2026 All-Access Bison Pass
Buffalo, NY
BIFF's 2026 All-Access Pass to theatrical screenings and official events in Buffalo, NY
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82 events
BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – Little Audrey
Buffalo Toronto Public Media
BIFF's Opening Night Gala film in focus! Buffalo plays Worcester!
Free Event
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BIFF Party: Zero / Charm
House of Charm
BIFF's Night Zero party is back at House of Charm!
Free Event
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Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
Scene One Market Arcade 8
Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home.
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Every Contact Leaves a Trace
Scene One Market Arcade 8
Since 1990, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected 600 business cards—together they form an archive of encounters.
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BIFF Panel: Bah, Humboldt!
Buffalo Toronto Public Media
In focus + on location w/ the directors + producers of HUMBOLDT + HUMBOLDT USA!
Free Event
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Variations on Violence
Scene One Market Arcade 8
Consumed by the distant violence he witnesses daily, a military drone pilot drifts toward self-destruction.
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Human Resource
North Park Theatre
Working in HR, Fren closely observes people’s lives through interviews with numerous young new hires at her unjust company.
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499 Days
Scene One Market Arcade 8
A sweet Kentucky boy is diagnosed with an incredibly rare "orphan" brain cancer, and fights alongside his family with resilience and hope.
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Take Me Home
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
A middle-aged Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs.
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Possible Love
North Park Theatre
A fired factory worker and his wife become the focus of an affluent couples' documentary in Lee Chang-dong’s layered narrative.
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BIFF X0: Bodies! Bodies?! Bodies.
Scene One Market Arcade 8
Human bodies are physical instruments that move us through the environments we inhabit – they generate, amplify, and modulate meaning.
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BIFF Party: City of Bad Neighbors
Bad Neighbors
Bad (but like, good bad – the best)!
Free Event
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Humboldt USA
Scene One Market Arcade 8
Countless places across the US still bear the name of Alexander von Humboldt — queer traveler, visionary naturalist, now largely forgotten.
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Save the Queen w/ Getting Almost Naked
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Memphis-based drag queen Bella DuBalle embodies resilience and the courage to be authentic in the face of adversity.
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Little Audrey
North Park Theatre
A skeptical child psychologist is drawn into a world where faith and reason collide.
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Josephine
Scene One Market Arcade 8
After a young child witnesses a brutal assault in Golden Gate Park, she begins acting out violently to protect herself.
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Anna by the Window w/ Dirty Myrtle
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
An aimless teenager roams the streets of NYC.
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BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons
North Park Theatre
Fun, family friendly cartoons from WNY’s leading animation programs and global creators.
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Ideas of Order
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
A collision between the macro-collapse of ecosystems and the minutiae of cellular colonies.
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Party USA
Scene One Market Arcade 8
When Taylor can't get her shift covered after her dad dies, a downward spiral of red, white and blue-collared chaos ensues!
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BIFF Shorts: Students (Saturday Showcase)
North Park Theatre
The next generation of storytellers, now!
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