__Restraint__,  Adam Cushman (dir.), 95min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Narrative Feature__

__Director Adam Cushman in attendance__

A mentally ill women (Caitlyn Folley) struggles to suppress her violent impulses as she adapts to married life with her controlling husband (Dana Ashbrook of *Twin Peaks*) in Adam Cushman’s dark suburban thriller. 


__@ [Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center](http://www.hallwalls.org/) – Monday, October 9, 6:45PM__

Screening with: 


__State of Emergency Motherf*cker!__, Sebastien Petretti (dir.), 6min, 2017

Two young middle eastern guys live with the daily hassle of police violence in this Belgin satire. 


[__Watch the trailer for Restraint here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVNaa8Irpqs)


Restraint (w/ State of Emergency Motherf*cker!)

A mentally ill women (Caitlyn Folley) struggles to suppress her violent impulses as she adapts to married life with her controlling husband.

Screening

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

__Crash Pad__, Kevin Tent (dir.), 97min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Narrative Feature | Closing Night Spotlight__

__Director Kevin Tent in attendance__

When a hopeless romantic (Domhnall Gleeson) has an affair with a married woman (Christina Applegate), he’s forced to endure the wrath of her husband (Thomas Haden Church) who decides to move into his apartment in a hilarious comedy directed by Academy Award-nominee (and WNY native) Kevin Tent and executive produced by Alexander Payne. 

__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Monday, October 9, 7:30PM__


[__Watch the trailer for Crash Pad here!__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bun2Zo2729Q)

Crash Pad

When a hopeless romantic (Domhnall Gleeson) has an affair with a married woman, he’s forced to endure the wrath of her husband.

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

North Park Theatre

__BIFF SHORTS: DANGER ZONE, 119min__

BIFF’s infamous Danger Zone is back for revenge with a new slate of short shockers, dark comedies and adults only animation! 


__Jax in Love, Colin Campell (dir.), 20min, 2017__

__Writer /producer Rakefet Abergel in attendance__

A lonely wanderer (writer and star Rakefet Abergel) roams the desert searching for human connection in a twisted thriller directed by Academy Award nominee Colin Campell.


__Downunder, Fernando Gonzalez (dir.), 19min, SPANISH-W-ENG-SUBS, 2017__

A twisted WTF-NFSW ode to the ol’ American drive-in B-movie.


__Down by Love, Jose Corral (dir.), 14min, 2017__

Stephen Dorff and Ne-Yo lend their voices to a twisted animated action comedy about what we do for love.


__The Sacred Disease, Erica Scoggins (dir.), 29min, 2017__

Haunted by the death of her brother and a mysterious neurological disorder, a young epileptic breaks through her nightmare limbo deep in the back woods of East Tennessee in Erica Scoggin’s intense psychological thriller.


__Pizza Face, Justin Ulloa & Jamie Dwyer (dirs.) 10min, 2017__

A self-absorbed pizza waitress unleashes devastating horror after she downloads a sinister mobile app in a hilarious animated short from BIFF alumni Justin Ulloa and Jamie Dwyer.


__Dolphinman Battles the Seas, John Brennan (dir.), 14min, 2017__

Dolphinman returns to save Tromaville from a continuous biological invasion of sexually transmitted crustaceans, made worse by the arrival of foe Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. in John Brennan’s take-no-prisoners extravaganza, from Troma...of course!


__Dignity, Orlando Pinder (dir.), 6min, 2017__

In the not so distant future, the wealthy have manipulated the innercity creating their very own hunger games in Orlando Pinder’s thriller.


__Pet Monkey, Eric Maira (dir.), 8min, 2017__

Sky Elobar (The Greasy Strangler) stars as a man who tries to buy his girlfriend a pet monkey in Eric Maria’s bananas dark comedy.


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

BIFF SHORTS: DANGER ZONE

BIFF’s infamous Danger Zone is back for revenge with a new slate of short shockers, dark comedies and adults only animation! 

__American Satan__, Ash Avidsen (dir.), 110min, 2017

__BIFF USA: Narrative Feature__

A half-American, half-English metal band makes a faustian deal with the devil (played by Malcolm McDowell) in Ash Avidsen’s black comedy starring Booboo Stewart, Drake Bell, Denise Richards and Bill Duke. 


__@ [North Park Theatre](https://www.northparktheatre.org/) – Monday October 9, 10:00PM__


__[Watch the trailer for American Satan here!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX35prUFlBk)__

American Satan

A half-American, half-English metal band makes a faustian deal with the devil (played by Malcolm McDowell).

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Restraint (w/ State of Emergency Motherf*cker!)

6:45 PM Monday October 9, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Crash Pad

7:30 PM Monday October 9, 2017

North Park Theatre

BIFF SHORTS: DANGER ZONE

9:00 PM Monday October 9, 2017

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

American Satan

10:00 PM Monday October 9, 2017

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