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2025 Lineup

2025 All-Access Bison Pass

2025 All-Access Bison Pass

Oct 9-16, 2025
Buffalo, NY

BIFF's 2025 All-Access Pass to theatrical screenings and official events in Buffalo, NY

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BIFF Offscreen: Judy Multiplied

BIFF Offscreen: Judy Multiplied

Oct 9-16, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

What do all of the works in the collection of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum have in common? Dorothy’s ruby slippers of course!

Free Event
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BIFF Offscreen: Alchemy of Cinema

BIFF Offscreen: Alchemy of Cinema

Oct 9-16, 2025
WBNY 91.3 FM

Movies + music on the radio!

Free Event
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BIFF OFFSCREEN: Over the Rainbow + Down the Yellow Brick Road

BIFF OFFSCREEN: Over the Rainbow + Down the Yellow Brick Road

Oct 9-16, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Far far away...behind the moon, beyond the rain...

Free Event
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BIFF Party: Zero / Charm

BIFF Party: Zero / Charm

6:00 PM
October 9, 2025
House of Charm

BIFF's Night Zero party is back at House of Charm! Plus Peaches + The Residents + Icelandic Punk + Harry Belafonte listening party!

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Canvas 716

BIFF Shorts: Canvas 716

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Bricks, rust, steel, flesh, nature, and other canvases that inspire bold Western New York creatives.

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BIFF Shorts: Interior Lives + Spaces

BIFF Shorts: Interior Lives + Spaces

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
North Park Theatre

Stories about home.

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BIFF Offscreen: Velella Velella

BIFF Offscreen: Velella Velella

12:00 PM
October 10, 2025
K:Dara

A cameraless film made w/ found materials from San Diego's shoreline.

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Climate Stories + Earth Works

BIFF Shorts: Climate Stories + Earth Works

12:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
North Park Theatre

An ode to sovereign seeds, restoration of vanishing habitats and cultural practices, and biodiversity in its myriad, magnificent forms.

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BIFF Shorts: Memory + The Archive

BIFF Shorts: Memory + The Archive

2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
North Park Theatre

Recorded accounts, artifacts, memory and its lining.

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 To Close Your Eyes and See Fire

To Close Your Eyes and See Fire

2:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Beirut lies in ruins. Yet, even after the explosion at the city’s port, life goes on.

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BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – Baristas vs Billionaires

BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – Baristas vs Billionaires

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

BIFF's Opening Night Gala film in focus – featuring Director Mark Mori, Producer Alec Baldwin, and some of Buffalo's favorite baristas!

Free Event
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BIFF Offscreen: Incantations

BIFF Offscreen: Incantations

Oct 10-16, 2025
Duende

A late-night, long-distance bicycle ride to the median of US 380 West Highway under a bright full moon.

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Never Too Late

BIFF Shorts: Never Too Late

4:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

An ode to next chapters, transformative experiences, and starting over.

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BIFF X0 Program 2: Sky / Earth / Water

BIFF X0 Program 2: Sky / Earth / Water

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
North Park Theatre

Birds' / Plants'/ Whales'-eye-views from the avant-garde and more!

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BIFF Party: Legal in Canada

BIFF Party: Legal in Canada

6:00 PM
October 10, 2025
Duende

BIFF's signature birthday bash is back at the silos! Oh Canada!

Free Event
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One Night Only w/ Freak Job

One Night Only w/ Freak Job

6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Faced with constant rejection, an ambitious actor finds himself drawn into a strange venue for one last chance at stardom.

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Baristas vs Billionaires

Baristas vs Billionaires

7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
North Park Theatre

Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, NY organize against corporate exploitation, sparking a nationwide uprising led by the next generation.

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BIFF Shorts: What Could Go Wrong?

BIFF Shorts: What Could Go Wrong?

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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BIFF Offscreen: Video Nasty !!!

BIFF Offscreen: Video Nasty !!!

9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
Duende

I don't think we're in Saskatoon anymore!

Free Event
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BIFF Offscreen: SRS (Silk Road Songbook)

BIFF Offscreen: SRS (Silk Road Songbook)

Friday, October 10, 2025
Duende

Weaving songs of resistance into the land, and broadcasting women’s voices on an ancient Eurasian migration route known as the Silk Road.

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Turn Up The Night

Turn Up The Night

9:45 PM - 11:59 PM
Friday, October 10, 2025
North Park Theatre

The meteoric rise and the catastrophic fall of 80's hard rock / "hair band", Boy Elroy.

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BIFF Panel: On Location – Hallmark Makes Its Mark in WNY

BIFF Panel: On Location – Hallmark Makes Its Mark in WNY

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

Recent Hallmark Media WNY productions Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story + A Newport Christmas in focus!

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons

BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons

11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
North Park Theatre

Fun, family friendly cartoons from WNY’s leading animation programs and global creators.

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BIFF X0 Program 3: Icons + Apparitions

BIFF X0 Program 3: Icons + Apparitions

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Remixed content, found footage, the cult of celebrity, and AI (yai yai)!

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Nado

Nado

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

An intimate, powerful journey through the life and work of one of the greatest Italian sculptors of the twentieth century.

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The Fisherman

The Fisherman

12:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
North Park Theatre

A heartwarming tale of family and the enduring spirit of a true fisherman told with laughter, magic, and the rich culture of Ghana.

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BIFF Shorts: Episodic Comedies

BIFF Shorts: Episodic Comedies

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Teen dreams and drama queens, doomsday cult deserters, murder, mayhem, and more!

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The Librarians

The Librarians

2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

Librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.

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BIFF X0 Program 1: Echoes + Exchanges

BIFF X0 Program 1: Echoes + Exchanges

2:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
North Park Theatre

Between performance and sincerity, the personal and the political, presence and absence– interviews, correspondences, and other exchanges.

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Interaction

Interaction

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A gig-economy housekeeper moves quietly thru the lives of countless people and their private spaces – recording their most intimate details.

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Keep Quiet and Forgive

Keep Quiet and Forgive

4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

Taught to suffer quietly, and to "forgive and forget”–– brave women from some of the USA's most secretive communities find their voices.

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The Dutchman

The Dutchman

4:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
North Park Theatre

This contemporary adaptation of the Award winning play expands upon the original, and explores themes of race and identity in America.

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BIFF Party: House Party

BIFF Party: House Party

6:00 PM
October 11, 2025
International House

You're invited to BIFF's House Party!

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Dance Me to the End

BIFF Shorts: Dance Me to the End

6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

of love and other entanglements.

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Raising Aniya w/ This Side of Salina

Raising Aniya w/ This Side of Salina

6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

Aniya, a young dancer based in Houston, embarks on a journey to heal her spirit and find her voice after being displaced by a hurricane.

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BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

BIFF Shorts: WNY Stories

7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
North Park Theatre

Unique stories from around the block and the region.

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Last Farm in Reykjavik w/ Menu Venue

Last Farm in Reykjavik w/ Menu Venue

8:45 PM - 10:45 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

The rise and fall of the Icelandic punk scene, and the curious establishment of the Icelandic Punk Museum in a repurposed public toilet.

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BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

9:45 PM - 11:45 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2025
North Park Theatre

NSFW / WTF / LMFAO Movies!

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BIFF Panel: Building a Career in Film Production

BIFF Panel: Building a Career in Film Production

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Join the team behind The Revenge of La Llorona and Film Commissioner Tim Clark for a look behind the lens!

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Students (Sunday Showcase)

BIFF Shorts: Students (Sunday Showcase)

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
North Park Theatre

The next generation of great storytellers, now!

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BIFF Shorts: Next Gen

BIFF Shorts: Next Gen

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Burchfield Penney Art Center

Thoughtful and fun, teen made shorts.

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BIFF Shorts: Trips + Transformations

BIFF Shorts: Trips + Transformations

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Sometimes it's the journey, not the destination...

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Under the Lights

Under the Lights

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
North Park Theatre

Sam, a boy with epilepsy, is so desperate to feel normal that he wants to go to prom knowing the lights will cause a seizure.

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BIFF Shorts: Racial Justice in View

BIFF Shorts: Racial Justice in View

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Burchfield Penney Art Center

Evocative shorts exploring racial and social justice issues.

Free Event
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BIFF Shorts: Resilience + Resistance

BIFF Shorts: Resilience + Resistance

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Bold cinematic visions exploring cultural connections to the past, present and future.

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A Rare Grand Alignment

A Rare Grand Alignment

4:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
North Park Theatre

Midair in the mountains of Norway, during a rare celestial event, three boys find themselves stranded in a cable car w/ a dead body.

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BIFF X0 Program 4: Medicine + Magic

BIFF X0 Program 4: Medicine + Magic

4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Medical interventions and magical reels!

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BIFF Party: Kikioke !!

BIFF Party: Kikioke !!

6:00 PM
October 12, 2025
26 (Twenty Six Allen St)

This party is marvvvelous!!

Free Event
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Apostasy Blues w/ The Pitch

Apostasy Blues w/ The Pitch

6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

After a cult leader “raptures” along with his followers’ donation money, two cult members reenter the secular world to find him.

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Award Announcements

Award Announcements

6:15 PM - 6:45 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
North Park Theatre

BIFF's Annual Award Announcements for Official Selections in Competition.

Free Event
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BIFF Legacy Gala: Everyday People w/ Stephen McKinley Henderson

BIFF Legacy Gala: Everyday People w/ Stephen McKinley Henderson

7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
North Park Theatre

Join us as we celebrate the work of acting legend Stephen McKinley Henderson – BIFF's 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner!

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BIFF Offscreen: The Stingy Tailor

BIFF Offscreen: The Stingy Tailor

8:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Featuring internationally known Czechoslovak puppeteer, storyteller, author and actor, Vít Hořejš with century-old hand-carved marionettes.

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Wooden Hearts

Wooden Hearts

8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A puppeteer travels from town to town, sharing Czech folk stories and bringing his hand-carved marionettes to life.

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Queens of the Dead

Queens of the Dead

9:45 PM - 11:45 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2025
North Park Theatre

A zombie apocalypse interrupts a warehouse party; forcing drag queens, club kids, and frenemies to put aside their drama and fight together.

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Dream!

Dream!

11:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
North Park Theatre

A musical that journeys across Thailand’s sweeping landscapes to follow an orphaned girl’s determined quest for family.

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Alt-Right-Tab

Alt-Right-Tab

12:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A directionless twenty-something discovers through online gaming how to make friends, make it big, and become a real man.

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Heightened Scrutiny

Heightened Scrutiny

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A critically timed snapshot of the state of transgender rights and justice in America.

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$POSITIONS

$POSITIONS

2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
North Park Theatre

A blue-collar Kansan attempts to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies.

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Designed by Preeti

Designed by Preeti

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
North Park Theatre

A story about second chances, personal transformation, and the strength required to pursue one’s true path despite formidable obstacles.

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BIFF Shorts: Family Matters

BIFF Shorts: Family Matters

4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Family portraits from around the globe.

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BIFF Shorts: Growing Up

BIFF Shorts: Growing Up

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Rites of passage, cultural exchanges, self discoveries, and lessons learned.

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اللي باقي منك / All That's Left of You

اللي باقي منك / All That's Left of You

6:45 PM - 9:30 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
North Park Theatre

A Palestinian teenager gets swept into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family.

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BIFF Shorts: Students (Monday Showcase)

BIFF Shorts: Students (Monday Showcase)

8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

The next generation of storytellers from Western New York and around the world!

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F*CKTOYS w/ But...You're A Dolphin!

F*CKTOYS w/ But...You're A Dolphin!

9:45 PM - 11:59 PM
Monday, October 13, 2025
North Park Theatre

A lush, fever dream that reimagines the Tarot's Major Arcana via the story of AP: a struggling pollyanna seeking salvation from a curse!

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BIFF Shorts: Child's-Eye-View

BIFF Shorts: Child's-Eye-View

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
North Park Theatre

A child's-eye-view of the adult world around them.

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Mistura / Mixture

Mistura / Mixture

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
North Park Theatre

A journey of personal transformation through Peruvian cuisine, identity, and hope.

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BIFF Offscreen: BIFF On the Half Shell

BIFF Offscreen: BIFF On the Half Shell

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Unity Island

Join artist Stephanie Rothenberg for oysters at the Canadian border!

Free Event
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BIFF Offscreen: Let Them Eat Cake (w/ Kate)

BIFF Offscreen: Let Them Eat Cake (w/ Kate)

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Unity Island

Join artist Kate Gaudy for cake at the Canadian border!

Free Event
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BIFF Offscreen: Canadian Sunset Artists' Picnic

BIFF Offscreen: Canadian Sunset Artists' Picnic

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Unity Island

Join artists Stephanie Rothenberg + Kate Gaudy (+ more TBA) for a Westward facing picnic w/ live performances!

Free Event
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Stationed At Home

Stationed At Home

6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
North Park Theatre

On Christmas Eve 1998, in a small, forgotten city, a taxi driver on the graveyard shift awaits the sight of the International Space Station.

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Peaches Goes Bananas + Barking in the Dark

Peaches Goes Bananas + Barking in the Dark

9:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
North Park Theatre

¡Musical double feature by Marie Losier – Peaches + The Residents!

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Queremos Nuestra Agua / Together for Water

Queremos Nuestra Agua / Together for Water

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
North Park Theatre

Youth of the Chocó Rainforest become inspired by their elders and denounce the contamination of their rivers.

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BIFF Shorts: Industrial

BIFF Shorts: Industrial

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
North Park Theatre

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

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BIFF Panel: Remaining Native In Focus

BIFF Panel: Remaining Native In Focus

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

BIFF's Decolonial Spotlight film in focus – featuring Director Paige Bethmann + more!

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Following Harry

Following Harry

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
North Park Theatre

Legendary artist and civil rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey– inspiring the next generation.

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The Act of Dreaming

The Act of Dreaming

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
North Park Theatre

Three recently-arrived immigrant families struggle to adjust to a new life in Buffalo, New York.

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Remaining Native

Remaining Native

8:15 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
North Park Theatre

Ku wants to be an elite runner, but when the remains of Native children are found, he must face his family's past to run towards his future.

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Yurlu | Country

Yurlu | Country

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
North Park Theatre

Portrait of a Banjima Elder’s final year as he fights to reclaim a homeland scarred by the largest contaminated site in the S. Hemisphere.

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BIFF Shorts: On Masculinity

BIFF Shorts: On Masculinity

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
North Park Theatre

Mediations on masculinity and tales about teens at the cusp of adulthood.

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BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – The Panic

BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – The Panic

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Buffalo Toronto Public Media

BIFF's Closing Night Gala film in focus – featuring Writer/Director Daniel Adams, and Stars Cristiana Dell'Anna and Anastasiya Mitrunen!

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Clear Sky

Clear Sky

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
North Park Theatre

Given up for adoption the day he was born, Shawn struggles w/ addiction and a broken connection to his Anishinaabe culture.

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BIFF Party: Last Call!

BIFF Party: Last Call!

6:00 PM
October 16, 2025
K:Dara

Kick back and unwind after 8 days of film, music and art!

Free Event
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The Panic

The Panic

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
North Park Theatre

J.P. Morgan and Charles Barney contend with the financial crisis of 1907. Buffalo plays NYC!

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Cutman

Cutman

9:15 PM - 11:15 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
North Park Theatre

Two broken souls come to the end of their road at a desolate Upstate New York motel, where they find revenge and redemption.

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BIFF Offscreen: The Sun Also Rises, The Sun Also Sets

BIFF Offscreen: The Sun Also Rises, The Sun Also Sets

6:00 PM
October 9, 2025
Virtual Screening

A literal cross-border exchange of perspectives and performances.

Free Event
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The Tallest Dwarf

The Tallest Dwarf

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman embarks on a journey to understand the rumors of dwarfism in her family and her place in dwarf culture.

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NYSCABuffalo AKG Art MuseumConsulate General of Canada in NYK:Dara
North Park TheatreCity of Buffalo – Delaware DistrictMedia Arts Assistance Fund26
HallwallsBurchfield Penney Art CentereGlobal Creative Publishing and ProductionInternational House
Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art CenterLipsitz Green Scime CambriaHouse of CharmOffice for Diversity, Equity, and Belonging for the College of Arts and Sciences at University at Buffalo – The State University of New York
Wittlin, Dry & Dry, LLPVisit BuffaloBuffalo Niagara Film OfficeArts Access Program
LalenaVilla MariaRupp PfalzgrafCommunication Department at SUNY Buffalo State
Erie CountyDaemen UniversityCasting BuffaloWBNY 91.3 FM
Buffalo Toronto Public MediaTito's Handmade VodkaDuende at Silo City Buffalo