__Workhorse Queen__

Angela Washko (Dir), 88 minutes, USA, Buffalo Premiere 

Director Angela Washko in attendance.

__BIFF 2021 Best Documentary Feature Award Winner__

1960's inspired housewife Mrs. Kasha Davis (Ed Popil) broke out of Rochester, NY and onto the RuPaul's Drag race stage at 44. An early elimination has Mrs. Davis struggling to navigate the highs and lows of reality TV stardom. In addition to Ed, the film focuses on the glowing drag scene in Rochester  Featuring Drag Race alums Darienne Lake, Pandora Boxx, and Tatianna in addition to several queens who should become household names.

Workhorse Queen

A local legend becomes a national sensation when Mrs Davis finds herself cast onto RuPaul's Drag Race.

Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A

North Park Theatre

__Film About a Father Who__

Lynne Sachs (Dir), 74 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Director Lynne Sachs in attendance.

From 1984 to 2019, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot 8mm and 16mm film, videotape and digital images of her father, Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and businessman from the mountains of Utah. This intimate, 35-year character study is a meditation on fatherhood and masculinity, and the filmmaker's attempt to understand the web that connects a child to her parent and a sister to her siblings.

## __Please note that in addition to being an Official Selection from Oct 7-11 during the 2021 Film Festival, *Film About A Father Who* is also part of BIFF ENCORE Oct 15-18!!!! __ 


Film About a Father Who

An intimate, 35-year character study and meditation on fatherhood and masculinity.

__Workhorse Queen__

Angela Washko (Dir), 88 minutes, USA, Buffalo Premiere 

__BIFF 2021 Best Documentary Feature Award Winner__

1960's inspired housewife Mrs. Kasha Davis (Ed Popil) broke out of Rochester, NY and onto the RuPaul's Drag race stage at 44. An early elimination has Mrs. Davis struggling to navigate the highs and lows of reality TV stardom. In addition to Ed, the film focuses on the glowing drag scene in Rochester  Featuring Drag Race alums Darienne Lake, Pandora Boxx, and Tatianna in addition to several queens who should become household names.

## __Please note that in addition to being an Official Selection from Oct 7-11 during the 2021 Film Festival, *Workhorse Queen* is also part of BIFF ENCORE Oct 15-18!!!! __

Workhorse Queen Virtual

Eventive

BIFF Offscreen: Fissure and Donna

On View at the Burchfield Penney Art Center Thursday, October 7 through Monday October 11.

Fissure and Donna, 1982

Spain Rodriguez (March 2, 1940 – November 28, 2012)

B&W ink with yellowed zipatone drawing

Courtesy of Susan Stern and the artist's estate.


BIFF Offscreen: Fissure and Donna

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

BIFF Offscreen

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Thursday October 7 - Sunday October 10 at Duende at Silo City.

Erie County Smile, HDV, 2021, 28 minute loop

Erie County Smile is a parody of “Paris By Night” (PBN), a popular Vietnamese-language variety show. PBN gained notoriety in the Vietnamese diasporic community by the mid-1990s and is still in production today. 

Music from the live show was recorded and commonly played at Vietnamese-owned businesses all over the world. 

"In the waiting area of my family’s nail salon, we always had PBN in the VHS player. This film is dedicated to children of immigrants, who grew up behind doors labeled “EMPLOYEES ONLY”. 

Erie County Smile is a satirical short film by Van Tran Nguyen, in collaboration with Alex Derwick, Ako Shergazy, Bryan Czerniawski, and Mengtai Zhang.

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.

Duende

Thursday October 7 - Sunday October 10 at Duende at Silo City.

Aquadisia Water Promotional Video, HDV, 2021, 4 minute loop

What if humans could cure climate change, or rather themselves, by drinking a magical water that creates an equal playing ground between all entities, human and nonhuman? And imagine if this magical water could be made by a new species of bioengineered oysters. 

"Aquadisia" is an environmental science fiction that speculates on this new species and its ability to produce "Aquadisia" water. It plays on the myth of the oyster as an aphrodisiac to reimagine a more sensual interconnection with the cycle of life that could lead to a better handling of this ecological crisis. 

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!?

__Catch the Fair One__

Josef Kubota Wladyka (Dir), 85 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Star and co-writer Kali Reis, and Producer Kimberly Parker in attendance.

__BIFF 2021 Best WNY Feature Award Winner__

A boxer retraces the steps of her kid sister in this Western New York lensed revenge thriller. This enthralling exploration of personal justice is simultaneously a meditation on the plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) across North America. Starring and co-written (with Wladyka) by Boxing World Champion Kali (KO) Reis.  Produced by Oscar-winner Mollye Asher, and Executive Producer Darren Aronofsky and more. An IFC Films release.

*Please note that access to this virtual screening will begin after the in person screening has concluded.


Catch The Fair One

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

Virtual Screening

__Rust Belt Driller__ 

David R. Williams & Tilke Hill (Dir), 84 minutes, WNY Feature, USA, East Coast Premiere

Late Night Spotlight

An artist (writer Aaron Krygier) spirals into a homicidal rage, turning his studio into a slaughterhouse thanks to his trusty Drillinator 9,000 in this Western New York-filmed bloody valentine to grindhouse classics. 


Rust Belt Driller

An artist spirals into a homicidal rage, turning his studio into a slaughterhouse, thanks to his trusty Drillinator 9000. 

__Oct 11 @ 3:00pm-4:00pm__ – live discussion streamed to social + website

This panel is comprised of filmmakers presenting work in Buffalo Int’l Film Festival’s __[Racial Justice in View Shorts Block](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/biff-shorts-racial-justice-in-view2021/)__ – a curated program of shorts that includes documentary, experimental, video essays, and everything in between – exploring racism, protest, police brutality and inequality in the United States, Canada and sovereign Indigenous lands.  Discussion will focus on the film selections and related topics.
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__Panelists:__

"The Ascendants" Director Ladan Osman + Producer/DP Joe Penney

"Graffica" Director Yogi Data

"Hustle" Director Xavier Cousins

"Ego of a Nation" + "Monologue Harmonic" Writer, Producer and Performer Janet Rogers

"Monologue Harmonic" Director Yuma Dean Hester

"Shoulders Deep" Director John Fiege

__Moderators__:  

Rachael Homewood + Tammy McGovern + Anna Scime

BIFF Panel: Racial Justice in View

 Discussion will focus on the film selections and related topics.

Panel

__Laguna Ave__

David Buchanan (Dir), 80 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Stars James Markham Hall Jr, Russell Steinberg and Sheridan Ward; Producer and Writer Paul Papadeas; and Producer Alison Barone in attendance.

In this charmingly campy, lo-fi sci-fi comedy, a disaffected former musician is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor.

*Please note that access to this virtual screening will begin after the in person screening has concluded.  

## __Please note that in addition to being an Official Selection from Oct 7-11 during the 2021 Film Festival, *Laguna Ave* is also part of BIFF ENCORE Oct 15-18!!!! __

Laguna Ave

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

### __BIFF ENCORE! Oct 15-18 ((Online Only))__

This weekend, BIFF is back by popular demand! 

Order online __midnight on Oct 15__ through __11:59pm on Oct 18__ and watch BIFF's 2021 Official Selections on our virtual cinema platform. 

__Official Selections screening as part of BIFF Encore include:__

__25 Years of Innocence__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/25-years-of-innocence/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/25-years-of-innocence/)__

__Film About A Father Who__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/film-about-a-father-who/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/film-about-a-father-who/)__

__Laguna Ave__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/laguna-ave-virtual/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/laguna-ave-virtual/)__

__Ludi__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/ludi/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/ludi/)__ 

__Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/manzanar-diverted-when-water-becomes-dust-virtual/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/manzanar-diverted-when-water-becomes-dust-virtual/)__

__Missing in Brooks County__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/missing-in-brooks-county/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/missing-in-brooks-county/)__

__On Our Own Island__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/on-our-own-island/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/on-our-own-island/)__

__Rage__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/rage/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/rage/)__

__Rebel Dykes__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/rebel-dykes/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/rebel-dykes/) __

__Rez Metal__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/rez-metal/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/rez-metal/)__

__Workhorse Queen__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/workhorse-queen-virtual/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/workhorse-queen-virtual/)__

__The Ants & The Grasshopper__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/the-ants-and-the-grasshopper/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/the-ants-and-the-grasshopper/)__

__The Daphne Project__ – __[https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/the-daphne-project/](https://www.buffalofilm.org/lineup/events/the-daphne-project/)__

¡ BIFF ENCORE !!

Back by audience demand (!!!) – BIFF's Official 2021 Online Selections!

__Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust__

Ann Kaneko (Dir), 84 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

From the majestic peaks of the snow-capped Sierras to the parched valley of Payahuunadü, “the land of flowing water,” *Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust* poetically weaves together memories of intergenerational women.  Members of the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Nation, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.

## __Please note that in addition to being an Official Selection from Oct 7-11 during the 2021 Film Festival, *Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust* is also part of BIFF ENCORE Oct 15-18!!!! __

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.

Archive

Oct 7-11 2021

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Workhorse Queen

9:15 PM Monday October 11, 2021

North Park Theatre

Film About a Father Who

12:01 AM Friday October 15, 2021

North Park Theatre

Workhorse Queen Virtual

12:01 AM Friday October 15, 2021

Eventive

BIFF Offscreen: Fissure and Donna

Burchfield Penney Art Center

BIFF Offscreen: Van Tran Nguyen's Erie County Smile

Duende

BIFF Offscreen: Stephanie Rothenberg's Aquadisia

Duende

Catch The Fair One

10:00 PM Friday October 8, 2021

Virtual Screening

Rust Belt Driller

12:00 AM Sunday October 10, 2021

Virtual Screening

BIFF Panel: Racial Justice in View

3:00 PM Monday October 11, 2021

Panel

Laguna Ave

12:01 AM Friday October 15, 2021

Virtual Screening

¡ BIFF ENCORE !!

12:01 AM Friday October 15, 2021

Virtual Screening

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

12:01 PM Friday October 15, 2021

Virtual Screening

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