BIFF Shorts: What Could Go Wrong?

Hook-up, pick-ups, trial and error, flirty banter and failed schemes - how can it go wrong?

Runtime is 89 minutes.

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“Disc”

Blake Rice (Dir), 14 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere

The story of a hook-up gone too far.

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“Out for Delivery”

Chelsea Christer (Dir), 17 minutes, USA, New York Premiere

When terminally ill Joanna makes the difficult decision to pursue end of life options through the Death With Dignity law, the systems set up to make her death peaceful and dignified become the opposite.

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“Lazybones”

Douglas Williams (Dir), 13 minutes, USA, New York Premiere

Director Douglas Williams in attendance.

After a devastating breakup, Moss Henry searches for a sense of purpose by volunteering as a dummy for a women's self-defense class.

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“Someone Special (một người đặc biệt)”

Alice Gervat (Dir), 8 minutes, France, New York Premiere

In French and Vietnamese w/ English subtitles.

Lisa matched with Xuân through a dating app, and she is to meet her for the first time. But there is a problem : to appeal to Xuân, Lisa lied and told her that she is fluent in Vietnamese, her native language, despite not understanding a single word.

Many thanks to Manifest Pictures.

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“Free The Chickens”

Matúš Vizár (Dir), 15 minutes, Slovakia, Western New York Premiere

In Slovak w/ English subtitles.

A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to escape into the wilderness to experience a series of borderline situations and ethical dilemmas that lead to new insights, such as that nature is not a safe place for animals.

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“French Lessons”

Anna Maguire & Kyle Greenberg (Dir), 8 minutes, Canada/UK/USA, Western New York Premiere

Bienvenue en…. Los Angeles! Film executive Kyle and filmmaker Arran rendez-vous for a tête à tête in this crème de la crème of Cinéma Vérité.

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“G L O R Y”

Kai Kim (Dir), 14 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere

Writer, Producer and Star Billy Giffin Jr. in attendance.

When Benji’s long-term boyfriend, Sam, dies suddenly in a freak hot dog cart accident, Benji finds himself vacillating between grief-stricken catatonia and manic horniness.

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