The Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival now till Thursday at The Dipson Amherst Theatre located at 3500 Main Street in Buffalo.Seven days of animation, comedy, drama, fantasy, horror and science fiction. Our TENTH year of bringing the best independent films from around the word to Western New York, and shining a spotlight on local artists. Consistently raked one of the 100 top film festivals on FilmFreeway.
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Tuesday, August 22nd
BLOCK 15
2:00 International Shorts #1 (76 mins)
Six amazing international short films.
Playtime of the Dead (UK, 5 mins)
Girl in the Dark (Ukraine, 5 mins)
Lethe (China, 22 mins)
Giti Jan (Iran, 10 mins)
Terminally On (China, 34 mins)
BLOCK 16
3:45 International Shorts #2 (85 mins)
Our second block of some of the best international short films.
Emily’s Mountain (Israel, 22 mins)
The Black Box (Taiwan, 30 mins)
The Ankou, the Child, and the Bandits (France, 33 mins)
BLOCK 17
6:30 WNY Shorts 3 (70 mins)
Seven short films by local artists who will do Q&As.
Rusalka (4 mins)
Our Last Ride (2 mins)
Cruzando (6 mins)
Launchpad (6 mins)
To Know a Veil (10 mins)
WORLD PREMIERE: The Sicks (20 mins)
World Premiere: Haunted (22 mins)
BLOCK 18
8:45 Break Glass (Comedy-Drama, NYS, 1 hr 51 mins)
Offbeat comedy-drama about two brothers and one woman who take a road trip across New York State to repair mistakes of the past.
Wednesday, August 23rd
BLOCK 19
3:30 US & Canadian Shorts (89 mins)
Five incredible shorts from the US and the Great White North.
All the Young Dudes (US, 9 mins)
Greed & Gore (Canada, 15 mins)
The 44th Chamber of Shaolin (NYC, 15 mins)
Vegas is Calling (US, 22 mins)
Some Visitors (US, 28 mins)
BLOCK 20
6:30 WNY Shorts 4 (56 mins)
Six short films produced in WNY, with Q&As.
Give the Gate (7 mins)
Simulacrum (8 mins)
The Conduit (9 mins)
Time Stood Still (8 mins)
Nothing Personal (P.O.C.) (11 mins)
Love’s a Drug (12 mins)
BLOCK 21
8:30 Demon Behind the Glass (Horror, WNY, 84 mins)
A corpse discovered by a journalist in his rental home is reanimated by demons.
Short: Demons in the Closet (claymation, 1 min)
Thursday, August 24th
BLOCK 22
3:30 The Haunting of the Lady-Jane (Horror, UK, 98 mins)
A man’s obsession with ghosts upends a boat tour of the British canals taken by two women. Suspense served with a terrifying conclusion!
BLOCK 23
6:30 The Beautiful Mess (WNY, 5 mins)
WNY Short Features: Willowvale Harbor (WNY, Horror, 55 mins)
A conspiracy theorist discovers an abandoned town believed to exist only in urban legends.
The Rise of Marco Alfonsi (WNY, Crime Drama, 46 mins) A young man’s climb to power.
BLOCK 24
9:20 Fang (Horror, US, 98 min)
The legendary Lynn Lowry co-stars in this story of a troubled young man who undergoes terrifying changes after being bitten by a rat.
In memory of William S. Brown, one of us, 1943 – 2022