BIFF Offscreen: Silent Signals

Video art on view sunrise to sunset October 5th - 9th in the building front of 499 Franklin Street.

Unstoppable Irving Fields (w/ Cab Elvis)

99-year old Irving Fields is the hardest working piano man in New York City.

Charlie vs. Goliath (w/ Brooklyn in July)

Charlie Hardy takes on an his incumbent US senator, traveling from small town to small town in Wyoming in an old school bus.

Two Worlds (w/ Test of Courage & Just An Inconvenience)

The inspiring and intimate story of Laura, a 12-year old who faces the extraordinary challenge of caring for her deaf parents.

Waking David (w/ A L’arrache)

A young, head-strong American pop psychologist (Harriete Madeley) takes a detour when visiting London.

In The Orchard (w/ Rabbit Hole)

A mother who’s chance encounter with a Marine suffering from PTSD leads to profound consequences.

Mermaids (w/ Be)

Weinstein’s documentary explores personal and cultural relationships with the iconic mermaid archetype.

Prodigy (w/ Memoir)

A psychologist (Richard Neil) engages a dangerous young woman with destructive superpowers in a tense, sci-fi morality tale.

Bitch

Mom (writer/director Marianna Palka) snaps into a vicious dog when prompted by her philandering husband (Jason Ritter).

Train Driver’s Diary (w/ The Servant)

Lazar Ristovski stars as Illija, a train driver nearing retirement who saves a young boy.

BIFF SHORTS: SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

A family friendly line-up of fun, animated shorts from around the region and around the world!

BIFF Shorts: Youth Showcase

A family friendly lineup of fun, youth made shorts.

Free Event

Poetics of the Moving Image Panel

Explores the power of the moving image through a poetic lens focusing on devices like structure, rhythm, metaphor, mise-en-scène and more.

NY <3 Film Roundtable

Roundtable guests discuss the growth of NY filmmaking communities, and the myriad opportunities for shooting your next film in WNY.

8 Days, 8 Borders (w/ More Than Two Days, One Word, & Jonah)

A gut-wrenching first person account of Sham, a fierce single mother of two, as she escapes the Syrian civil war.

Woman on Fire

BIFF alum Julie Sokolow returns to the festival with the award-winning, crowd pleasing story of Brooke Guian.

Buzz One Four (w/ The Collection)

The ill fated flight of a Cold War B-52 bomber loaded with two thermonuclear bombs that crashed 90 miles from Washington DC.

BIFF SHORTS: INTERSTATES

Provocative storytelling where the journey is more important than the destination.

Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge

Marie Curie as she struggles for recognition in the male-dominated science community of early 20th century France.

Women in Film Panel

A discussion with filmmakers about their work and what it means to identify as a woman behind the lens in film and media industries today.

BIFF SHORTS: DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

Voices Beyond the Wall: Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World

Founded 25 years ago in San Pedro Sula, infamous for its poverty and violence, Our Little Roses is the only girls’ orphanage in Honduras.

BIFF SHORTS: EXPERIMENTAL

A cinematic platform for abstract expressions, poetic essays, and unique perspectives.

The Algebra of Need

Courting lovers wandering Buffalo's city-scapes in a hypnotic state.

Endless Poetry

Against the wishes of his father, Alejandro Jodorowsky leaves home to pursue his dream of becoming a poet.

BIFF SHORTS: GLOBAL

The stories of the world, brought to Buffalo - with unique perspectives from France, Japan, Iran, Brazil, Ireland, and Taiwan.

BIFF Offscreen: Poiesis

Poetical performances by Michael Basinski & Annette Daniels Taylor.

The Sounding

On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv (director and co-writer Catherine Eaton) begins to speak after years of silence.

Marshall

Chadwick Boseman stars as Thurgood Marshall in Reginald Hudlin’s portrait of a career-making case for the young lawyer.

The Midnighters

An aging safecracker (Leon Russom) is released from prison only to be drawn back into to his calling in order to save his son.

Infinity Baby (w/ Mismatch and Lighter)

In the not too distant future a company accidently conceives of a test tube baby that never ages.

Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes (w/ Spirit of Nina in Buffalo)

Sean Durant recreates the journies of both amature genologist Gina and her ancestor William Grimes as he escapes to live as a freeman.

Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town (w/ Coddington Trail)

Director Joe Sapienza II chronicles the history of nearly abandoned Centralia, PA (population 7).

After the Sun Fell

Adam (Danny Pudi) plunges head first into a family trauma while spending time with friend Brandon’s (Neal Bledsoe) overbearing mother.

The Stairs (w/ Andy Woolfe’s Birthday)

Moving story of three Toronto social workers who have survived life on the streets as their neighborhood undergoes a transition.

BIFF SHORTS: WNY STORIES

Celebrating “the other New York’s” diverse stories and storytellers from all over WNY – from Buffalo’s east side to the Seneca Nation.

The Street Where We Live

A single mother (Kristina Kopf) living paycheck to paycheck is thrown into a crisis after losing her job.

Among Wolves

Picking up the pieces in the wake of a Balkan region civil war is the Wolves Motorcycle Club – a bike gang with a humanitarian mission.

The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka

Playfully tracing the life and times of Michalina Wislocka, famous sexologist and communist.

Kupal (w/ The Swelling)

The surreal tale of taxidermist Dr. Ahmad Kupal who finds himself locked in his compound at the turn of the year.

BIFF Offscreen: Lyrical

Don't miss this special musical performance by singer-songwriter Logan Staats!

When They Awake

A celebration of indigenous music - Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, EDM outfit A Tribe Called Red and Cree electro-pop sensation IskWe!

The Cinema Travellers

Traveling from rural town to rural town, film loving-showman thread up film projectors bringing cinema to the most remote parts of India.

Lovers

Love, doubt, suspicion, murder and gentrification collide in Matteo Vincenzo's comic ensemble drama from Italy.

Sundown

The black sheep of the family (Grayson Powell) returns home to care for his dementia-addled father (Paul Kandarian).

Sunset Park

Gino (Michael Trevino), a boxer coming of age in a rough and tumble section of Sunset Park finds himself in over his head.

Even Lovers Get The Blues (w/ Bright Moonlit Night)

Laurent Micheli directs a sexy, thrilling ensemble drama about love, lust and searching amongst thirty somethings in Brussels.

Waiting for You

Paul (Colin Morgan) travels to French countryside to uncover the secrets of his late father and encounters an eccentric reclusive musician.

Restraint (w/ State of Emergency Motherf*cker!)

A mentally ill women (Caitlyn Folley) struggles to suppress her violent impulses as she adapts to married life with her controlling husband.

Crash Pad

When a hopeless romantic (Domhnall Gleeson) has an affair with a married woman, he’s forced to endure the wrath of her husband.

BIFF SHORTS: DANGER ZONE

BIFF’s infamous Danger Zone is back for revenge with a new slate of short shockers, dark comedies and adults only animation!

American Satan

A half-American, half-English metal band makes a faustian deal with the devil (played by Malcolm McDowell).