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BIFF Shorts: Life and Times

BIFF Shorts: Life and Times

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

October 12, 2019

Saturday, 11:00 AM

BIFF Shorts: Life and Times, 81 minutes

Captivating slices of life from exciting cinematic voices.


HA:NA

Isaadora Verissimo (Dir.), 14 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

A girl (Chrisin Muuli) struggles to piece together her identity through reflections of her master's past in Isaadora Verissimo’s haunting thriller.


Suncatcher

Parker Craft (Dir.), 12 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

Living in the shadows of sunny Venice, California, a homeless professional (Eliza Croft) struggles to keep her head above water.


Girl Steals Painting

Alexander Jeffrey (Dir.), 15 minutes, Northeast Premiere, USA

On July 4th, 1958, a young woman (Elizabeth Stenholt) arrives at a lavish mansion in New Orleans to reclaim an Edgar Degas painting that rightfully belongs to her.


Last Dream Before Sunrise

Tom Albanese (Dir.), 11 minutes, NY Premiere, USA Director Tom Albanese in attendance.

A grieving woman (Marian Frizelle) travels to an isolated cabin with a strange power in this moving, meditative drama from writer/director Tom Albanese.


Metronome (In Time)

Scott Floyd Lochmus (Dir.), 13 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

An elderly ailing maestro and a young piano prodigy venture out of their musical isolation in hopes of selling their beloved piano in Scott Floyd Lochmus’ moving wordless fable. Festivals: Tribeca


Grace

Alexia Oldini (Dir.), 6 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

After she is evicted from her home, Grace (Shenell Evans) navigates a callous society built to exploit the precariousness of people like herself.


Elephantbird

Masoud Soheili (Dir.), 15 minutes, NY Premiere, Afghanistan/Iran

A stranger traveling on a minibus to Kabul decides to take a detour in Masoud Soheili’s delightful drama.


Liam and May

Keith Murphy (Dir.), 19 minutes, NY Premiere, Canada Director Keith Murphy in attendance.

In Keith Murphy’s handsomely crafted character study, Liam (Jason Acton), an Irish Army Intelligence Officer and wife May (Leanne Noelle Smith), an Opera star on the rise, navigate a contentious relationship as the country sits on the brink of World War II.

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Video from HA:NA

Directed by: Isaadora Verissimo

Suncatcher

Still from Suncatcher

Directed by: Parker Craft

Video from Girl Steals Painting

Directed by: Alexander Jeffrey

Last Dream Before Sunrise

Still from Last Dream Before Sunrise

Directed by: Tom Albanese

Metronome (In Time)

Still from Metronome (In Time)

Directed by: Scott Floyd Lochmus

Video from Grace

Directed by: Alexia Oldini

Elephantbird

Still from Elephantbird

Directed by: Masoud Soheili

Video from Liam & May

Directed by: Keith Murphy

BIFF Episodic

BIFF Episodic

9:00 PM Friday Oct 11, 2019

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Comedic and dramatic short form, multi-arch storytelling.

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BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

4:15 PM Sunday Oct 13, 2019

North Park Theatre

Work by Western New York storytellers.

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Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America w/ Lolo

Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America w/ Lolo

4:00 PM Monday Oct 14, 2019

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

The untold stories of LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution in their home countries to resettle in the U.S.

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