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.

11:30 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.