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BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

October 4-8, 2018

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

Shorts by Western New York media makers. (92 minutes total runtime)

Sherman, Patrick Houge, (Dir.), 25 minutes, USA, 2018

A man returns for his father’s funeral and becomes consumed with finding his family’s cat that’s gone missing in this Medina-shot family drama.


Sefid, Maliheh Rahrovan (Dir.), 3 minutes, USA, 2018

A 13-year-old boy imagines his death in this unconventional, animated thriller.


YanYan, Yuxin Zhao (Dir.), 9 minutes, USA, 2018

A deaf Chinese immigrant and her husband find “home” in this captivating poetic documentary.


The Last Year, Liam Peterson (Dir.), 23 minutes, USA, 2018

A worldwide phenomenon known as The Calendar Plague comes to town in this thrilling local pilot.


Zero Shapiro, Brett Roedel (Dir.), 12 minutes, USA, 2018

A 13-year-old boy runs across the country in search of the man who raised him.


My Neighborhood, Annette Daniels Taylor (Dir.), 10 minutes, USA, 2018

A poetic documentary exploring Buffalo’s Leroy-Fillmore district as told through the eyes of its residents.


Post Verba, Collin Hotchkiss (Dir.), 10 minutes, USA, 2018

A woman with a hyper-sensitivity to sound moves to the forest to escape in this tightly constructed psychological thriller.

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Video from Zero Shapiro

Directed by: Brett Roedel

Video from Sherman

Directed by: Patrick Hogue

Video from My Neighborhood

Directed by: Annette Daniels Taylor

Video from Post Verba

Directed by: Collin Hotchkiss

Learning From Buffalo

Learning From Buffalo

11:00 AM Sunday Oct 7, 2018

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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

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

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

3:00 PM Saturday Oct 6, 2018

Squeaky Wheel

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

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BIFF Shorts: Students

BIFF Shorts: Students

9:00 PM Sunday Oct 7, 2018

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A celebration of emerging voices from around the region.

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