Buffalo International Film Festival
buffalo international film festival founded take place october year buffalo new york also known buffalo film festival film festival became c notforprofit charity january responsible discovery vitascope theater part edisonia hall first purposebuilt movie theater world opened festival sponsor yearly event celebrating creation movie theater buffalo also made buffalo first city world declare unesco world day audiovisual heritage biff hosted meet greet book signing childrens author keith white jr screening magic camp dear mr watterson white present biff current board member include tammy mcgovern chair paige sarlin vice chair keith poplawski secretary meg knowles treasurer michael faust member leroi johnson member annette daniel taylor member renee russell emeritus renée saracki emeritus previous board advisor included tom fontana lauren belfer lawrence block ar gurney nancy kress herbert hauptman jim steranko howard bloom edward summer lloyd kaufman david shire mort walker bill prady others staff member include anna scime executive director john j fink artistic director ana grujić marketing outreach coordinator myari ware platform strategist elizabeth dunning asi springboard fellow activity include buffalo film society founded along niagara fall film society buffaloniagara film society new york state movie theater corridor founded buffalo walk fame founded buffalo movie hall fame founded buffalo buffalo cinematheque inaugural festival june included student film across america screened film including regional national premiere screening included harold lloyd film retrospective personal appearance suzanne lloyd hollywood retrospective great hollywood movie hold spring gala fall festival spring gala celebration walt disney mickey mouse arranged walt disney company third annual festival buffalo film festival ran october – included film world guest presented including abigail disney rick schmidlin charles band dwayne buckle david heeley ray bradbury jb kaufman mary pat kelly included first annual al boasberg comedy award given honor famed comedy writer al boasberg born buffalo world premiere kate fred hepburn astaire directed david heeley joan kramer western new york premiere minority directed dwayne buckle western new york premiere pray devil back hell codirected abigail disney al boasberg comedy award—lifetime achievement comedy writing larry gelbart al boasberg comedy award—lifetime achievement comedy writing joseph stein al boasberg comedy award—lifetime achievement comedy writing everett greenbaum al boasberg comedy award—lifetime achievement comedy performance kathleen howard al boasberg comedy award—lifetime achievement comedy art writing harvey kurtzman fourth annual buffalo international film festival ran october – film screened world premiere god land directed preston miller new york state premiere louis sullivan struggle american architecture directed mark richard smith new york state premiere hard four directed charles dennis new york state premiere superstonic sound directed raphael erichsen western new york premiere la soga directed josh crook western new york premiere metropolis directed fritz lang world day audiovisual heritage screening western new york premiere waking sleeping beauty directed hahn special screening temple grandin directed mick jackson exclusive theatrical benefit screening al boasberg comedy award—lifetime achievement comedy performance sid caesar approximately film screened audience award given first time world premiere kumpanía flamenco los angeles directed katina dunn audience award winner kumpanía flamenco los angeles film screened three location including screening room amherst ny historic lockport palace theatre lockport ny market arcade film art center buffalo ny audience award given best festival tie – ray harryhausen special effect titan uk france gilles penso ray diana harryhausen foundation tie – starry starry night taiwan tom lin shuyu chinalion best drama first place starry starry night taiwan tom lin shuyu chinalion second place extraterrestrial extraterrestre spain nachovigalondo arsenico produccionestugg third place case deceit canada best documentary first place ray harryhausen special fx titan uk france gilles penso ray diana harryhausen foundation second place somewhere usa linda goldstein knowlton longshot factory third place alive inside workinprogress usa michael rossatobennett ximotion medium animation first place neighbor totoro japan hayao miyazaki studio ghibli foreign language film first place starry starry night taiwan tom lin shuyu chinalion second place extraterrestrial extraterrestre spain nacho vigalondo arsenico produccionestugg best science fiction first place extraterrestrial extraterrestre spain nacho vigalondo arsenico produccionestugg best short film – international first place behind concrete niagara fall ontario canada best buffalo film category made filmmaker buffalo western new york feature film first place zeus short film first place take – anna van valin second place viral video honorable mention feeble attraction exit best narrative feature gold bison oblivion season iran directed abbas rafei special jury prize abby singersongwriter usa directed onur tukel best wny feature gold bison emelie usa directed michael thelin special jury prize prescient singapore usa directed hannshi lem best feature documentary gold bison courtship usa directed amy kohn special jury prize aspie seek love audience award gold bison dark usa directed david spaltro best short film gold bison scream name special jury prize royal womens association best wny short gold bison long john special jury prize aleatories echo best wny student film gold bison mer depre special jury prize locomotion supersnipe award gold bison detective noir town best narrative feature relative directed michael glover smith best wny feature bunker directed adrian langley best feature documentary terrible child directed shanti thakur biff boundary breaker award rising fury directed lesya kalynska ruslan batytskyi bashira directed nickson fong special jury prize rule lacrosse directed joanne storkan best episodic project mashed directed stacey maltin best animated film lock gate directed sarah lynn galasso best short film colony collapse disorder directed amos hozman best wny short ill find way make one directed rebecca fasanello teresa castillo best documentary short winter directed tony buba best wny student film falling directed davis cameron chu tilke hill workinprogress award diane jones buffalo international film festival