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BIFF EpisodicBIFF Episodic

BIFF Episodic

October 11, 2019

Friday, 9:00 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

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BIFF Episodic, 109 minutes

Comedic and dramatic short form, multi-arch storytelling.


Good Mourning

Kelsea Claire (Dir.), 29 minutes, World Premiere, USA

Director Kelsey Ford in attendance.

After (sort-of) coming to terms with their failed acting careers, best friends Jackie (Jennifer Downses) and Dent (John Pena Griswald) stumble into day jobs as professional mourners with a grieving services company in this Buffalo-shot pilot.


Fakers

Ryan DeNardo & Thaddeus McCants (Dirs.), 25 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

Mark and T (Creators Ryan DeNardo & Thaddeus McCants), two dudes from Brooklyn who tell convenient lies to get ahead, learn a valuable lesson in this award-winning pilot.


False Advertising

Nick Porreca (Dir.), 17 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

An arrogant ad exec (multi-hyphenate performer Cody Easterbrook) meets his match when an eleven-year-old girl arrives on his doorstep, claiming to be his daughter.


To The Madness

Kyle Mosonyi (Dir.), 26 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

Two out of work actors decide to leave their go-nowhere lives behind to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles.


M

Javier Devitt (Dir.), 25 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA/Argentina

A young American couple traveling in Patagonia enter the woods with a local con man where they soon discover that something supernatural is in the wait.

  • Still from Fakers

    Still from Fakers

    Directed by: Ryan DeNardo and Thaddeus McCants

  • Still from False Advertising

    Still from False Advertising

    Directed by: Nick Porreca

  • Video from To The Madness

    Directed by: Kyle Mosonyi

    Still from To The Madness

    Still from To The Madness

    Directed by: Kyle Mosonyi

  • Video from M

    Directed by: Javi Devitt

    Still from M

    Still from M

    Directed by: Javi Devitt

October 11, 2019

Friday, 9:00 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Venue Website ⟶

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