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Oct 6-10 2022

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BIFF Offscreen: Building Worlds

BIFF Offscreen: Building Worlds

Oct 6-20, 2022
Western New York Book Arts Center

A case study in compositing and worldbuilding for cinema.

Free Event
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Nowhere Man and A Whiskey Girl

Nowhere Man and A Whiskey Girl

3:30 PM
October 6, 2022
Burchfield Penney Art Center

The beautiful and tragic love story of Derrick and Amy – and the best band you've never heard of.

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Zero Hour Party

Zero Hour Party

6:00 PM
October 6, 2022
House of Charm

Welcome to B-L0!! Come early b/f Provo – or after spending time w/ Terrible Children/Winter 1984/Meantime or – Lovely Jackson/Mind of Moses!

Free Event
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Terrible Children w/ Winter 1984 + Meantime

Terrible Children w/ Winter 1984 + Meantime

6:00 PM
October 6, 2022
Burchfield Penney Art Center

Lyrical nightmares and archival dreams unravel stories of war, love, and redemption across three continents.

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BIFF Offscreen: Building Character

BIFF Offscreen: Building Character

Oct 6-20, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A case study in compositing and character-building for cinema.

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Lovely Jackson w/ Mind of Moses

Lovely Jackson w/ Mind of Moses

6:30 PM
October 6, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

America's longest wrongfully held exonerated prisoner, Rickey Jackson, on his 39-year journey of survival.

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Provo

Provo

9:00 PM
October 6, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A self-destructive ex-Mormon finds out her abusive father is on his deathbed and road trips to Utah to reckon with her past.

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BIFF Offscreen: Scripting – Passage – Suspension

BIFF Offscreen: Scripting – Passage – Suspension

Oct 7-10, 2022
Buffalo RiverWorks

BIFF Offscreen @ Play/Ground w/ work by Rebekkah Palov(!!) Free inside main RiverWorks venue.

Free Event
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Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard

Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard

12:00 PM
October 7, 2022
North Park Theatre

A woman is determined to claim ownership of daguerreotypes of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty from Harvard.

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Straighten Up and Fly Right

Straighten Up and Fly Right

2:30 PM
October 7, 2022
North Park Theatre

Kristen, a physically disabled New York woman, walks dogs for a living but dreams of being a writer.

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In Focus + On Location: Bashira

In Focus + On Location: Bashira

3:00 PM
October 7, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A conversation with Director Nickson Fong, and Stars Liam Aiken, Mitzi Akaha, Kiki Sukezane, Emma Caymares, and Brandon Gill!

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Racial Justice in View

BIFF Shorts: Racial Justice in View

4:30 PM
October 7, 2022
North Park Theatre

Nonfiction and narrative shorts that shine a light on race, (de)colonialism, and inequity in the US, Canada + sovereign Indigenous Nations.

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When the Pomegranates Howl

When the Pomegranates Howl

5:00 PM
October 7, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Hewad, a nine-year-old boy, supports his family by selling goods from a cart on the harsh streets of Kabul after the death of his father.

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Bashira

Bashira

7:00 PM
October 7, 2022
North Park Theatre

An electronic musician is haunted by strange and mysterious apparitions in this a hallucinogenic nightmare based on a Japanese legend.

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Northern Shade

Northern Shade

7:15 PM
October 7, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A disenchanted Army vet emerges from isolation when his younger brother is recruited by an extremist militia.

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Are You Famous (Demo Party)?!

Are You Famous (Demo Party)?!

8:00 PM
October 7, 2022
Oscar's

Party like a film star! (but like, one that survives to a beautiful, old age w/ hilarious stories to tell... ;)

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Comedies

BIFF Shorts: Comedies

9:15 PM
October 7, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Satires, dark comedies, lighthearted laughs, (b)romances, Grindr dates gone terribly wrong, and other humorous tales.

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BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

9:45 PM
October 7, 2022
North Park Theatre

You’ve been warned, things are gonna get weird.

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BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons

BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons

11:00 AM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

Animated fun for the whole family!

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The Rules of Lacrosse

The Rules of Lacrosse

12:30 PM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

The fastest game on two feet.

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Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

3:00 PM
October 8, 2022
Burchfield Penney Art Center

This family-friendly film tells the story of sister steamships SS St. Claire and SS Columbia.

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Peter Case: A Million Miles Away

Peter Case: A Million Miles Away

3:30 PM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

A film about Peter Case, an under-appreciated treasure whose complicated story is at once tragic and uplifting, heartbreaking and hopeful.

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The Lost King

The Lost King

6:00 PM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

The true story of an amateur historian battling skepticism and bureaucracy in a quest to locate the final resting place of King Richard III.

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SWEET BIFFTEEN

SWEET BIFFTEEN

6:00 PM
October 8, 2022
Duende

If you thought Biffceañera was wild, just wait for our Sweet Biffteen!

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Symon

Symon

8:15 PM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

A portrait of the artist Symon Provenzano – founder of the "Destruction Movement" that flourished briefly in the early 1970s.

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BIFF Offscreen: Symon Presents Symon

BIFF Offscreen: Symon Presents Symon

8:15 PM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

Performance by world famous artist Symon.

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Bunker

Bunker

9:00 PM
October 8, 2022
North Park Theatre

Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other.

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BIFF OFFSCREEN: IT COULD BE ANYONE (NATURAL SELECTIONS)

BIFF OFFSCREEN: IT COULD BE ANYONE (NATURAL SELECTIONS)

9:30 PM
October 8, 2022
Duende

Free Outdoor Projection on the Silos by It Could Be Anyone (Video Art Collective)!

Free Event
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BIFF Offscreen: Cult Mother

BIFF Offscreen: Cult Mother

10:30 PM
October 8, 2022
Duende

Rad art rock among the silos.

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Body Parts

Body Parts

11:00 AM
October 9, 2022
North Park Theatre

The uncomfortable realities behind some of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

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Zupa Nic (Back Then)

Zupa Nic (Back Then)

12:00 PM
October 9, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Marta is a romantic and victim of fate.

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Zubazpalooza

Zubazpalooza

1:00 PM
October 9, 2022
Duende

Go Bills! Yay fun!

Free Event
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BIFF EPISODIC: SCI-FI & THRILLERS & FANTASIES

BIFF EPISODIC: SCI-FI & THRILLERS & FANTASIES

1:15 PM
October 9, 2022
Burchfield Penney Art Center

Imaginative serial stories.

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Memoria

Memoria

1:30 PM
October 9, 2022
North Park Theatre

A lyrical drama exploring myth, memory and colonialism.

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Hideout

Hideout

2:00 PM
October 9, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Drug dealer Guo-hao hopes to make enough money so that he and his girlfriend can leave their life of crime behind.

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BIFF Shorts: Experimental

BIFF Shorts: Experimental

3:15 PM
October 9, 2022
Burchfield Penney Art Center

Art and language, poetry and prose.

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BIFF Shorts: Turning Points

BIFF Shorts: Turning Points

4:00 PM
October 9, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Pivotal moments and tipping points.

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BIFF Shorts: Students

BIFF Shorts: Students

4:15 PM
October 9, 2022
North Park Theatre

The next generation of filmmaking, today.

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BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

7:00 PM
October 9, 2022
North Park Theatre

Stories from around the region, and around the block.

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American Murderer

American Murderer

9:30 PM
October 9, 2022
North Park Theatre

A charismatic conman gets in way over his head and finds himself on the FBI’s most wanted list.

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The Unknown Country w/ Meet the Sky

The Unknown Country w/ Meet the Sky

12:00 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

A grieving woman travels from the Midwest to the Texas-Mexico border to reconnect with her estranged Oglala-Lakota family.

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Place-Based Nonfiction

Place-Based Nonfiction

12:45 PM
October 10, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A conversation w/ filmmakers Lesya Kalynska, TJ Collins, Bhawin Suchak, Joanne Storkan, Brant Davis! Co-moderated by Kathryn Larsen!

Free Event
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Outta The Muck

Outta The Muck

2:15 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee FA.

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What Happened to the Wolf?

What Happened to the Wolf?

2:30 PM
October 10, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

An odd pair – two women from very different walks of life – are drawn to each other to ease the fear of death.

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BIFF Offscreen: Restoration in Process

BIFF Offscreen: Restoration in Process

4:00 PM
October 10, 2022
Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center

Live tour of the restoration work and artwork at Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center w/ painter and restoration artist Dianna Derhak.

Free Event
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Budmo! Hey! Budmo! Hey! Budmo! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Budmo! Hey! Budmo! Hey! Budmo! Hey! Hey! Hey!

4:00 PM
October 10, 2022
Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center

((Be together))

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A Stage Of Twilight

A Stage Of Twilight

4:15 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

A tender and haunting love story set in the final chapter of a couple's life together.

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Anonymous Sister

Anonymous Sister

5:15 PM
October 10, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

One family's first-hand journey through the opioid epidemic.

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Awards Ceremony

Awards Ceremony

6:30 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

BIFF's Annual Awards Ceremony for Official Selections in Competition. Jury Awards, Audience Award, and The Tilke Hill W.i.P. Award.

Free Event
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Tilke Hill W.i.P. Award Announcement

Tilke Hill W.i.P. Award Announcement

6:30 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

Join us during our Awards Ceremony when we will announce our inaugural Tilke Hill W.i.P. Award Winner!

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A Rising Fury

A Rising Fury

7:00 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

A true story of love and war in contemporary Ukraine.

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One Pint at a Time

One Pint at a Time

7:30 PM
October 10, 2022
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation.

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Slash/Back

Slash/Back

9:30 PM
October 10, 2022
North Park Theatre

In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

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On Location + On Water: The Erie Situation(s)

On Location + On Water: The Erie Situation(s)

7:30 PM
October 19, 2022
Virtual Screening

A conversation w/ filmmaker David Ruck + Margaret Wooster about *The Erie Situation* + Lake Erie's Situations!

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Next Gen

BIFF Shorts: Next Gen

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

A family friendly lineup of thoughtful and fun, youth made shorts.

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Twisted

BIFF Shorts: Twisted

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Dark comedies, allegorical films, dramas, and more!

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Musher

Musher

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

An intimate look at the bond between four women and their dogs, and the world of sled-dog racing.

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All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars

All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

An essay on grief, and how humans and nature rebuild after trauma.

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The Erie Situation

The Erie Situation

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

As climate, politics, and agricultural interests collide, the health of Lake Erie - and that of humans - hang in the balance.

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Sweet Disaster

Sweet Disaster

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

When the soon-to-be father of Frida's child breaks up with her, she tries absurd, exaggerated, and often hilarious methods to win him back.

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The Sun Rises in the East

The Sun Rises in the East

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

The birth, rise, and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization (est. 1969) in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn by the community.

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BIFF Shorts: Correspondences

BIFF Shorts: Correspondences

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Exchanges and communications.

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Chicken Strips

Chicken Strips

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

A film about the trials and tribulations of becoming a garage band.

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Relative

Relative

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

A comedy/drama about three days in the life of a modern American family.

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Vertigo (眩暈)

Vertigo (眩暈)

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

A love letter and requiem for Jonas Mekas, composed and traveled by renowned Japanese poet, Gōzō Yoshimasu.

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Song of Salt

Song of Salt

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

An isolated but tight-knit mining-town community on the outskirts of Death Valley, is suspended between the past, present and future.

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Comala

Comala

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

An unprecedented look into the personal ramifications of Mexico’s failed War on Drugs.

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Aya

Aya

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

As the waves threaten her house, Aya makes a decision – the sea-level may rise, she won’t leave her island (Lahou).

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Pou (Peacock)

Pou (Peacock)

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

A modern gothic fairytale set in South Africa.

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BIFF Shorts: Letters to the Future

BIFF Shorts: Letters to the Future

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Memories seared into the mind. Postcards to a future self.

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Ostrov – Lost Island

Ostrov – Lost Island

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

The inhabitants of an Island in the Caspian Sea, all but abandoned by Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, survive through poaching

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BIFF Shorts: Redemption Tales

BIFF Shorts: Redemption Tales

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Seeking redemption? You’ve come to the right shorts block.

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BIFF Shorts: Warrior Women

BIFF Shorts: Warrior Women

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Women fighting ethical, cultural, and literal wars. Films with strong female leads.

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BIFF Shorts: Earth + Water Works

BIFF Shorts: Earth + Water Works

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Life in the Anthropocene.

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BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories (Virtual)

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories (Virtual)

Oct 6-20, 2022
Virtual Screening

Stories from around the region, and around the block.

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Supported By

NYSCALalenaColligan Law LLPDnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center
Erie CountyLipsitz Green Scime CambriaSilo CityOscar's
North Park TheatreVilla MariaDuendeHouse of Charm
Burchfield Penney Art CenterGive for GreatnessWestern New York Book Arts CenterSUNY Buffalo State Communication Department
City of Buffalo – Delaware DistrictWittlin, Dry & Dry, LLPTito's Handmade VodkaArts Access Program
Consulate General of Canada in NYHallwallsBuffalo Toronto Public Media
Media Arts Assistance FundBuffalo AKG Art MuseumHostel Buffalo-Niagara
Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art CenterCanisius CollegePLAY/GROUND