Still from SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS
Directed by: James Werick
BIFF SHORTS: ASKEW'D
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Dark comedies, satires, and more! Total runtime is 96 minutes.
SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS
James Werick (Dir), 20 minutes, USA, World Premiere
Director James Werick in attendance.
Upon meeting for the first time, a woman and man debate their spiritual beliefs. The conversation ends poorly, yet causes them to reevaluate their views.
DELI MEAT
BRICK (Dir), 16 minutes, UK, Western New York Premiere
Two inept criminals, Cammy and Coops, are tasked with burying their first body in the woods but find themselves at loggerheads when they realise that they’ve only brought one spade. 'Deli Meat' is a satirical exploration of toxic masculinity and how imposter syndrome can affect anyone, including criminals.
ONE PRICK
Konstantin von Schröder (Dir), 14 minutes, US, World Premiere
Director Konstantin von Schröder, Producer James Nash, Producer Jack Lynch, Star Patrick F. McDonald, and Star Myles McCabe in attendance.
John, a disheveled man in his late 30s grappling with unresolved grief, receives a bizarre inheritance from his estranged father. A mysterious phallic-shaped object. Confused and frustrated, John seeks answers alongside his half-brother Rob at their father’s wake.
A DISH BEST SERVED HOT
Josh Kay (Dir), 16 minutes, US, Western New York Premiere
Director of Photography Nathan Krauss in attendance.
A bullied everyman becomes that which he hates the most when his colleagues ruin his one special day.
GENO'S A GENIE
Boris R. Zilberman (Dir) 30 minutes, US, World Premiere
Director Boris R. Zilberman in attendance.
A blue-collar genie from Buffalo, NY meets a woman who can hear people's thoughts when she saves him from a desperate wish-maker.
Still from DELI MEAT
Directed by: BRICK
Still from ONE PRICK
Directed by: Konstantin von Schröder
Still from A DISH BEST SERVED HOT
Directed by: Josh Kay
Still from GENO'S A GENIE
Directed by: Boris R. Zilberman
