BIFF Short Films 2
BIFF Short Films 2
5 BIFF Short Films, 78minutes: Yellow | Afghanistan/UK 2023; Dead Cat | Canada 2023; Bienvenidos a Los Angeles | USA 2022; We Have Notes | USA 2024; The One Note Man | UK 2023
$18 General Admission | $16 Students & Seniors | $14 Museum Members
BIFF Short Film Descriptions
Yellow Afghanistan/UK, Short Film |2023, 13 minutes Subtitled
In Taliban–controlled Afghanistan, Laili walks into a Chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil. She is drawn to the sounds of music coming from the back and discovers a young man, a disillusioned Taliban member, secretly playing the Rabab. In her search for a veil that fits, Laili must confront the new future she faces, while glimpsing the world beyond the mesh of her Chadari.
Directed by Elham Ehsas
Colorado Premiere
Dead Cat Canada, Short Film | 2023, 13 minutes
What were Catherine and Louis thinking when they chose a cat with distinctive white spots? It would have been much easier to replace if they had picked the all-black one! Now, they will have to tell their daughter Sophie that Nugget’s dead. Unless…
Directed by Danick Audet, Annie-Claude Caron
Colorado Premiere
2024 Oscar Live Action Shorts Shortlist
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles USA Short Film | 2022, 17 minutes
Inspired by true events, and shot on location at LAX, Bienvenidos a Los Angeles follows Imani, a Nigerian single mother living in Los Angeles, who offers to help a perfect stranger reunite with her son. In doing so, Imani learns this simple act of kindness threatens to jeopardize her path to citizenship.
Directed by Lisa Cole
Colorado Premiere
2024Oscar Live Action Shorts Shortlist
Lisa Cole in person
We Have Notes USA Short Film | 2024, 14 minutes
The director of a big budget Joan of Arc movie struggles to implement increasingly frustrating studio notes.
Directed by Jordan McKittrick
Colorado Premiere
The One Note Man UK Short Film | 2023, 21 minutes
A lonely bassoonist lives his life meticulously, mired in routine. Each day, he plays a single note in an orchestra and leaves the stage while the rest continue. One day, his exit is accidentally delayed and he hears a breathtaking violin solo which changes his life forever.
Directed by George C. Siougas
Colorado Premiere
Executive producer Rita Marcocci in person
On the 2024 Oscar shortlist
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BIFF Short Films 2 showing on Saturday, March 2, 10:00 AM at Longmont Museum
$18 General Admission | $16 Students & Seniors | $14 Museum Members
Buy Tickets Online, or call 303-651-8374.
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