BIFF Shorts: Students

The next generation of filmmaking, today. 104 minutes.

Y2Koncert

Jake Jasie (Dir), 9 minutes, Local Student Short Film, USA, World Premiere

A tortured underground guitarist (Andrew Young) plays an unplugged concert to win the heart of his true love on December 31st, 1999 in this low-fi comedy.

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Amica

Mira Steuer (Dir), 2 minutes, Local Student Short Film, USA, World Premiere

A poetic exploration of the lifelong bond between a girl and her first dog.

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Artifact

Durotimi Akinkugbe (Dir), 5 minutes Local Student Short Film, Nigeria/USA, World Premiere

A simple artifact travels the span of human history in this animated journey through time.

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Oh No

Aaron Ettestad (Dir), 6 minutes, Local Student Short Film, USA, World Premiere

Mohammed Milan stars in this intense, experimental, psychological characters study.

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Voice Box

Eamon Kelly (Dir), 8 minutes, Local Student Short Film, USA, WNY Premiere

A woman (Leah Skay) with a severe stutter discovers an old radio that begins to speak directly to her, but in the fluent version of her own voice, in this moving short.

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can't talk, a movie's on

Anna Evtushenko (Dir), 13 minutes, Local Student Short Film, Russia, New York Premiere

In this mind-bending meta thriller, a paranoid young woman (Daria Martynova) thinks that nothing is real, and it turns out she's right. ––––––––

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Abby Mohaddes (Dir), 15 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Shot remotely across several home studios, this innovative musical revival set in a dystopian future is the tale of a droid’s liberation, and her quest to break free from her programming to find true love.

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The Line

Everett Marston (Dir), 15 minutes, New Zealand, NY Premiere

This dystopian futuristic drama imagines a world where males and females are kept completely separate by a literal line, except for during duty-driven reproduction. Human instinct, unexpected emotions and desire leads Jake (Leo Allan) to cross the line.

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Bond

Simon Yahn (Dir), 18 minutes, USA, Buffalo Premiere

BIFF 2021 Best WNY Student Film Award Winner

After a last bonding experience with her grandmother (Ruth Teitel), a young girl (Natalia Stornello) comes to terms with her grandmother’s dementia and grows closer to her mother in this moving Rochester-lensed drama.

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Calla Lilies

Aidan Hamell (Dir), 19 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

When an Irishman (Derry Woodhouse) living in New Hampshire hires a young vagabond (Jasper Wolf) to build his flower garden, the pair develop an unexpected bond in this drama featuring the music of Buffalo’s The Steam Donkeys.