16 years in the past this month, The Film Stage was born in metropolis of Buffalo. For these dwelling in or close to the Western NY city, the Buffalo International Film Festival is definitely in your radar, curated by Creative Director John J. Fink, additionally a long-time contributor to The Film Stage. The 18th version of the competition has now introduced its lineup, that includes over 200 function movies, shorts and episodic works from over 30 international locations, operating in particular person October 10-Seventeenth. Festival screening venues in Buffalo embrace the historic North Park Theatre, Hallwalls Up to date Arts Middle, Buffalo Toronto Public Media (WNED Studios), Burchfield Penney Arts Middle, Journey’s Finish Refugee Cinema.
“We’re so excited to welcome everyone to our expanded edition of the Buffalo International Film Festival, which features a rich assortment of local, regional, national and global fiction and nonfiction works that we hope will delight, inspire, and challenge our audiences to see the world in new ways,” stated Creative Director John J. Fink.
Govt Director Anna Scime added, “We’re proud to contribute to our growing film production ecosystems here in WNY by creating memorable events for our community, celebrating our local filmmakers and industries, and inviting visiting film delegates to our remarkable region to enjoy all that it has to offer and share their work. We’re honored to present these amazing films and artists to our audiences here in WNY/ S. Ontario/ Hodinöhšo:ni:h lands.”
Tickets and passes for this 12 months’s version are on sale to most people now at buffalofilm.org.
See the lineup beneath.
OPENING NIGHT GALA
ECO VILLAGE, directed by Phoebe Nir (USA)
Songwriter Robyn (Sidney Flanigan of By no means Not often Typically At all times) hitch-hikes her solution to a commune. There, she meets an eccentric forged of characters, together with commune founder Ursula (Lindsay Michelle Burdge) and handyman Jake (Alex Breaux), the latter changing into her lover.
CLOSING NIGHT GALA
THREE INFALLIBLE RULES, directed by Marco Gianfreda (Italy)
Fourteen year-old Bruno (Guglielmo Aquaro) is in a state of panic: he finds out his past love is requited, however has no thought what to do subsequent. He wants somebody to show him the ropes, and it simply so occurs that his greatest guess is the a lot detested Luca (Matteo Olivetti), the one man able to making his hopeless mom Claudia (Cristiana Dell’Anna) fall in love once more.
LEGACY GALA
DEMOLITION MAN, directed by Marco Brambilla (USA)
That includes an prolonged dialog with BIFF Lifetime Achievement award winner, Manufacturing Designer David L. Snyder.
John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) is a risk-taking LAPD police officer in 1996 with a repute for inflicting destruction whereas finishing up his work. After a failed try and rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Westley Snipes), they’re each sentenced to be cryogenically frozen. Phoenix is thawed for a parole listening to in 2032 however escapes right into a society that has modified in spite of everything violent crime has seemingly been eradicated. This pacifistic future society is ill-equipped to cope with a prison of Phoenix’s caliber, and Spartan is launched from the cryogenic jail to pursue his previous ultra-violent-nemesis. A Warner Brothers launch.
ART HOUSE CENTERPIECE
NEW WAVE, directed by Elizabeth Ai (USA)
A self reflexive story of pleasure and youthful defiance, filmmaker Elizabeth Ai explores a musical phenomenon within the Nineteen Eighties identified to Vietnamese American teenagers as new wave.
ART HOUSE SPOTLIGHT
S/HE IS STILL HER/E, directed by David Charles Rodrigues (USA)
Pioneering digital musician/avant-garde artist/non secular explorer/gender revolutionary/cult chief(!?) Genesis P. Orridge has been featured in quite a few movies and movies, however by no means the total story…till now. On this “authorized” however extraordinarily uncooked and private documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH) paperwork the ultimate 12 months of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality and prepare to “drop [their] body.”
SOCIAL JUSTICE SPOTLIGHT
SONGS FROM THE HOLE, directed by Contessa Gayles (USA)
At 15, he took a life. Three days later, his brother’s life was taken. A documentary visible album, SONGS FROM THE HOLE follows James “JJ’88” Jacobs by way of a musical opus of Hip-Hop and Soul, impressed by his innermost struggles as each an individual who has dedicated and skilled violent hurt, as he serves a double-life jail sentence.
PANEL PROGRAMS
Offered at Buffalo Toronto Public Media
BUFFALO’S BRIGHTEST
This panel options a few of Buffalo’s brightest appearing skills! Panelists Daniel Croix, Sidney Flanigan, and Patrick Gallo will focus on their work on this 12 months’s competition, and their careers, inventive processes, and extra.
IT TAKES AN ECO VILLAGE
This panel focuses on BIFF’s Opening Night time Gala Film – Eco Village – a folk-opera-romance and coming-of-age story set in a commune, exploring the contradictions and prices of dwelling in utopia. Panelists will focus on their movie, the manufacturing course of and means of poiesis, inventive exchanges, and extra. Panelists: Director/Author Phoebe Nir, Star Sidney Flanigan, Star Lindsay Burdge, Star Eric Austin, Producer Giovanni Labadessa, and Editor/Co-Producer Linds Grey
LOVE (ITALIAN STYLE)
This panel focuses on BIFF’s Closing Night time Gala Film – Three Infallible Guidelines – a movie a few single mom and her son who each fall in love, and wrestle to discover a steadiness between their dwelling and romantic lives. Panelists will focus on their movie, the manufacturing course of and means of poiesis, inventive exchanges, and extra. Panelists: Marco Gianfreda and Star Cristiana Dell’Anna.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
23 MILE, directed by Mitch McCabe (USA)
Half verité essay movie, half political diary, 23 MILE is an experimental nonfiction movie following Individuals throughout cataclysmic occasions within the Midwestern swing state of Michigan all through 2020– together with the plot to kidnap governor Whitmer– portray a portrait of a populace that defies media stereotypes.
ALL TOO CLEAR, directed by Yvonne Drebert + Zach Melnick (Canada)
Utilizing cutting-edge underwater drones to discover how quadrillions of tiny invasive mussels are re-engineering the ecosystem of North America’s Nice Lakes at a scale not seen because the glaciers, this movie focuses its lens on the lake backside sounding the alarm about the specter of huge organic deserts.
A PICTURE TO REMEMBER, directed by Olga Chernykh (Ukraine)
An essayistic account of a household’s lengthy journey by way of the conflict. It chronicles the seek for a solution to deal with horrible and recurring losses skilled by three generations of Ukrainian girls – these of the director, her mom, and her grandmother. It’s a transferring exploration of id, heritage, and the ability of storytelling to attach us in occasions of upheaval.
BEST OF THE BEST – JAZZ FROM DETROIT, directed by Daniel Loewenthal (USA)
The story of Detroit’s revolutionary and influential jazz musicians, set inside the dramatic rise and fall of this most resilient American metropolis, highlights the profound creativity and landmark affect of its African American musical neighborhood.
CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN, directed by Justin Hardy, Dominic Hardy & Chris Nunn
50 years on from the making of The Wicker Man (1973), director Robin Hardy’s misplaced papers come to filmmaker son Justin. Enlisting his brother Dominic, they journey to uncover the complicated nature of the notorious manufacturing and their relationships with their father.
DEMON MINERAL, directed by Hadley Austin (USA)
On this neighborhood portrait, the Navajo Nation struggles to revive very important dwelling area within the radioactive desert of the American Southwest. Spanning the breadth of the Navajo Nation, in a panorama perforated by deserted uranium mines, the movie finds the thousand-years-long challenge of reclaiming sacred homeland.
DIARY OF AN ELEPHANT ORPHAN, directed by Hermien Roelvert-van Gils (South Africa)
Khanyisa – a 3-month-old albino elephant calf – is delivered to an orphanage after being caught in a wire snare. Because the staff operating the orphanage battle to save lots of the younger calf’s life, the query stays: will Khanyisa be capable of combine into a brand new household and, by doing so, show that the Jabulani-elephant herd can change the face of elephant rehabilitation in South Africa.
DRIVER, directed by Nesa Azimi (USA)
After dropping every little thing, Desiree Wooden takes a second lease on life as a long-haul truck driver. Alongside an irreverent group of ladies truckers, she fights for a life on the highway. Utilizing an intimate and observational method, DRIVER captures the expertise of Desiree and her fellow drivers inside a system that routinely guarantees and denies them the protection and autonomy that they need.
FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM, directed by Peter Flynn (USA)
An exploration of the vanishing world of personal movie accumulating — an obsessive, secretive, usually illicit world of basement movie vaults, piled -high with forgotten reels, inhabited by passionate cinephiles dedicated to the rescue and preservation of photochemical movie.
HIS NAME IS RAY, directed by Michael Del Monte (Canada)
Ray as soon as had every little thing. A job that he liked with the Coast Guard. The daddy to a household. However his habit took all of it away. Now, the previous sailor lives on the streets of Toronto with a whole inhabitants that appears to have simply fallen by way of the cracks.
HOLLYWOOD ON A SHOESTRING, directed by Matthew Devlen (USA)
A playful profile exploring the life, movies, and crew surrounding unbiased low finances filmmaker Mark Pirro.
Screening with the quick movie HIT GIRL, directed by Victoria Gluchoski & Thom Henke
HOMEGROWN, directed by Michael Premo (USA)
A verité portrait of a fractured America, providing an unprecedented have a look at three right-wing activists as they seek for function and energy – with dire penalties.
LA LAGUNA DEL SOLDADO / THE SOLDIER’S LAGOON, directed by Pablo Alvarez-Mesa (Canada)
La Laguna del Soldado delves deep into the misty Páramo area, and into an ecosystem wealthy in water, and saturated with oral narratives that populate the territory like foggy patches. Reflecting on the development of oral historical past and its relation to the land, the movie traverses the Páramo; a dwelling and elusive archive, navigating by way of the dense fog suspended between Simon Bolivar’s previous and Colombia’s current.
Screening with the quick movie HULI, directed by Daniel Croix.
LESVIA, directed by Tzeli Hadjidimitriou (Greece)
Greek cinematographer/filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou humorously describes herself as “a double lesbian…a woman who grew up on Lesbos and is also a lesbian” on this illuminating, nostalgic, and kaleidoscopic portrait of the sun-soaked village of Eressos on the island of Lesbos, the place girls who love girls from around the globe have been gathering because the late Seventies.
Screening with the quick movie TESTUDO HERMANNI, directed by G. Anthony Svatek
LICENSE TO DIE: THE PAT ROWE STORY, directed by Daniel M. Crapsi (USA)
Orphaned early, Pat Rowe overcomes a lifetime of struggles to develop into a task mannequin and mentor to numerous individuals by way of founding Silver Wheels, a wheelchair soccer staff in Buffalo, N.Y.
THE LOST LEGACY OF TONY GAUDIO, directed by Alessandro Nucci (Italy)
The fascinating story of Tony Gaudio, the primary Italian to win an Academy Award in 1937. 75 years later an American detective goes on his path, reconstructing the fascinating lifetime of Tony Gaudio, within the hope of discovering his Oscar statuette.
REALM OF SATAN, directed by Scott Cummings (USA)
An experimental nonfiction portrait of the Church of Devil, a worldwide, half-century previous faith devoted to the celebration of carnality and individualism that takes Devil as its central determine. The movie explores Satanists as they exist as we speak, portraying their on a regular basis lives and the magical rituals they interact in.
ROBERT SHIELDS: MY LIFE AS A ROBOT, directed by Mark Bonn (USA)
The story of Robert Shields who went from a teen performing as a robotic in entrance of the Hollywood Wax Museum to having a top-rated CBS selection present along with his spouse Lorene Yarnell within the ’70s and, unbeknownst to him, grew to become the inspiration for high dancers everywhere in the world.
UNION, directed by Stephen Maing & Brett Story (USA)
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — a gaggle of present and former Amazon staff in New York Metropolis’s Staten Island — takes on one of many world’s largest and strongest firms within the battle to unionize. Chronicling the historic efforts of the ALU, UNION is an intimate and shocking story of dogged willpower, unorthodox techniques, and talking up regardless of David vs. Goliath odds.
NARRATIVE FEATURES
AVA, directed by Martin R. McGowan (USA)
After the loss of life of her greatest buddy, Ava is thrown into her senior 12 months of highschool alone on this tender indie drama.
Screening with the quick movie THIS CROWDED ROOM, directed by Rafael Burgo Nieves.
THE DISINVITED, directed by Devin Lawrence (USA)
Towards his–or anybody else’s–higher judgment, Carl (Sam Daly) decides to crash an occasion the place he’s not welcome, setting off a day crammed with betrayal, violence, heartache, and exes who ought to by no means get again collectively.
JAZZY, directed by Morissa Maltz (USA)
Jazzy navigates the area between childhood and younger maturity. When her greatest buddy strikes away, Jazzy (Jasmine Shangreaux) experiences each a way of loss and her first inkling of independence. Additionally starring Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Syriah Idiot Head Means, Golden Rose, and Richard Ray Whitman.
JUST A FARMER, directed by Simon Lyndon (Australia)
When Alison’s beloved and hardworking husband, Alec, immediately dies, she is left with the care of an alcoholic father-in-law, a failing farm, and her two younger kids. Struggling to choose up the items of her life, Alison is pressured to reckon with the explanations for her husband’s loss of life whereas making an attempt to forge a brand new path for her household in rural Victoria.
MAGPIE, directed by Sam Yates (UK)
A married couple’s relationship (Daisy Ridley and Shazad Latif) begins to fracture when their daughter is forged alongside a glamorous film star (Matilda Lutz). As suspicions intensify, secrets and techniques and lies threaten to bubble to the floor and destroy all of them. A Shout Studios launch.
Screening with the quick movie ONE TAKE, directed by Elizabeth Cappuccino
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, directed by Adam Eliot (Australia)
Grace, a younger woman in Seventies Australia, begins accumulating snails after her mom’s loss of life. She and her twin brother Gilbert stay with their father Percy, an alcoholic former juggler and paraplegic, till he dies in his sleep and the twins are separated and despatched to foster houses lots of of miles away from one another. That includes the voices of Eric Bana, Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Nick Cave. An IFC FIlms launch.
Screening with the quick movie I WANT TO BE ALONE, directed by Piper Charron.
MICRO BUDGET, directed by Morgan Evans (USA)
When Terry (Patrick Noth) discovers he’s about to be a father, he does what every other sane particular person would do. He strikes himself and his nine-months-pregnant spouse from Iowa to Los Angeles to shoot a low-budget indie film and promote it to a streamer for a “fuck-ton of money.”
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany/France/Iran)
Investigating Decide Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his spouse and daughters, imposing draconian measures that pressure household ties as societal guidelines crumble. A Neon launch.
SKEET, directed by Nik Sexton (Canada)
Recent out of jail, Billy Skinner (Sean Dalton) returns to his reworked low-income neighborhood feeling like a fish out of water. The world has modified dramatically, and what was as soon as a predominantly white neighborhood is now largely occupied by refugee households.
TALLYWACKER, directed by Brendan Boogie (USA)
When he will get a shot on the massive time, Allister (Jeremy Dubs), a rock musician with brittle bone illness, is pressured to decide on between a lifetime of touring or remaining in Boston with bandmate Chris Goowin (Emmett) and protecting mom Bonnie (Laurie Hamfeldt Mahoney).
TEN YEARS MYANMAR, directed by Thaiddhi, Nay Wunn Ni, Myo Thar Khin, Aung Min & Lamin Oo (Myanmar)
An omnibus of 5 tales speculating on the way forward for Myanmar, curated by Keiko Sei, with help by Chris Hill
TO A LAND UNKNOWN, directed by Mahdi Fleifel (Greece/ Denmark/ United Kingdom/ Netherlands/ Qatar/ Saudi Arabia/ Palestine)
Chatila (Mahmood Bakri) and Reda (Aram Sabbah) are Palestinian refugees dwelling in Athens and try to save lots of what little cash they’ll purchase to buy pretend passports to allow them to transfer to Germany. When Reda spends all their cash on heroin, Chatila is drawn right into a high-risk smuggling plot.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, directed by Matthew Rankin (Canada)
In a mysterious and surreal interzone someplace between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of a number of characters interweave with one another in shocking methods. An Oscilloscope Laboratories launch.
QUEEN OF THE RING, directed by Ash Avildsen (USA)
The true story of Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards), the primary million-dollar feminine athlete in historical past. Millie, a younger single mom, defies societal norms by changing into an expert wrestler throughout a time when feminine wrestling was unlawful in a lot of the U.S. Beginning her profession by competing in opposition to males at carnivals, she builds a formidable report and paves the best way for ladies’s wrestling to realize acceptance.
VULCANIZADORA, directed by Joel Potrykus (USA)
Two mates, Marty and Derek, trudge by way of a Michigan forest with the intention of following by way of on a disturbing pact. After they fail, one among them should return dwelling to cope with the authorized and emotional repercussions. A Manufacturing facility 25 launch.
A WITCH LIVES IN THE ATTIC, directed by Lilith Crimi (USA)
A witch and different unusual issues stay within the attic above lonely, dope-addled artist, Gray. After assembly Renee, Gray struggles to appease these beings, as she tries to seek out her place inside the outdoors world.
Screening with the quick movie RED THUMB, directed by Kolya Kishinsky & Geneva Huffman
BIFF SHORTS PROGRAMS
COMEDIES + DRAMEDIES
A set of comedies, dramedies, episodics and shorts.
That includes the quick movies and episodes:
THE CAFONE, EPISODE # 1: “THE BADGE”, directed by Thomas Bentey
PROBLEMATIC, directed by Sushma Khadepaun
CINCHING SADDLES, directed by Aman Pannu & Kevin Sengara
PREMIUM CASKET, directed by Josh Park
EXPECTING, directed by Esther Rauch
BREAKFAST, directed by Ohad Ira Amram
CROSSING PATHS
An ode to all method of encounters.
Options the quick movies:
HOLDING ON FOREVER, directed by Chelsea Christer
OVER THE HILL, directed by Ryan Canney
SHINER, directed by Nora Marris
OKAY BOOMER, directed by Julian Stamboulieh
TRYING, directed by Emily Alpren
COYOTES, directed by Vashti Anderson
MATINEE BABY, directed by Thom Hilton
HANDLE WITH CARE, directed by Michael Glover Smith
DANGER ZONE
NSFW. WTF. LMFAO. Motion pictures.
That includes the quick movies:
WHEN JACOB JINKERS CAME TO TOWN, directed by Max Levine & Alex Schulman
HEAP, directed by Kyle Marchen
SECRET MENU BEAUTY PAGEANT, directed by Frankie Campisano & SG Egan
TRANSYLVANIE, directed by Rodrigue Huart
BERTA, directed by Lucia Forner Segarra
MIDNIGHT POSTMAN, directed by Alycia Ripley
HAIR DIE, directed by Emily Sugar
DECOLONIAL SPOTLIGHTS
Anti-ethnographic works that present home windows into the lives, minds and cultures of a number of the world’s most enjoyable, up to date Indigenous filmmakers.
Options the quick movies:
TENTSÍTEWAHKWE, directed by Katsitsionni Fox
TAHNAANOOKU’, directed by Justin Deegan
ARMEA, directed by Letila Mitchell
ENCHUKUNOTO / THE RETURN, directed by Laissa Malih
EXPERIMENTAL (PROGRAM O)
Cinematic poetry in pixels and on celluloid; and works that experiment with the shape, perform and construction of movie and media ecosystems.
That includes the quick movies:
THE LOST SEASON, directed by Kelly Sears
NKISI, directed by Joel Mulindwa
40° 24.2983’N 79° 58.251’W, directed by Tony Buba
DEEP TIME OF LATENT SPACE, directed by Eric Souther
I DREAM OF THINGS FORBIDDEN, directed by Phil Hastings
A KIND OF TESTAMENT, directed by Stephen Vuillemin
ADIDAS OWNS REALITY, directed by Keil Orion Troisi & Igor Vamos
BLEACH, directed by Giuliano Joseph Gatti
DISTANT EARLY WARNING directed by Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli
EXPERIMENTAL (PROGRAM X)
Cinematic poetry in pixels and on celluloid; and works that experiment with the shape, perform and construction of movie and media ecosystems.
Options the quick movies:
BODY-ODDY-ODDY-ODDY: DESTABILIZING THE SURVEILLING OF QUEER BODIES, directed by Benjamin Rosenthal & Eric Souther
ARE WE HUMAN OR ARE WE MACHINE, directed by Jamie Hager
POEM WITH HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, directed by Pamela Falkenberg & Jack Cochran
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE COMMON TOAD, directed by G. Anthony Svatek
ANCIENT LORE, directed by Patrick Müller
29° S, 71°W, directed by Sandy Williams IV
THIS NIGHT, directed by Roshni Jayakrishnan Nair
MEMORIES OF AN EMPTY HOUSE, directed by Bruno Carnide
GLOBAL EPISOTIC
Ladies’s tales – a womb with a view.
Options the episodic works:
ESCORT: A NEW CALL, created by Darina Manapova
EXPECTING, created by Esther Rauch
IN RETROSPECT
Typically you must rewind to maneuver ahead.
Options the quick movies:
DISSOLUTION, directed by Anthony Saxe
MANTING, directed by Shuyao Chen
MINUTES TO GO, directed by Rick Web page
HELLO, GOODBYE, directed by Chris Lee
REINITA, directed byMariana Canelones
HUSTLES
Movies about movers, shakers, forgers, scrappers – shorts about scams, negotiations and doing the work.
That includes the quick movies:
THE MASTERPIECE, directed by Àlex Lora
HALF A LIFE, directed by Sanjit Majumdar & Ranju Majumdar
FALL RISK, directed by Alex Martini
SCRATCH OFF, directed by Tara E. Sheffer
DORI, directed by Redi Mazi
SHADOW BROTHER SUNDAY, directed by Alden Ehrenreich
LIVE AND LET DIE
Existential tales.
That includes the quick movies:
E FOR EILEEN, directed by Gerard Brennan & Kelly Ryan
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, directed by Dahlia Nemlich
SOIL, directed by Saman Abaee
A SHOW OF THE STRAY, directed by Qi Tan
LOCAL PORTRAITS
Intimate portraits of Western New Yorkers who’ve left an enduring affect on our area.
Options the quick movies:
BUFFALO: CITY OF REFUGE, directed by Olga Joanna Mazurkiewicz
I AM HERE YOU ARE NOT I LOVE YOU, directed by Aidan Matthew Ryan
POTTERY PETE: REVITALIZING HODINÖHŠO:NI:H POTTERY, directed by Jocelyn C Jones
CONNIE – THE POWERS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, directed by Dorothea Braemer
HONORING SACRIFICE: THE STORY OF ROY ALDRIDGE, directed by Sierra Annunziata
MIGRATIONS
Fiction and nonfiction diasporic tales from across the globe.
Options the quick movies:
UNTIL HE’S BACK, directed by Jacqueline Baylon
DEAF, directed by Roy Arida
CHRYSTALLID, directed by Esteban Powell
THE TEST, directed by Claudia Myers & Laura Waters Hinson
A JOURNEY OF FAITH, directed by Gabriel Ponte-Fleary
NEXT GEN
Considerate and enjoyable, teen made shorts. BIFF companions with Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Artwork Middle and their superior monitor Teen Council college students to overview submissions, and curate and manage this screening.
Options the quick movies:
THE REASONS, directed by Kendric Warrick
YESTERDAY, directed by Issrat Prova
FEMININE SCREAMS OF A FORCED SAGA, directed by Ericka Palmer
{HIDDEN, SOUL & CONFESSION}, directed by Roja Khanam
BADGES & BATONS, GUNS DRAWN, directed by Mo Hill
AWAKENING, directed by Nusrin Sultana
DEAD BIRDS AND CHAINED NATIONS, directed by Cole Chapels
THE BOX, directed by Willow Dilweg
DMV, directed by Zelda Abramovich
OUR FLAGS, OUR GLORY, directed by Kim-Jimi + Dr. Lisa Spencer
TOO FAST, directed by Annika Wilewicz
HISTOIRE D’AMOUR DE L’OMBRE / SHADOW LOVE STORY, directed by Liya Imply
DRIFTERS IN BEIJING,directed by Jiaxin Li (Dir.)
NEED A LIGHT?, directed by Jillian Smith
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
Fiction and nonfiction tales from around the globe in regards to the individuals trapped between the politics.
Options the quick movies:
TITANIC, SUITABLE VERSION FOR IRANIAN FAMILIES, directed by Farnoosh Samadi
ÇÜRÜK, directed by Marion Molinari + Tuğçe Karabacak
PALESTINE ISLANDS directed by Nour Ben Salem + Julien Menanteau
FOR THE PEOPLE, directed by Waylon Wilson
WE RIDE FOR HER, directed by Prairie Rose Seminole & Katrina Lillian Sorrentino
WHEN WILL IT SNOW, directed by Soot On
RACIAL JUSTICE IN VIEW
Evocative shorts exploring racial and social justice points – free neighborhood program.
Options the quick movies:
INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY • AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER, directed by Safiya Songhai
Addressing racial injustice, directed Dewitt Lee
HOW TO SUE THE KLAN, directed by John Beder
TEHRAN IS OURS, directed by Hamideh Azimi
I AM READY, WARDEN, directed by Smriti Mundhra
A TIMELINE OF UB’S PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS AND POLICE BACKLASH, directed by Dominick Joseph Matarese
RECIPROCITY
Fiction and nonfiction shorts that share decolonial themes, and deal with reciprocity and gratitude.
Options the quick movies:
MA ŊAYE KA MASAALA A SE KA WƆMƐTI / FROM GOD TO MAN, directed by Lansana Mansaray
TAYAL FOREST CLUB, directed by Laha Mebow
GATH & Ok’IYH: LISTEN TO HEAL, directed by Princess Daazhraii Johnson
ÁHKUIN, directed by Radio-JusSunná / Sunná Nousuniemi & Guhtur Niillas Rita Duomis / Tuomas Kumpulainen
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
Enjoyable, household pleasant cartoons from WNY’s main animation packages and world creators.
Options the quick movies:
EDISON’S GRAVY, directed by Ryan George Kittleman
FEATHERLIGHT, directed by Madeline van Wijngaarden
CAP’N & THE KRAKEN, directed by Trevor Saeva (Dir)
LAUREL’S BIRTHDAY SPLASH, directed by Alenyz Paris
DAY AT DAD’S SHOP, directed by Nicole Olszewski
WILD GOON CHASE, directed by Kylie Ann Boyle
HAMSTER HEIST, directed by Alexis Taylor Payne
AN EARLY SPRING, directed by Giovanna Fortunato
ONE NIGHT AT THE ZOO, directed by Virgil Hare
MY DOG’S LEG, directed by Ashton Polak
BILLY AND SKIPPY: VACATIONS ARE NOT FOR HEROES, directed by Asher XT Gordon
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, directed by Katie Cobos
LOVING CARE, directed by Peyton Monroe
CRUMBLE, directed by Gabrielle Bautista
SHRINKING SKIRMISH, directed by Cassie Volkin
MYSTIC MAYHEM directed by Victoria Meinhold
EARTH THROUGH STARRY EYES directed by Caitlin Paige Cork
THE WITCH AND THE FLOWER, directed by Erin J. Hill
SPACES
Place-based nonfiction from Western New York, Southern Ontario and past.
That includes the quick movies:
TERRY’S LITTLE VILLAGE, directed by Jack Kukolic
BEYOND THE WHITE CUBE, directed by Giulia Magno
GROWING UP ABSURD, directed by Matan Berman
PINS AND NEEDLES, directed by Claire Beseler
BEAR EARS: ECHOES OF TIME, directed by Daniel Richardson
SERPENTINE, directed by Amanda Besl
STUDENTS (PROGRAM 1)
The following era of nice storytellers, now
That includes the quick movies:
THE MOON AND THE SUN, directed by Katie E. Daugherty
LUX, directed by Mira H. Steuer
PROMETHEAN, directed by Nina Marie Aisa & Jhunleroy Morala
SUNDAYS ARE FOR WINNERS, directed by Ryan Elizabeth Brady
GHOST MARRIAGE, directed by Vivian Chung
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN GOD, directed by Grace Park
THE LIFE HARM, directed by Ethan King
JUAN, directed by Azriel Chavez
WHEN THE WORLD CHANGES, directed by Benjamin Caruccio & Changhee Chun
THE WELLSPRING, directed by C.J. Henrich
BEFORE EVERYTHING CHANGES, directed by Giulia Guzzo
SUCH A MONSTER, directed by Taylor Mann
STUDENTS (PROGRAM 2)
Proudly presenting the subsequent era of storytellers from Western New York faculties and universities.
That includes the quick movies:
Washed Up, directed by Ashlyn Taylor Kreiss
Faculty Haze, directed by Ian Hagerty
The place We Are, directed by Katelyn Park
Shoelaces, directed by Eddie D. Murphy
Molting, directed by Maia B. Kromer
NO(BODY), directed by Nathaniel Washburn
SUPERMASSIVE, directed by India June
A NEW CHALLENGER, directed by Vinh Hong Nguyen
BPD – CHRONICLES – JOESPH G ALVAREZ, directed by Cat Martinez
THEO’S TEARS, directed by Jeremy Shinder
KISS OF GOD, directed by Matthew “Ari” Roman & Piper Mohring
Eldritch Kiss, directed by J. Ramos & Claudia Nero
TWISTED
Sit again, loosen up, and get uncomfortable.
That includes the quick movies:
THE CONJUGAL VISIT, directed by Ryan Lampe
HONESTLY WORK, directed by Angel Barber
THIRST, directed by Jedi Joongoo Kang
TEA, directed by Blake Winston Rice
LUH, HAMMERHEAD, directed by Jamison Namingha
ROOM FOR TWO, directed by EJ Yeh
CYCLES, directed by Will Darbyshire
HI! YOU ARE CURRENTLY BEING RECORDED, directed by Kyle Garrett Greenberg & Anna Maguire
WNY STORIES
Distinctive tales from across the block and across the area.
That includes the quick movies:
BLOKE WITH A CELL PHONE, directed by Richard Fysh
LEMON WATER, directed by Oscar James Heard
MY FRIEND MATTY, directed by John Takacs
WHEN I SEE YOU, directed by Ben Richey & Tony Vescio
LOVE AND RODENTS, directed by Mary Wall
APPLES TO ORANGES, directed by Trisha Pickelhaupt
PORTLAND IS THE NEW PORTLAND” directed by Christopher Scamurra
GEOFFREY SHOW LIVE, directed by Daniel Swinton
THE WAITING ROOM, directed Jahaad Shairi
YA
Teen goals and drama queens. The younger and the stressed.
That includes the quick movies:
LIP VIRGIN, directed by Shimrit Eldis
SUNFLOWER GIRL, directed by Holly M. Kaplan
EXUVIA, directed by Scott Burkhardt
KIMMI, directed by Ford Blitzer + Kelsey Ledgin
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024, directed by Derrick Benton
ONE NOTE, directed by Jamie Ting
