__The Street Where We Live__, John Whitney (dir), 100min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Narrative Feature__

__Director John Whitney in attendance__

A single mother (Kristina Kopf) living paycheck to paycheck is thrown into a crisis after losing her job. Following her family for a year, director John Whitney crafts an intimate, neo-realist portrait of a blue collar family struggling to stay afloat in anytown USA.


__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org/)  – Sunday, October 8, 4:30PM __


[__Watch the trailer for The Street Where We Live here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU-NJFn_6To)

The Street Where We Live

A single mother (Kristina Kopf) living paycheck to paycheck is thrown into a crisis after losing her job.

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

__Among Wolves__, Shawn Convey (dir.), 115min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Documentary Feature__

__Director Shawn Convey in attendance__

Picking up the pieces in the wake of a Balkan region civil war is the Wolves Motorcycle Club – a bike gang with a humanitarian mission. 

__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Sunday, October 8, 7:00PM__

Screening with:

__The Tables__, Jon Bunning (dir.), 10min, 2017 

A group of New Yorkers from all socioeconomic backgrounds come together over ping pong in Bryant Park leading to unlikely friendships, mentorships and connections in Jon Bunning’s award-winning short. 



[__Watch the trailer for Among Wolves here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B46tjoTOG2Q&t=4s)

Among Wolves

Picking up the pieces in the wake of a Balkan region civil war is the Wolves Motorcycle Club – a bike gang with a humanitarian mission. 

North Park Theatre

__The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka__, Maria Sadowska (dir.), 120min, POLISH-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Narrative Feature__

Playfully tracing the life and times of Michalina Wislocka, famous sexologist and communist, Maria Sadowska’s film is a vibrant biopic of the woman that changed the sex life of Polish people forever. Presented by the Polish Film Festival in Buffalo with the support of the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College.

__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center ](http://www.hallwalls.org/)– Sunday, October 8, 7PM__

The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka

Playfully tracing the life and times of Michalina Wislocka, famous sexologist and communist.

Screening

__Kupal__, Kazem Mollaie, (dir.), 81min, 2017 PERSIAN-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Narrative Feature__

The surreal tale of taxidermist Dr. Ahmad Kupal who finds himself locked in his compound at the turn of the year in Kazem Mollaie’s Iranian deadpan comedy.


__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org/) – Sunday, October 8, 9:15PM__

Screening with:


__The Swelling__, Tom Bewilogua (dir.), 15min, 2017
“X-33”, fueled by paranoia fears the object following him in this dystopian thriller. 


[__Watch the trailer for Kupal here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cje04fqqUOI)


Kupal (w/ The Swelling)

The surreal tale of taxidermist Dr. Ahmad Kupal who finds himself locked in his compound at the turn of the year.

__When They Awake__, PJ Marcellino & Hermon Farahi (dir), 92min, 2017

__BIFF Global: Documentary__

__Special Presentation__

__Director PJ Marcellino in attendance__

Following in the footsteps of musical legends Buffy Sainte-Marie and Robbie Robertson, PJ Marcellino and Hermon Farahi chronicle a new generation in indigenous music including Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, EDM outfit A Tribe Called Red and Cree electro-pop sensation IskWe. 

__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Sunday, October 8, 9:45PM__

__[Watch the trailer for When They Awake here!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrJ-F6rLMQ&t=55s)__

__BIFF Offscreen: Lyrical__ –  a special presentation by singer-songwriter Logan Staats immediately preceding __When They Awake__ at the North Park Theatre, October 8, 2017 at 9:45PM.


When They Awake

A celebration of  indigenous music -  Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, EDM outfit A Tribe Called Red and Cree electro-pop sensation IskWe!

__BIFF Offscreen: Lyrical__ is a special presentation immediately preceding [When They Awake](http://buffalofilm.org/lineup/16sqidzkp0IIEQU8E4yueo) at the North Park Theatre, October 8, 2017 at 9:45PM.

Singer-songwriter Logan Staats performs a selection of recent recordings.


BIFF Offscreen: Lyrical

Don't miss this special musical performance by singer-songwriter Logan Staats!

BIFF Offscreen

__The Cinema Travellers__, Shirley Abraham & Amit Madheshiya (dirs.), 125min, HINDI-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Documentary Feature__ – __Edward Summer Film History Showcase__


For seven decades, traveling from rural town to rural town, film loving-showman thread up film projectors bringing cinema to the most remote parts of India, struggling to keep the traveling roadshow alive as film prints are phased out in the transition to digital in Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya’s evocative, award-winning documentary. 


__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Monday, October 9, 12:00PM__



The Cinema Travellers

Traveling from rural town to rural town, film loving-showman thread up film projectors bringing cinema to the most remote parts of India.

__Lovers__, Matteo Vicino (dir) 105min, ITALIAN-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Narrative Feature__

__World Premiere__

__Director Matteo Vicino in attendance__

Love, doubt, suspicion, murder and gentrification collide in Matteo Vincenzo's comic ensemble drama from Italy.


__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org/) – Monday, October 9, 12:00PM__


Lovers

Love, doubt, suspicion, murder and gentrification collide in Matteo Vincenzo's comic ensemble drama from Italy.

__Sundown__, Brendan Boogie (dir), 95min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Narrative Feature__

__Director Brendan Boogie in attendanc__

The black sheep of the family (Grayson Powell) returns home to care for his dementia-addled father (Paul Kandarian) in Brendan Boogie’s touching and funny *Sundown*. 


__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org/) – Monday, October 9,  2:15PM__



[__Watch the trailer for Sundown here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEghSxfbE94)


Sundown

The black sheep of the family (Grayson Powell) returns home to care for his dementia-addled father (Paul Kandarian).

__Sunset Park__, Jason Sarrey (dir), 88min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Domestic Narrative__

__Special Presentation__

__Director Jason Sarrey in attendance__

Gino (Michael Trevino), a boxer coming of age in a rough and tumble section of Sunset Park finds himself in over his head in Jason Sarrey’s thrilling family drama.

__@ [North Park Theatre](https://northparktheatre.org) – Monday, October 9 @ 2:30PM__

Sunset Park

Gino (Michael Trevino), a boxer coming of age in a rough and tumble section of Sunset Park  finds himself in over his head.

__Even Lovers Get The Blues__, Laurent Micheli (dir.), 95min, FRENCH-W-ENG-SUB, 2017

__BIFF Global: Narrative Feature__

Laurent Micheli directs a sexy, thrilling ensemble drama about love, lust and searching amongst thirty somethings in Brussels.

Advisory: Strong Sexual Content.


__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org/) – Monday, October 9, 4:45PM__

Screening with:


__Bright Moonlit Night__, Matan Shiram (dir.), 15min, 2017

Two weeks before the premiere of her musical a lead actress (Pelleg Yeftet) unpacks a dramatic secret in Martin Shiram’s haunting Israeli melodrama.


[__Watch the trailer for Even Lovers Get The Blues here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc_M9KzcTL4)


Even Lovers Get The Blues (w/ Bright Moonlit Night)

Laurent Micheli directs a sexy, thrilling ensemble drama about love, lust and searching amongst thirty somethings in Brussels.

__Waiting for You__, Charles Garrad (dir), 93min, 2016

__BIFF Global: Narrative Feature__

Paul (Colin Morgan) travels to French countryside to uncover the secrets of his late father and encounters an eccentric reclusive musician (played by screen legend Fanny Ardant) in Charles Garrad’s riveting drama. 

__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Monday, October 9, 5:15PM__

Screening w/

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

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.

Waiting for You

Paul (Colin Morgan) travels to French countryside to uncover the secrets of his late father and encounters an eccentric reclusive musician.

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The Street Where We Live

4:30 PM Sunday October 8, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Among Wolves

7:00 PM Sunday October 8, 2017

North Park Theatre

The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka

7:00 PM Sunday October 8, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Kupal (w/ The Swelling)

9:15 PM Sunday October 8, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

When They Awake

9:45 PM Sunday October 8, 2017

North Park Theatre

BIFF Offscreen: Lyrical

9:45 PM Sunday October 8, 2017

North Park Theatre

The Cinema Travellers

12:00 PM Monday October 9, 2017

North Park Theatre

Lovers

12:00 PM Monday October 9, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Sundown

2:15 PM Monday October 9, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Sunset Park

2:30 PM Monday October 9, 2017

North Park Theatre

Even Lovers Get The Blues (w/ Bright Moonlit Night)

4:45 PM Monday October 9, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Waiting for You

5:15 PM Monday October 9, 2017

North Park Theatre

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