Bison Pass

All access pass to all 125 films, panels and Offscreen events at this year's fest!

Do you wanna funk?!

Come to BIFF's opening night party @ Milkie's!

Manry at Sea

Robert Manry, a copy-editor from Cleveland, sets sail solo across the Atlantic from Falmouth, MA to Falmouth, England in 1964.

Octav (w/ Abuelo & The Mailbox)

An elderly man returns to his home after decades away to apparitions and childhood memories of his youth in war torn Romania.

Go Gentle

This documentary is a compassionate call for changes in the way we deal with end-of-life issues, from someone on the front lines.

BIFF Shorts: Global

Captivating narratives and documentaries from Brazil, France, Russia, Portugal, Kosovo and Puerto Rico.

Modified

Inspired by her mother - a passionate food activist and farmer, a food blogger questions why GMO labels are hidden in USA & Canada.

BIFF Episodic: Comedies

A hilarious celebration of diverse multi-arch, character-driven, episodic storytelling.

The Rainbow Experiment (w/ See It Through Buffalo)

Things spiral out of control in a Manhattan high school when a demonstration in a chemistry class goes horribly wrong.

Black Site (w/ Lady Hunters)

An ode to 80s action-fantasy flicks, a young woman pushes past her worst fears to battle an ancient entity back to where it came from.

Relaxer (w/ Pookie & High Diver)

Abbie completes a series of challenges without leaving his couch until the end of days.

BIFF Shorts: Youth Program

A family friendly lineup of fun, youth made shorts.

Free Event

Episodic

A panel discussion focusing on episodic production.

Free Event

My Tourette’s

Five brave individuals with severe Tourette’s Syndrome take part in an experimental case study that transforms their lives.

Anote’s Ark (w/ Aware & Wonders of the Deep Blue)

As sea levels rise, the island nation of Kiribati makes preparations to permanently move to its entire population to higher ground.

Women in Film

A panel discussion with the female identifying filmmakers helping to create parity in the industry one film at a time!

Free Event

The Providers

Three rural healthcare providers in New Mexico face multiple challenges as an innovative pilot program is set to expire.

Script to Screen

Producers across media and distribution platforms discuss developing your project from script to screen - large or small.

Free Event

BIFF Shorts: The Past is Present

Comedies, dramas and thrillers where on and off screen, past and present clash.

Geometries of Desire (w/ The Girls Were Doing Nothing Wrong & Aftercare)

The complexities of truth, the distortions of memory, and the illusions of love...

BIFF Episodic: Workplaces

Multi-arc storytelling goes to work in this collection of independently produced drama and science fiction episodes.

Caretakers (w/ Headless Swans)

A young medical student is sent to care for the former US Ambassador to Syria.

The Manhattan Front

Women, anarchists, and spies conjure the fantastically true story of how America entered WWI.

Playing Frisbee in North Korea (w/ Unforgivable & Black and Promise)

The everyday lives of the people of North Korea, as told by refugees, aid workers and scholars living within its gates.

When She Runs (w/ AmyDee)

A young mother alienates herself at great cost from her friends and family as she pursues her dream of becoming a professional runner.

Thunder Road

A police officer is on the edge of an emotional breakdown following the death of his mother.

BIFF Shorts: New York States

Films from “upstate” and “downstate”... stories that could only happen in New York.

Party at The Steer!

Saturday night at 9 pm come drink, eat and get merry with other filmmakers and film lovers!

BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

The weirder, wilder side of BIFF returns!

BIFF Offscreen: Breakfast with Juini Booth

Chillcore in the morning with renowned double-bassist Juini Booth.

Learning From Buffalo

Embracing the architectural masterpieces of Buffalo's past, Yamazaki presents a meditation on space and place.

The Foundation of Criminal Excellence (w/ Candyland)

A screenwriter working on a script about con-artists influences his friend who becomes entangled in real-world schism.

Radium Girls

Bessie becomes a grassroots activist, fighting a powerful, well-connected company that poisoned her sister.

BIFF Shorts: Experimental

Exciting, avant-garde expressions, essays and reflections.

About A Donkey (w/ The Liberty)

Three adult siblings reunite at their childhood home to help their struggling parents.

Lullaby Killer (w/ Play & Cecilia)

The true story of the notorious Polish serial killer, Wladyslaw Mazurkiewicz, who terrorized Cracow in the 1950s.

BIFF Offscreen: Michael Snow Plays Piano in Buffalo

Come see one of the most influential experimental filmmakers and cross disciplinary artists of our time play piano in Buffalo!

Free Event

Pet Names (w/ Summer)

A grad school drop-out, caring for her terminally ill mother takes a break to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend.

BIFF Shorts: Next Chapters

Global and domestic narratives and docs about rolling with the punches, reinvention and moving on.

The Rainbow Bridge Motel

Arizona couple Dean and Darren’s dream wedding in Niagara Falls doesn’t go quite as they planned.

BIFF Shorts: Students

A celebration of emerging voices from around the region.

The Field Guide to Evil

A global anthology of creepy tales of possession, curses, love, lust and envy.

Chasing Portraits

The great-granddaughter of painter Moshe Rynecki, a victim of the Majdanek concentration camp, seeks to regain her family’s lost history.

The Guardians

A citizen journalist uncovers the disturbing, legal practice of targeting, kidnapping and drugging the elderly by court-appointed guardians.

Dominee Tienie (w/ Idol)

A reverend must face his fears and win back his confidence in order to lead his fragmented congregation.

Dawnland

For most of the 20th century the government systematically forced Native American children from their homes – now they tell their stories.

Friday’s Child

Fresh out of foster care, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.

Mexman (w/ Lotte That Silhouette Girl)

A character study of a young artist and filmmaker striving to complete his first feature film.

The Sentence

An examination of how draconian mandatory drug sentencing laws affect families.

American Relapse

Two recovering addicts work to provide individual solutions for clients on the street while trying to stay clean themselves.

One Bedroom

A 30-something couple in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood spend their final afternoon arguing and remembering better days.

Nina (w/ Skin)

Two loners find their lives entangled by an unsolved murder from long ago.

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

Shorts by Western New York media makers.