This listing is only the films screening at Hallwalls. Other locations are the North Park Theater, Squeaky Wheel, and Burchfield Penney Art Center.
A full schedule, festival passes, and individual tickets are available at the BIFF website.

FRIDAY, OCT. 5

3:00 p.m. - Go Gentle (Steve Rosenthal, 45 minutes, USA, 2018)
This documentary is a compassionate call for changes in the way we deal with end-of-life issues, from someone on the front lines. Director Steve Rosenthal in attendance.

4:30 p.m. - BIFF Shorts: Global
Captivating narratives and documentaries from Brazil, France, Russia, Portugal, Kosovo, and Puerto Rico.

(117 minutes total runtime)

Mini Miss (Rachel Daisy Ellis, 16 minutes, Brazil, 2018)
Five young girls compete to be crowned Mini Miss Baby Brazil in a documentary that provides intimate access into children's innate capacity for resistance in a world dominated by adult norms and desires.

Pitigua (Paula Cirilo, 3 minutes, USA, 2018)
A grey kingbird and a red-tailed hawk fight against each other for the light that makes the night and the day.

The Head & The Hand (Marc Sepra Francoeur, 23 minutes, USA, 2018)
Examining the life-long friendship of seniors Orandina and Angelina, who grew up together in a home for orphaned girls, Marc Sepra Francoeur crafts a rich documentary reflecting on disability, independence, and sisterhood.

Forgive Me (Besim Ugzmjli, 15 minutes, Kosovo, 2018)
A youngster is manipulated by a Kosovar Imam into joining terrorist groups in Syria in Besim Ugzmjli's powerful and handsomely crafted drama.

Those Who Can Die (Charlotte Cayeux, 19 minutes, France, 2018)
A 15-year-old girl sees the light at a dystopian boarding school in Charlotte Cayeux's low-fi thriller.

Alma Bandida (Marco Antonio Pereira, 15 minutes, Portugal, 2018)
A man's quest to give his girlfriend a gift takes a turn for the weird in Marco Antonio Pereira's light drama.

Daddy (Ksenia Tolmazin, 7 minutes, Russia, 2018)
A conservative, patriarchal man gains a new outlook on life when he's forced to take care of his newborn daughter for the day.

Tirana 100Km (Lorin Terezi, 19 minutes, Albania, 2018)
A woman travels back to her birthplace following a life changing event in this captivating drama from Albania.

7:00 p.m. - BIFF Episodic: Comedies
A hilarious celebration of diverse multi-arc, character-driven, episodic storytelling.

(83 minutes total runtime)

Linked (Stacey Maltin, 23 minutes, USA, 2018)
Exploring a group of seemingly fragmented people connected through sex and loneliness, Stacey Maltin's Linked offers an unexpectedly funny and dark take on New York City living.

F#cking 40 (Bill Caco, 20 minutes, USA, 2018)
Four childhood friends navigate marriages, careers, families, relationships, and (mid)life in LA in Bill Caco's painfully funny and insightful comedy series. Director Bill Caco in attendance.

Coming Together (Wessel van Schaik, 18 minutes, USA, 2018)
Six college students explore sexuality in pursuit of genuine pleasure in Wessel van Schaik's bi-curious sex comedy with heart.

Man-Babies (Tyler Hollinger, 22 minutes, USA, 2018)
Writer/director Tyler Hollinger stars as the world's first pregnant man searching for clues to explain this miracle in a hilarious romcom. Writer/director Tyler Hollinger in attendance.

9:15 p.m. - Black Site (Tom Paton, 90 minutes, USA, 2018) (with Lady Hunters)
An ode to 80s action-fantasy flicks, a young woman pushes past her worst fears to battle an ancient entity back to where it came from.
Lady Hunters (Angela Atwood, 15 minutes, USA)
Three best friends on a moms' weekend retreat to the Adirondacks are moved by revenge in Angela Atwood's timely, black comedy. Director Angela Atwood in attendance.

SATURDAY, OCT. 6

11:00 a.m. - My Tourette's (Alessandro Molatore, 75 minutes, USA, 2018)
Five brave individuals with severe Tourette's Syndrome take part in an experimental case study that transforms their lives.

1:15 p.m. - The Providers (Anna Moot-Levin & Laura Green, 85 min., USA, 2018)
Three rural healthcare providers in New Mexico face multiple challenges as an innovative pilot program is set to expire.

3:15 p.m. - BIFF Episodic: Workplaces
Multi-arc storytelling goes to work in this collection of independently produced drama and science fiction episodes.

5:00 p.m. - The Manhattan Front (Cathy Lee Crane, 89 minutes, USA, 2018)
Women, anarchists, and spies conjure the fantastically true story of how America entered WWI. East Coast premiere. Director Cathy Lee Crane in attendance.

7:00 p.m. - When She Runs (with AmyDee)
Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, 70 min., USA, 2018
A young mother alienates herself at great cost from her friends and family as she pursues her dream of becoming a professional runner.
AmyDee (Amy DePaola, 15 minutes, USA, 2018)
A thrilling meditation on reclaiming one's power in an uncontrollable modern world from writer/director/star Amy DePaola.

9:00 p.m. - BIFF Shorts: New York State
Films from "upstate" and "downstate"…stories that could only happen in New York.

SUNDAY, OCT. 7:
11:30 a.m. - The Foundation of Criminal Excellence (Oskars Rupenheits, 126 minutes, Latvia, 2018)
BIFF GLOBAL: International Narratives. NY Premiere. A screenwriter working on a script about con artists influences his friend who becomes entangled in a real-world schism in Oskars Rupenheits' playful 1980s-period Latvian comedy.

Candyland (Taylor Bracewell, 12 minutes, USA, 2018)
Two hard-edged candy company representatives make a nighttime stop at a backwoods grocer, and things quickly turn from sweet to sour in this witty, dark comedy.

2:00 p.m. - About A Donkey (Christina Raia, 77 minutes, USA, 2018)
NY Premiere. Three adult siblings reunite at their childhood home to help their struggling parents and each other in Christina Raia's touching family drama.

The Liberty (Jill Sachs, 22 minutes, USA, 2018)
A woman struggles to uphold the dream of her idealistic father on the eve of the "Grand Reopening" of the family's shuttered movie palace.

4:15 p.m. - Pet Names (Carol Brandt, 75 minutes, USA, 2018)
NY Premiere. Writer/Producer Lee Havlicek in attendance.
Meredith Johnson writes and stars as a grad school dropout, caring for her terminally ill mother. She takes a break to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend (Rene Cruz) in Carol Brandt's tender, nuanced character study.
Summer (Mikhaela Mahony, 20 minutes, USA, 2018)
On the last day of summer, family traditions reveal family secrets.

6:30 p.m. - BIFF Shorts: Next Chapters
Global and domestic narratives and docs about rolling with the punches, reinvention, and moving on.

9:00 p.m. - BIFF Shorts: Students
A celebration of emerging voices from around the region.

MONDAY, OCT. 8:

12:00 p.m. - Chasing Portraits (Elizabeth Rynecki, 77 minutes, USA, 2018)
The great-granddaughter of painter Moshe Rynecki, a victim of the Majdanek concentration camp, seeks to regain her family's lost history.

2:00 p.m. - Dominee Tienie (Sallas de Jagar, 97 minutes, South Africa, 2018)
International Premiere. A reverend must face his fears and win back his confidence in order to lead his fragmented congregation into a new era in Sallas de Jagar's powerful drama.
Idol (Luisa Taraz, 9 minutes, Austria, 2018)
Struggling to finish a long commissioned work, artist Loudo finds himself inspired to create a masterpiece that changes his entire life.

4:15 p.m. - Mexman (Josh Polon, 90 minutes, USA, 2018)
NY Premiere. Germán is a young artist and filmmaker striving to complete his first feature film, while plagued by the ghost of a long-lost love and a battle for creative control with his producers in Josh Polon's obsessively crafted character study.
Lotte That Silhouette Girl (Carla Patullo, 10 min., USA, 2018)
This film animates the life of pioneering animator Lotte Reiniger who ignited the screen with shadows, light, and a pair of magical scissors.

6:45 p.m. - The Sentence (Rudy Valdez, 85 minutes, USA, 2018)
An examination of how draconian mandatory drug sentencing laws affect families.

8:45 p.m. - One Bedroom (Darien Sills-Evans, 83 minutes, 2018)
A 30-something couple in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood spend their final afternoon arguing and remembering better days.