BIFF Shorts: Industrial

Portraits of industrial landscapes – oil refineries, canals, grain silos, and more.

Total runtime is 96 minutes.

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“America's Stairway”

Paul Lamont (Dir), 58 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Director Paul Lamont in attendance.

The epic story of how one of America’s first successful public works emboldened a nation to move westward, and how in the 21st Century it has enabled a new generation to revitalize itself.

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"Burn Ceremony"

Alexander Girav (Dir), 17 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere

An unsanctioned observation of [redacted]’s largest oil refinery, processing 440,000 barrels of crude oil a day. By night, the complex becomes a heaving edifice of flame and fog. We observe its operation from afar as the inferno slowly engulfs the frame, accompanied by an original hypnotic soundscape by UK club experimentalist Loraine James. A vision of industrial desolation in which dread turns to awe.

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"The Great Northern Grain Elevator"

Marty J. Walters (Dir), 15 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Director Marty J. Walters in attendance.

History and demolition of the last remaining brick box grain elevator in North America.

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