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BIFF Shorts: Students

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

October 8-12, 2020

BIFF Shorts: Students A first look at exciting new voices in cinema. 56 minutes.


La Maestra

Caroline Kane (Dir), 4 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

During the Renaissance, a female student strives to learn how to draw the human body in this beautifully animated drama.


Euthanasia

Jade Edwards (Dir), 11 minutes, World Premiere, USA

An evocative exploration of pain, trauma and anxiety under the suffocating, patriarchal and hegemonic forces that rule society.


Voyage Log by Dooream

Doorim Kim (Dir), 11 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

A hypnotic, handmaid experimental narrative presented as a surrealist dream.


Art at the Edge

Madeline Weir (Dir), 15 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

In this meditation on the unexpected union of experimental media and science, experimental sound designer Nicole L’Huillier collaborates with CERN, the largest lab studying the breakdown of matter.


Estrangement

Miranda Prise (Dir), 8 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

A young substitute teacher (Lauren Lebeouf) returns to the catholic school that she left in shame to confront her worst fear.


Fallen Leaves

Bo Gao (Dir), 18 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

A Chinese art student perseveringly tries to find the right path for his painting style, but eventually he realizes what he really wants.


Alive Day

Lindsay O'Keefe (Dir), 10 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

Against all odds swimmer Breanna Sprenger, born with no legs and only one arm, goes for the gold in Lindsay O'Keefe's inspiring portrait.


Watch the filmmaker Virtual Red Carpet Q+A here!

Watch the Virtual Red Carpet Interview for Art at the Edge here!

La Maestra
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La Maestra

Directed by:

Caroline Kane

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Euthanasia
Still from

Euthanasia

Directed by:

Jade Edwards

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Voyage Log by Dooream
Still from

Voyage Log by Dooream

Directed by:

Doorim Kim

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Art at the Edge
Still from

Art at the Edge

Directed by:

Madeline Weir

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Video from

Estrangement

Directed by:

Miranda Prise

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Fallen Leaves
Still from

Fallen Leaves

Directed by:

Bo Gao

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Alive Day
Still from

Alive Day

Directed by:

Lindsay O'Keefe

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October 8-12, 2020

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