BIFF Offscreen: Fissure and Donna

Original artwork by Spain Rodriguez on view at the Burchfield Penney Art Center October 7-11.

Free Event

BIFF Offscreen: Van Tran Nguyen's Erie County Smile

Erie County Smile is a parody of “Paris By Night” (PBN), a popular Vietnamese-language variety show from the mid-90s, still airing today.

Free Event

BIFF Offscreen: Stephanie Rothenberg's Aquadisia

What if humans could cure climate change and themselves by drinking a magical water made by a new species of bioengineered oysters!?

Free Event

Bison Pass

All access pass to all festival films, events, parties + more!

Night Zero Party

Come pick up your Bison Pass and kick-off the 2021 festival with cocktails and conversation!

Free Event

Laguna Ave

A disaffected former musician is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor.

Sapelo

The story of matriarchal griot, Cornelia Walker Bailey, and the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

Members of the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees & environmentalists defend their land and water from LA.

Leda w/ This Bank of The River

A young woman's isolation and terror lead to madness in this retelling of the Greek myth.

BIFF Shorts: Global Documentary

Real stories from around the world.

Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez

A loving tribute to the legendary and controversial, Buffalo-raised underground cartoonist and graffiti artist, Spain Rodriguez.

Catch The Fair One

A boxer retraces the steps of her kid sister after she disappears in this Western New York lensed revenge thriller.