawa (dir.), 17min, JAPANESE-W-ENG-SUB, 2017__

Masumi traces clues to a family secret left by her departed mother in Quino Nozawa’s evocative spiritual adventure.


__Heart of Palm, Jeffrey R. Kent (dir.), 7min, 2017__

__Director Jeffrey R. Kent in attendance__

A stubborn jar of hearts of palm is personified in a quirky short romantic comedy about loving, dating and growing.

__King Grandpa, Martin Grau (dir.), 13min, GERMAN-W-ENG-SUB, 2017__

After the passing of his grandfather, a boy turns to storytelling to keep his memory alive in Martin Grau’s tender coming of age story. 

__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org) – Saturday, October 7, 3:15PM__

BIFF SHORTS: DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

__BIFF SHORTS: EXPERIMENTAL, 53 min__

A cinematic platform for abstract expressions, poetic essays, and unique perspectives. 


__End of Time, Milcho Manchevski (dir.), 5mins, 2017__

Time has stopped and the universe has contrasted into the size of a grain of rice in Micho Manchevski’s visual essay on culture and temporality.


__Sigint, Phil Hastings (dir.), 4min, 2017__

__Director Phil Hastings in attendance__

Signal Intelligence - the act of collecting/intercepting information takes an interstellar journey through the microscopic image in Phil Hastings Sigint.


__Portrait of Snow, Roy Zheng (dir.), 10min, 2017__

__Director Roy Zheng in attendance__

An encounter with a younger artist allows legendary visual artist and experimental film pioneer Michael Snow the opportunity to reflect on his career.


__Niofar, Hugo Lemant (dir.), 7min, 2017__

Tracing the steps of a French girl in rural Senegal, Hugo Lemant’s explores the ties that bind in a haunting abstract essay on humanity and cultural exchange. 


__The Fourth Kingdom, Adan Aliaga & Alex Lora (dirs.), 14min, 2017__

__Director Adan Aliaga in attendance__ 

A poetic exploration of a New York City redemption center for plastics where immigrants and underdogs come together to chase the illusive American Dream.


__Manufactured Obsolescence, Elijah Pike (dir.), 5min, 2017__

__Director Elijah Peak in attendance__

A critique of materialism, technology, and commodities designed for obsolescence.


__Corp, Pablo Polledri (dir.), 9min, 2017__

Ambition, exploitation of labour, environmental pollution, human degradation..all in a day's work in Pablo Polledri’s playfully horrific animated essay.


__Angry Black B*tch, April Kelly (dir.), 14min, 2017__

A glimpse into different interpretations of anger within black women combining spoken word, hypnotic performances and cinematography.


__@ [Squeaky Wheel](https://www.squeaky.org) – Saturday, October 7, 4:30PM__



BIFF SHORTS: EXPERIMENTAL

A cinematic platform for abstract expressions, poetic essays, and unique perspectives. 

__The Algebra of Need__, David R. Williams (dir.), 97min, 2017

__BIFF USA: City Spotlight__

__Director David R. Williams in attendance__

Allusions to the French New Wave, Burroughs and Sartre abound in David R. Williams’ drama starring Jullian Geurts and Alexander S. McBryde as courting lovers wandering Buffalo's city-scapes in a hypnotic state. 


__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Saturday, October 7, 5:00PM__


[__Watch the trailer for The Algebra of Need here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1cjO-T53h4)

The Algebra of Need

Courting lovers wandering Buffalo's city-scapes in a hypnotic state.

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Poetics of the Moving Image Panel

11:30 AM Saturday October 7, 2017

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Panel

NY <3 Film Roundtable

12:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Revolution Gallery

Roundtable

8 Days, 8 Borders (w/ More Than Two Days, One Word, & Jonah)

12:15 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Squeaky Wheel

Screening

Woman on Fire

12:45 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

North Park Theatre

Screening

BIFF SHORTS: INTERSTATES

1:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

Buzz One Four (w/ The Collection)

1:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge

2:45 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

North Park Theatre

Screening

Women in Film Panel

3:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Squeaky Wheel

Panel

Voices Beyond the Wall: Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World

3:15 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

BIFF SHORTS: DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

3:15 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

BIFF SHORTS: EXPERIMENTAL

4:30 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

Squeaky Wheel

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

The Algebra of Need

5:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017

North Park Theatre

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

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