Buffalo International Film Festival

05/27/2026

Find your audience this fall in Buffalo, NY at BIFF 2026! Late deadline June 12 - submissions are open now at filmfreeway.com/buffalofilm

05/22/2026

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Have a film or episode to submit - learn more at https://filmfreeway.com/buffalofilm

04/21/2026

Regular Deadline May 15!
Submit your film or episode at filmfreeway.com/buffalofilm

04/14/2026

Early Bird Deadline Friday!
Submit your film or episode at filmfreeway.com/buffalofilm

Find your audience at Western New York’s premiere cinematic event - Buffalo International Film Festival! Now in its 20th year, the annual eight day festiv...

04/09/2026

One night only! Filmed in Buffalo!

Co-Directors Gene Gallerano + Will Pisciotta + Producer Johnathan Brownlee will attend a post-screening live audience Q+A moderated by BIFF Director Anna Scime.

Tickets – https://northparktheatre.org/shows/yeti-w-filmmaker-qa/

04/04/2026

One night only! Filmed in Buffalo!
Co-Directors Gene Gallerano + Will Pisciotta + Producer Johnathan Brownlee will attend a post-screening live audience Q+A moderated by BIFF Director Anna Scime.
Tickets – https://northparktheatre.org/shows/yeti-w-filmmaker-qa/

03/10/2026

Microbudget (BIFF 2024) is now streaming on Tubi!

Inspired by the success of low-budget Paranormal Activity, an aspiring director recklessly uproots his pregnant wife from Iowa to LA to make an indie.

03/04/2026

Contemporary Indigenous filmmakers from across North and South America provide windows into their cultures, stories, and lives through this vibrant collection of short animated, narrative, and documentary films. Ages 8+.

Free screening!  March 7 at 11:30AM at North Park Theatre. More info + reserve your seats here – https://biff26.eventive.org/schedule/698f7982d65b18e17836d1de

Curated by New York International Children’s Film Festival.

Presented by New York International Children’s Film Festival and Buffalo International Film Festival.

02/27/2026

WTO/99
Ian Bell (Dir), USA, 100 minutes, 2025�
An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impacts on human rights, labor, and the environment.�

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28 – WTO/99 @ 4PMw/ post-screening virtual/live audience Q+A w/ Editor/Producer Alex Megaro

Single tickets are $10. Double feature w/ HELLO DANKNESS tickets are $15.

Organized and hosted by Jason Livingston.�
Presented in partnership with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.�

Tickets + more info here – Biff26.eventive.org

02/27/2026

HELLO DANKNESS
Soda Jerk (Dir), Australia, 70 minutes, 2023
Comprised entirely of hundreds of pirated film samples, Hello Dankness is a bent suburban musical that bears witness to the psychotropic cultural spectacle of the period 2016 to 2021. Set in the American suburbs, the film follows a neighbourhood through these years as consensus reality disintegrates into conspiracies and other political contagions. Part political satire, zombie stoner film, and Greek tragedy, the work is also informed by the encrypted memetics of contemporary internet culture.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28 – Hello Dankness @ 6:15PM

Organized and hosted by Jason Livingston.
Presented in partnership with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.
Tickets + more info here – Biff26.eventive.org