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BIFF Shorts: Interventions + Intersections

BIFF Shorts: Interventions + Intersections

Virtual Screening

October 7-11, 2021

BIFF Shorts: Interventions + Intersections

Films about life changing moments. 109 minutes.

Snorrie (Mustachio)

Victoria Warmerdam (Dir), 11 minutes, Netherland, NY Premiere

Freek (Henry van Loon), reunites with an imaginary friend from the past, looking for closure in Victoria Warmerdam’s absurd comedy.


Moço

Bernardo Lopes (Dir), 14 minutes, Portugal, NY Premiere

Confronted with his mother's infidelity and his father's emotional absence, João (Tomas Andrade) arrives at a sunset where he refuses to return home.


Paper Geese

Elizabeth Chatelain (Dir), 14 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

After an unsuccessful goose hunt, a young girl (Payson Jane) grapples with seeing her father (Jefferson White) in a new light, in Elizabeth Chatelain’s coming of age drama.


Feeling Through

Doug Roland (Dir) 18 minutes, USA, Special Presentation

BIFF 2021 Best Narrative Short Award Winner

The first film to star a DeafBlind actor, Doug Roland’s Oscar nominated coming of age story that follows Tereek (Steve Prescod), a teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash when he encounters Artie (Robert Tarango), a DeafBlind man in need of help getting home.


Between the Headphones

Matt Colin Evans (Dir), 23 minutes, UK, NY Premiere

Kyle, a socially awkward, office worker, wears his headphones to help him get through each day. However, his over-reliance on them begins to affect his relationship with others in Matt Colin Evans’ dry, comic ode to the French New Wave.


Frankie

James Kautz (Dir), 11 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Frankie (Morgan O’Sullivan), a non-binary trans person, crashes their ex-partner’s men-only 12 step meeting, determined to be heard... no matter the cost.


Rottweiler

Jonny Powell (Dir), 15 minutes, UK, WNY Premiere

When Leo (Luke Aquillina) returns from prison with a debt over his head, his girlfriend Sophia (Ellie Ekers) is forced to choose between love and freedom in Jonny Powell’s coming of age crime thriller.


Lion on the Mat

Asali Echols (Dir), 17 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Asali Echols’ intimate, unflinching portrait of a Vietnamese-American single mother who pours herself into martial arts as a way to overcome past trauma.

Watch the filmmaker Q+A with Doug Roland, Asali Echols + James Kautz here!

Snorrie (Mustachio)
Still from Snorrie (Mustachio)Directed by: Victoria Warmerdam
Video from MoçoDirected by: Bernardo Lopes
Paper Geese
Still from Paper GeeseDirected by: Elizabeth Chatelain
Video from Feeling ThroughDirected by: Doug Roland
Video from Between the HeadphonesDirected by: Matt Colin Evans
Video from FrankieDirected by: James Kautz
Video from RottweilerDirected by: Jonny Powell
Video from Lion on the MatDirected by: Asali Echols

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