BIFF's Annual Award Announcements for Official Selections in Competition.

From the humorous to the heartbreaking – unique stories from around the block and the region.

In this gritty American drama set in the Rust Belt, Andy Logan inherits nothing from his father but debts and bad habits.

Meditations on labor; and dispatches from miners, the creative class, and frontline workers.

Humboldt Parkway was a beloved feature of Buffalo until it was bulldozed in the 1960s. Now the community has the opportunity to restore it.

A nuanced and deeply human portrait of a father and his teenage daughter navigating everyday life in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

When a mysterious entity crashes in the woods, Sheri and her sh*!kicker friends must stop an insatiable, intergalactic hunger.

A layered and multifaceted meditation on the uses and abuses of memory culture.

The birth of a gymnastics team in Pakistan provides an inspiring spark of light for a small group of girls on the margins.

A story of healing and hope based on Rushdie's memoir KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER.

This meta-filmic meditation peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller, CRUISING.

Rebellious teens and coming-of-age stories.

Stories of love, loss, longing and letting go.