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Buffalo International Film Festival

BIFF Announces award winners
3 mins read
  • Film
  • News
  • Oct25

BIFF Announces award winners

October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Awards, BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival

Buffalo Film: Top picks from the past week’s festival JURIED AWARDS + AUDIENCE AWARDS ANNOUNCED  BEST WNY FEATURE – BARISTAS VS BILLIONAIRES  BEST WNY FEATUREBARISTAS VS BILLIONAIRESDirected by Mark Mori  BEST […]

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Review: Film shows ‘what it’s like for us’
4 mins read
  • Film
  • Oct25
  • Review

Review: Film shows ‘what it’s like for us’

October 15, 2025October 17, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, North Park Theatre

Review Maisie Strader says that as someone who has lived in Upstate New York all her life, she never had to imagine what it truly feels like to be forcefully displaced or driven out of my own country. “The Act of Dreaming” shows her that.

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‘Stationed at Home’ seeks to capture scrappy, indy spirit
5 mins read
  • Film
  • Oct25

‘Stationed at Home’ seeks to capture scrappy, indy spirit

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, North Park Theatre

“Stationed at Home,” featured tonight (Oct. 14) in the Buffalo International Film Festival, is the kind of movie that film festivals are made for. We spoke with writer/director Daniel Masciari and one of the producers, Eliza VanCort.

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Director Jessica Kourkounis brings home a unique vision
6 mins read
  • Film
  • Oct25
  • Preview

Director Jessica Kourkounis brings home a unique vision

October 11, 2025October 12, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, film shorts, Hallwalls

“The Space Between Attack and Decay” is one of the featured films in the Buffalo International Film Festival’s “Trips + Transformations” program on Sunday at Hallwalls. Buffalo Hive Editor Elmer Ploetz spoke with director Jessica Kourkounis.

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Review: ‘Turn Up the Night’ turns up the volume
3 mins read
  • Film
  • Review

Review: ‘Turn Up the Night’ turns up the volume

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 The Editor1Tagged Buffalo International Film Festival, North Park, Rick Masi

Hair metal dreams are made of this … “Turn Up the Night” is the story of a midwestern boy trying to make it big in Los Angeles (with Buffalo standing in for LA). Mia Ciechalski has the review. The film screens tonight as part of the Buffalo International Film Festival.

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Review: ‘Baristas vs Billionaires’ gets the blend just right
3 mins read
  • Film
  • Oct25
  • Review

Review: ‘Baristas vs Billionaires’ gets the blend just right

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 The Editor1Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, Starbucks, Starbucks union

Behind the familiar green apron and the sounds of espresso machines, “Baristas vs Billionaires” is a story about courage, community and the power of saying “no more,” says reviewer Ximena Ramirez Hernandez.

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Buffalo International Film Festival set to take flight
4 mins read
  • Film
  • Oct25
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Buffalo International Film Festival set to take flight

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival

The Buffalo International
Film Festival starts with a soft opening Thursday night, then a hard opening with a gala and the world premiere screening of the “Baristas vs. Billionaires” documentary at the North Park Theatre. We spoke with BIFF Artistic Director John Fink about this year’s event.

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Stephen McKinley Henderson to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Buffalo International Film Festival
2 mins read
  • Film
  • News
  • Oct25

Stephen McKinley Henderson to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Buffalo International Film Festival

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Buffalo International Film Festival

This year’s edition of the Buffalo International Film Festival will pay tribute to actor Stephen McKinley Henderson, who will present his new film The Dutchman as well as an older one he personally selected, Everyday People (2004). 

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‘Baristas vs. Billionaires’ set to open Buffalo International Film Festival
2 mins read
  • Film
  • Sept25

‘Baristas vs. Billionaires’ set to open Buffalo International Film Festival

September 30, 2025September 29, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival

The Buffalo International Film Festival, which begins next week at venues around Buffalo, has announced its opening and closing night films “Baristas vs. Billionaires” and “The Panic.”

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Hallwalls: ‘Love Bites’ – A Vampire Double Feature
2 mins read
  • Feb25
  • Film
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Hallwalls: ‘Love Bites’ – A Vampire Double Feature

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, fundraiser, Hallwalls, vampire films

Sometimes love sucks, and so do vampires. So the “Love Bites” vampire double feature at Hallwalls on Friday, Valentine’s Day, just makes sense. It’s also a fundraiser for the Buffalo International Film Festival, which doesn’t suck at all.

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