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BIFF SHORTS: SECRETSInterior lives and exterior spaces. Total runtime is 87 minutes.
HABIBI
Alexey Evstigneev (Dir), 16 minutes, Kazakhstan / France, Western New York Premiere
In Kazakh w/ English subtitles.
Kazakhstan. Laura and Daur live in an isolated village high in the mountains. Today, Laura will be traveling to the city to give birth.
Many thanks to Manifest Pictures.
BURY ME HOME
Adel Kamal (Dir), 15 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere
In English + Arabic w/ English subtitles.
A Syrian man flees a tragic past and arrives in New York to join his estranged brother, but as he struggles with assimilation, a devastating secret threatens to unravel their fractured bond.
THE RUG
Camil Ghajary (Dir), 23 minutes, Canada / Iran, Western New York Premiere
In Persian w/ English subtitles.
Hamed, a hardworking rug cleaner in Tehran, faces a dilemma after discovering that one of the expensive Persian rugs he picked up for cleaning is missing. Desperate to find it and avoid the hefty cost of replacement, he retraces his steps, growing increasingly suspicious of his friends who handled the order the previous evening.
CAPTAIN LIMA
Filipe Carvalho (Dir), 20 minutes, Brazil, Western New York Premiere
Director Filipe Carvalho in attendance.
In Portuguese w/ English subtitles.
In the future no one could be free. A man returns to Capitão Lima Street, in downtown Recife, trying to relive the night he kissed another man for the first time. But is it possible to relive the freedom of a memory?
KILORAN BAY
Michael Bruce (Dir), 13 minutes, UK, Western New York Premiere
Triple threat Alan Cumming truly shines in this glorious 14-minute musical short recalling an emotional coming out origin story rife with nostalgia and danger. After decades away from his homeland, a gay man returns to Scotland with his partner to attend a wedding cèilidh, only to recall memories he spent a lifetime avoiding.
Many thanks to The Film Collaborative.
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