Youth Shorts Block
Screening
The next generation of storytellers – exciting new voices and work by filmmakers under 18. Co-presented with Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center, and curated by youth education and work pipeline Saturday Cafe students Jolie Criscione and Fiona Rigney.
So Long, Bryan Uvaldo (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
From The Out Here, BYMI Class (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
First Vote, Nathanem Dagnachew (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Athens Democracy Forum, Aryan Ashory (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Poison Petals, Laura Grantz (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Untitled, Gyasi Mitchell (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
IIntezaar...waiting for normalcy, Nandini Hazra (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Masked, Felix Kiene (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Cage, Bishakha Mondal( Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Cravings, Maryanna Tollemache (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
My Poster Film, Bryan Uvaldo (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Identity Pie, Ayanna White (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
Projection of Me, Jannah Muhammad (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA
CORONA #IRL, Aryan Ashory (Dir), WNY Premiere, USA

Still from
So Long
Directed by:
Bryan Uvaldo
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
From The Out Here
Directed by:
Buffalo Youth Media Institute
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
First Vote
Directed by:
Nathanem Dagnachew
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Athens Democracy Forum
Directed by:
Aryan Ashory
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Poison Petals
Directed by:
Laura Grantz
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Untitled
Directed by:
Gyasi Mitchell
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
IIntezaar...waiting for normalcy
Directed by:
Nandini Hazra
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Masked
Directed by:
Felix Kiene
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Cage
Directed by:
Bishakha Mondal
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Cravings
Directed by:
Maryanna Tollemache
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
My Poster Film
Directed by:
Bryan Uvaldo
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Identity Pie
Directed by:
Ayanna White
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
Projection of Me
Directed by:
Jannah Muhammad
BIFF Shorts Blocks

Still from
CORONA #IRL
Directed by:
Aryan Ashory
BIFF Shorts Blocks
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