2026 Lineup

86 events

2026 All-Access Bison Pass

OCT 8–15

Buffalo, NY

BIFF's 2026 All-Access Pass to theatrical screenings and official events in Buffalo, NY

BIFF Offscreen: Untitled (Four Iconic Photos)

OCT 8–15

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Cindy Sherman Works from the Gerald Mead Collection!

Free Event

BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – Little Audrey

THU, OCT 8 · 3:00–4:00 PM

Buffalo Toronto Public Media

BIFF's Opening Night Gala film in focus! Buffalo plays Worcester!

Free Event

BIFF Party: Zero / Charm

OCT 8–9 · 6:00 PM

House of Charm

BIFF's Night Zero party is back at House of Charm!

Free Event

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

THU, OCT 8 · 6:30–8:15 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home.

Free Event

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

THU, OCT 8 · 9:00–11:00 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Since 1990, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected 600 business cards—together they form an archive of encounters.

BIFF Panel: Bah, Humboldt!

FRI, OCT 9 · 10:00–11:00 AM

Buffalo Toronto Public Media

In focus + on location w/ the directors + producers of HUMBOLDT + HUMBOLDT USA!

Free Event

Variations on Violence

FRI, OCT 9 · 12:00–2:00 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Consumed by the distant violence he witnesses daily, a military drone pilot drifts toward self-destruction.

Human Resource

FRI, OCT 9 · 12:30–2:30 PM

North Park Theatre

Working in HR, Fren closely observes people’s lives through interviews with numerous young new hires at her unjust company.

499 Days

FRI, OCT 9 · 2:30–4:15 PM

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.

Take Me Home

FRI, OCT 9 · 2:45–4:45 PM

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.

Possible Love

FRI, OCT 9 · 3:30–6:30 PM

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.

BIFF X0: Bodies! Bodies?! Bodies.

FRI, OCT 9 · 4:30–6:15 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Human bodies are physical instruments that move us through the environments we inhabit – they generate, amplify, and modulate meaning.

BIFF Shorts: Portraits

FRI, OCT 9 · 4:45–6:45 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

The iconic and the intimate!

BIFF Offscreen: Collections

OCT 9–15

Canterra

Collective Collective + friends!

Free Event

BIFF Party: City of Bad Neighbors

OCT 9–10 · 6:00 PM

Bad Neighbors

Bad (but like, good bad – the best)!

Free Event

Humboldt USA

FRI, OCT 9 · 6:45–8:45 PM

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.

Save the Queen w/ Getting Almost Naked

FRI, OCT 9 · 6:45–8:30 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Memphis-based drag queen Bella DuBalle embodies resilience and the courage to be authentic in the face of adversity.

Little Audrey

FRI, OCT 9 · 7:15–9:15 PM

North Park Theatre

A skeptical child psychologist is drawn into a world where faith and reason collide.

Josephine

FRI, OCT 9 · 9:00–11:00 PM

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.

Anna by the Window w/ Dirty Myrtle

FRI, OCT 9 · 9:00–11:00 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

An aimless teenager roams the streets of NYC.

BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

FRI, OCT 9 · 9:45–11:45 PM

North Park Theatre

NSFW / WTF / LMFAO Movies!

BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons

SAT, OCT 10 · 11:00 AM–12:20 PM

North Park Theatre

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

Ideas of Order

SAT, OCT 10 · 12:00–1:30 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A collision between the macro-collapse of ecosystems and the minutiae of cellular colonies.

2026 Lineup

86 events

2026 All-Access Bison Pass

OCT 8–15

Buffalo, NY

BIFF's 2026 All-Access Pass to theatrical screenings and official events in Buffalo, NY

BIFF Offscreen: Untitled (Four Iconic Photos)

OCT 8–15

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Cindy Sherman Works from the Gerald Mead Collection!

Free Event

BIFF Panel: In Focus + On Location – Little Audrey

THU, OCT 8 · 3:00–4:00 PM

Buffalo Toronto Public Media

BIFF's Opening Night Gala film in focus! Buffalo plays Worcester!

Free Event

BIFF Party: Zero / Charm

OCT 8–9 · 6:00 PM

House of Charm

BIFF's Night Zero party is back at House of Charm!

Free Event

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

THU, OCT 8 · 6:30–8:15 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home.

Free Event

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

THU, OCT 8 · 9:00–11:00 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Since 1990, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected 600 business cards—together they form an archive of encounters.

BIFF Panel: Bah, Humboldt!

FRI, OCT 9 · 10:00–11:00 AM

Buffalo Toronto Public Media

In focus + on location w/ the directors + producers of HUMBOLDT + HUMBOLDT USA!

Free Event

Variations on Violence

FRI, OCT 9 · 12:00–2:00 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Consumed by the distant violence he witnesses daily, a military drone pilot drifts toward self-destruction.

Human Resource

FRI, OCT 9 · 12:30–2:30 PM

North Park Theatre

Working in HR, Fren closely observes people’s lives through interviews with numerous young new hires at her unjust company.

499 Days

FRI, OCT 9 · 2:30–4:15 PM

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.

Take Me Home

FRI, OCT 9 · 2:45–4:45 PM

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.

Possible Love

FRI, OCT 9 · 3:30–6:30 PM

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.

BIFF X0: Bodies! Bodies?! Bodies.

FRI, OCT 9 · 4:30–6:15 PM

Scene One Market Arcade 8

Human bodies are physical instruments that move us through the environments we inhabit – they generate, amplify, and modulate meaning.

BIFF Shorts: Portraits

FRI, OCT 9 · 4:45–6:45 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

The iconic and the intimate!

BIFF Offscreen: Collections

OCT 9–15

Canterra

Collective Collective + friends!

Free Event

BIFF Party: City of Bad Neighbors

OCT 9–10 · 6:00 PM

Bad Neighbors

Bad (but like, good bad – the best)!

Free Event

Humboldt USA

FRI, OCT 9 · 6:45–8:45 PM

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.

Save the Queen w/ Getting Almost Naked

FRI, OCT 9 · 6:45–8:30 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Memphis-based drag queen Bella DuBalle embodies resilience and the courage to be authentic in the face of adversity.

Little Audrey

FRI, OCT 9 · 7:15–9:15 PM

North Park Theatre

A skeptical child psychologist is drawn into a world where faith and reason collide.

Josephine

FRI, OCT 9 · 9:00–11:00 PM

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.

Anna by the Window w/ Dirty Myrtle

FRI, OCT 9 · 9:00–11:00 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

An aimless teenager roams the streets of NYC.

BIFF Shorts: Danger Zone

FRI, OCT 9 · 9:45–11:45 PM

North Park Theatre

NSFW / WTF / LMFAO Movies!

BIFF Shorts: Saturday Morning Cartoons

SAT, OCT 10 · 11:00 AM–12:20 PM

North Park Theatre

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

Ideas of Order

SAT, OCT 10 · 12:00–1:30 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

A collision between the macro-collapse of ecosystems and the minutiae of cellular colonies.

The Downtown Central Library – Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

SUNY Buffalo Department of Media Study + The Office for Diversity, Equity, and Belonging

Communication Department at SUNY Buffalo State