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.

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.

(77 minutes total runtime)

Public Writer (Eric Piccoli, 20 minutes, Canada, 2018)
Inspired by actual events, this acclaimed series follows the day in the life of a writer working to serve the public in a Montreal community center. Director Eric Piccoli in attendance.

Pushing Skills (Michael A. Krehan, 17 minutes, USA, 2018)
A street-smart hustler uses his invention to give people extraordinary skills for few hours, but finds himself in trouble when the wrong people want in on his venture.

The Big Nothing (Lucy Campball & Peter Ninos, 40 minutes, Australia, 2018)
A detective is sent to an isolated mining station near Saturn to investigate the murder of its captain in a thrilling nonlinear sci-fi mystery from Australia.

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. (84 minutes total runtime)

Regular (Dan Mecca, 7 minutes, USA, 2018)
A bartender confronts a regular customer of hers in the wake of a polarizing event.
Director Dan Mecca in attendance.

Uniform (Ellie Foumbi & Michael Niederman, 8 minutes, USA, 2018)
A lesbian couple find themselves at odds with what to do when their 6-year old son is sent home from school for wearing a dress.

In The Vice (Stavroula Toska, 8 minutes, USA, 2018)
A Wall Street businesswoman turns to an unlikely source for performance enhancing drugs.

Old Habits (Sophie Ellsberg, 14 minutes, USA, 2018)
Two women are reunited at the scene of a hunting accident that left one of them disabled.

Phantom Sugar (Grace Phillips, 15 minutes, USA, 2018)
Over the course of a workweek, a young woman takes cues from the universe to make serious life changes. Director Grace Phillips in attendance.

Butterflies (Cady McClain, 13 minutes, USA, 2018)
Abandoned by her childhood best friend, a teenager is inspired to fight back by contemplating the life cycle of a butterfly.

Every Other Weekend (Josh Rothstein, 19 minutes, USA, 2018)
A day in the life story of a strong willed 10-year-old girl and her misguided alcoholic mother.