BIFF Panels: Distribution
1:00 PM Monday October 12, 2020
Panel
This panel celebrates the behind-the-scenes talent that distributes, markets and sells films before, after and during their festival run.
BIFF Roundtables: How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally)
3:00 PM Monday October 12, 2020
Roundtable
Discussion will focus on the film, its unique production and related topics.
Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter w/ Alina
Screening
Keren Perlmutter traces her father’s incredible life from Nazi-occupied Vienna to his daring escape to the U.S.
La Fameuse Invasion des Ours en Sicile
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
The story of Léonce the King of Bears, his lost son and brave clan, and their famous invasion of the land of men.
Marcus
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Marcus, an unstable man with a history of mental illness sets out to reconnect with his pregnant daughter.
The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom w/ Flag Country
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Howard Bloom believes he’s figured out what the universe wants from each of us – he just needs to get it all down in the time he has left.
Tahara
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
A casual game at their former Hebrew school classmate’s funeral service turns into a sexual awakening for two teen girls.
How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally) w/ The Deepest Hole
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Caveh Zahedi and Jacques Servin team up to teach an experimental media production class on How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally).
BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Celebrating unique perspectives, voices and stories from Western New York.
Up On The Glass w/ Treeline Lake
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Covering up a heinous act leads to an opportunity to live the life he’s always wanted.
The Donut Dollies
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Director Norm Anderson follows his mother Dorset as she reunites with the Red Cross Donut Dollies 47 years later in Vietnam.