BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

Narratives and documentaries from around the region and around the block. 78 minutes.

City Eyes

Nick Green (Dir), 11 minutes, Local Student Short Film, USA

After witnessing a murder delivery driver Jason (Simba Wedderburn) returns home to his wife Shannon (Rachel Henderson) rather than deal with the consequences.

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Winter Mourning

Dahee Yun (Dir), 17 minutes, Republic of Korea / USA

Jinhee (Jaeun Koo), a Korean immigrant in Syracuse, spends her days working at a restaurant and fighting homesickness in this subtle and moving character study.

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Echo Falls

Aaron Webb (Dir), 18 minutes, WNY Short Film, USA

With their marriage on the rocks, Eric (Nate Chateux) and wife Dana (Jessica Zwolak) take a walk in the woods with their son to lift their spirits in this thrilling study of marriage, masculinity and parenting.

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"Be Good, Make Me Proud" - the Honorable Arthur O. Eve and the Educational Opportunity Program

Dorothea Braemer & Steve Peraza (Dir), 18 minutes, WNY Short Film, USA

BIFF 2021 Best WNY Short Award Winner

A heartwarming, thoughtful tribute to Arthur O. Eve, former NY State Assemblymember and Deputy Speaker, who started the Educational Opportunity Program at Buffalo State College.

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Invisible Niagara

Brett Michael Cox (Dir), 14 minutes, WNY, USA, World Premiere

Idiosyncratic video essay about the history, ecology, politics and death-defying crossings between Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario.