BIFF Shorts: The Unexpected
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
BIFF Shorts: The Unexpected
Comedies, lighthearted docs and dramas with a twist. 85 minutes.
Wives of the Skies
Honey Lauren (Dir), 22 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere
Producer and DP Davey Robertson in attendance.
A fever dream set in the groovy era of 1965. Documentary filmmaker Derrick Woodster (Drew Brandon Jones) thinks he’s found two ideal documentary subjects in stewardesses Fran (Rachel Alig) and Macy (Maddison Bullock) but soon finds his gaze subverted.
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FCK (Friends Can’t Kiss)
Sarah Young (Dir), 24 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere
When two gay best friends, Ben (Arnold Trevino) and Matthew (Conlan Carter), accidentally sleep together, are they dating? Are they still friends? What’s supposed to happen next? FCK (Friends Can’t Kiss) navigates the confusing, awkward and often very funny conversation of the morning after.
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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Elizabeth Miller-Derstine (Dir), 20 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere
The South Bend-based burlesque troupe, The Disdress Dolls, push the limits of art, vulnerability and radical acceptance in this captivating and playful exploration of body positivity.
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Swipe
Anthony Sneed (Dir), 5 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere
A delinquent teenage boy (Nick Hunter) learns a valuable lesson about growing up from a store owner (Lorenzo Rodriguez) in this coming of age comedy.
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I Am A Unicorn
Natalie Malla (Dir), 14 minutes, UK, US Premiere
Daisy (Alexa Davies), a lonely, young woman shows up to a party desperate to make some new friends, but makes a bunch of old ones instead in this charming comedy.
Video from
Wives of the Skies
Directed by:
Honey Lauren
Video from
FCK (Friends Can’t Kiss)
Directed by:
Sarah Young

Still from
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Directed by:
Elizabeth Miller-Derstine
Video from
Swipe
Directed by:
Anthony Sneed
Video from
I Am A Unicorn
Directed by:
Natalie Malla
#BIFF21 Shorts: The Unexpected
— BIFF 2022 | Buffalo Int’l Film Festival (@BuffaloFilmFest) September 18, 2021
Comedies, lighthearted docs and dramas with a twist.
Saturday, October 9th, 4:45pm@NorthParkTheatr
🎟 Tickets on sale now! 🎟
✈️ Wives of the Skies ✈️
— BIFF 2022 | Buffalo Int’l Film Festival (@BuffaloFilmFest) September 21, 2021
🎥 Dir by @honeygay
✨ Producer & DP @destroyallmedia (attending)
A fever dream set in the groovy era of 1965. Filmmaker Derrick (@DrewBJones) thinks he’s found two subjects in stewardesses Fran (@RachelAlig) and Macy but soon finds his gaze subverted. pic.twitter.com/Ci9EE5DzWJ
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