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.