Endless Poetry
5:30 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Against the wishes of his father, Alejandro Jodorowsky leaves home to pursue his dream of becoming a poet.
BIFF SHORTS: GLOBAL
5:30 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
The stories of the world, brought to Buffalo - with unique perspectives from France, Japan, Iran, Brazil, Ireland, and Taiwan.
BIFF Offscreen: Poiesis
7:37 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Poetical performances by Michael Basinski & Annette Daniels Taylor.
The Sounding
7:45 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv (director and co-writer Catherine Eaton) begins to speak after years of silence.
Marshall
8:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
North Park Theatre
Chadwick Boseman stars as Thurgood Marshall in Reginald Hudlin’s portrait of a career-making case for the young lawyer.
The Midnighters
9:45 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
An aging safecracker (Leon Russom) is released from prison only to be drawn back into to his calling in order to save his son.
Infinity Baby (w/ Mismatch and Lighter)
11:00 PM Saturday October 7, 2017
North Park Theatre
In the not too distant future a company accidently conceives of a test tube baby that never ages.
Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes (w/ Spirit of Nina in Buffalo)
11:00 AM Sunday October 8, 2017
North Park Theatre
Sean Durant recreates the journies of both amature genologist Gina and her ancestor William Grimes as he escapes to live as a freeman.
Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town (w/ Coddington Trail)
12:00 PM Sunday October 8, 2017
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Director Joe Sapienza II chronicles the history of nearly abandoned Centralia, PA (population 7).
After the Sun Fell
1:30 PM Sunday October 8, 2017
North Park Theatre
Adam (Danny Pudi) plunges head first into a family trauma while spending time with friend Brandon’s (Neal Bledsoe) overbearing mother.
The Stairs (w/ Andy Woolfe’s Birthday)
2:15 PM Sunday October 8, 2017
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Moving story of three Toronto social workers who have survived life on the streets as their neighborhood undergoes a transition.
BIFF SHORTS: WNY STORIES
4:00 PM Sunday October 8, 2017
North Park Theatre
Celebrating “the other New York’s” diverse stories and storytellers from all over WNY – from Buffalo’s east side to the Seneca Nation.