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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