BIFF Shorts: Episodic Stories

Love stories, dark comedies and more – works that focus on interpersonal and cultural exchanges. 73 minutes.

Night Drives - Season 2 Collection

Jono Hunter (Dir), 11 minutes, Canada, World Premiere

Director Jono Hunter in attendance.

Night Drives is a sketch comedy series about the joy and futility of life. Filmed in live action, and roto-animated after the fact, the series unique visual style underpins the surrealist storytelling.

This collection includes the first 5 sketches of the series' yet-to-be-released second season.

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Broken Toilets

Jesse Toledano (Dir), 22 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Director Jesse Toledano in attendance.

Broken Toilets tells the story of Yossi Kline, a young Hasidic Jewish man tasked too take care of his father-in-law’s buildings in a low-income, outer borough of NYC. But Yossi has a secret - he loves hip-hop.

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Away From Home

Sydney Lolita Cusic (Dir), 26 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

Away From Home follows a group of college students that tackle race, relationships, and romance at a predominantly white university, far from the communities they grew up in.

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How Not to Date While Trans

Nyala Moon (Dir), 14 minutes, USA, WNY Premiere

A break-the-fourth-wall, dark comedy that follows the dating life of a black trans woman and the problematic men she meets along the way.