__Chicken Strips__

Colin Taylor (Dir), 84 minutes, USA, Special Presentation

Childhood best friends Kyle (Colin Taylor), Steven (Jamie Rosner), and Ruben (Peretz Shuman) have been playing in the same unnamed band for years. They are offered their first-ever live gig, from their high school bully Jared (Ali Rexhepi). Kyle is terrified while Steven jumps at the chance.

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__[Watch the interview with Director/Writer/Star Colin Taylor + Writer Louie Visone here!](https://vimeo.com/756141328)__

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Chicken Strips

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

Eventive

__The Erie Situation__

David J. Ruck (Dir), 72 minutes, USA, New York State Premiere

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

In 2014, the citizens of Toledo, Ohio, had to go without running water for three days when a bloom of toxic algae entered the drinking water plant from Lake Erie. This should have been a wake-up call for politicians, big agriculture, and citizens everywhere that freshwater resources are at risk of becoming toxic worldwide. THE ERIE SITUATION explores the confluence of science, public sentiment, politics, and the powerful farming lobby as Ohio wrestles with how to confront the drivers of toxic algae. What's at stake? Who's at risk? And will volunteer measures be enough to confront this growing crisis, both in Ohio and beyond?

The Erie Situation

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

Stories from around the region, and around the block. 90 minutes.

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__Roll It__

Nate Chateaux (Dir), 5 minutes, USA, Buffalo Premiere

Director Nate Chateaux in attendance. 

A music video for the song "Roll It" by Handsome Jack where the band's touring van has broken down and they decide to give it one more ride, as they "roll it" to the junkyard.

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__The Halloween Visitor__

DonnaMarie Vaughan (Dir), 5 minutes, USA, Buffalo Premiere

Director DonnaMarie Vaughan in attendance. 

Grieving the loss of her beloved husband, a widow discovers an unexpected friendship that helps her cope.

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__Lock the Gate__

Sarah Lynn Galasso (Dir), 7 minutes, USA, Buffalo Premiere

Director Sarah Lynn Galasso in attendance. 

A personal recollection of the birth of animator Sarah Lynn Galasso’s first child. Arriving seven weeks prematurely at a weight of only 2lbs, the baby survives and lives for 11 weeks in neonatal care, only to be released in the middle of Buffalo’s infamous “Surprise” Storm in October of 2006. Galasso’s film beautifully captures the anxiety and mixed emotions of this challenging moment amidst the backdrop of the city’s earliest occurring blizzard on record.

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__Goldenrod__

Marjorie DeHay (Dir), 19 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Director Marjorie DeHay in attendance. 

An inquisitive young girl, Clara (Harper Holmes) comes face to face with the realities of the American Civil War when her father Judson (Weston Young) leaves to join the Union army. Unbeknownst to his family, Judson has been helping freedom-seekers passing through Cattaraugus, NY along the Underground Railroad.

__Here & There__

Krista Amigone (Dir), 10 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Siblings (screenwriter Bill Ferris + Jennie Fahn) cope with parental death, family responsibilities, and the repercussions of pursuing dreams in a new drama from director Krista Amigone.

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__Numb__

Daeil Kim (Dir), 11 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Director Daeil Kim in attendance.

When a dancer’s (Ashley Szczerbacki) legs go paralyzed, her obsessive mother (Sarah Roat Waechter) introduces an extreme remedy with twisted consequences in Daeil Kim’s dark drama.

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__I'll Find a Way or Make One - A Rosie Story__

Rebecca Fasanello + Teresa Castillo (Dir), 19 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Co-Directors Rebecca Fasanello + Teresa Castillo in attendance.

Lackawanna native Viola Hippert, once the Bell Aircraft Corporation’s own answer to Rosie the Riveter and an icon of the Rust Belt’s working class, is now in her late 90s but has no intention of slowing down. In Rebecca Fasanello and Teresa Castillo’s documentary portrait, Hippert reflects on her long life. 

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__Wasted Talent__

Derrick Benton (Dir), 14 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere

Director Derrick Benton in attendance.

Four high school teens are thrown into detention after a fight come together of their love for music and songwriting. However, their newfound bond is brought to a halt by the harsh reality of the world they come from.

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