Family Shorts

Every day our children are exposed to mind-crippling content spewed from cable television and internet sites, unsupervised portals to gaming addiction, and non-stop influxes of pics and vid clips that demonstrate all the creative talent of a monkey with a Minolta.

Pry those little hands from the keypads, take them in your own, and guide them to a BIFF venue. Watch, share, cultivate.

Do you see what’s happening? This is your child’s brain on “Indie.” It’s a healthy drug.

Screenings

Buy TicketsSat Feb 21, 2015 – 12:00 PM — Domenico’s

Buy TicketsSat Feb 28, 2015 – 12:00 PM — Café Fromage

Fourteen Seeds

Fourteen Seeds | Edwin Herod

Genre: Drama, Educational
Country:  USA
Subtitles:  No
Rating: PG
Runtime:  17 min.
Director: Edwin Herod, Drue Pennella
Producer:  Kate Balandina, Ken  Barbet, Vivian Hasbrouk
Website :  Fourteen Seeds

Synopsis:

A story about childhood, wonder, nature, the synthetic, growth and heart all rolled into one. Jack, having moved into a new neighborhood, is prescribed pills, like the other children. Yet he chooses not to take the pills, and instead acts out his classic, boyhood antics in the woods. It’s when he discovers that there might be someone else out there, like him, not taking their medication–that’s when Jack’s world changes.

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Moritz

Moritz | Stefanie Maier

Genre: Family, Drama
Country:  Germany
Subtitles:  
Rating: G
Runtime:  6 min.
Director: Stefanie Maier
Producer:  Felix Lawy
Website :  

Synopsis:

MORITZ loves the nature and is full of discovery: he likes to play in the garden and toss the stones into the water. But what if his favorite toy is suddenly broken? Will MORITZ find a way?

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Ice Is Melting

Ice Is Melting | Sebastian Stojetz

Genre: News
Country:  Germany
Subtitles: Yes
Runtime:  2 min.
Director: Sebastian Stojetz
Producer:  Helena Hufnagel, Tina Kringer
Website :  Coco Films

Synopsis:

Ice is melting, stop climate change. Ice is melting, now even in Austria.

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Foster Dog

Foster Dog | Lisa Alonso Vear

Genre: Drama, Family
Country:  U.S.
Subtitles:No
Rating: G
Runtime:  14 min.
Director: Lisa Alonso Vear
Producer:  Lisa Alonso Vear, Laurie Rud
Website :  Foster Dog

Synopsis:

A young, disabled dog in foster care gets a new leash on life with the help of an older, wiser friend, in order to become adoptable and find his forever home.

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Goat

Goat | James Button

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country:  United Kingdom
Subtitles: No
Rating: G
Runtime:  2 min.
Director: James Button
Producer:  James Button
Website :  James Button

Synopsis:

The patience of Dan is tested when his housemate James brings home a goat. Yes, a goat.

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Lunchbox Loser

Lunchbox Loser

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country:  Canada
Subtitles: No
Rating: PG
Runtime:  15 min.
Director: Virginia Abramovich
Producer:  Lauren Corber, Ani Baravian
Website :  Lunchbox Losers
Trailer: YouTube

Synopsis:

For aspiring comedian Natasha Marakova, grade school lunchroom politics is no laughing matter.

Lunchbox Loser is a dark comedy about owning who you are and eating it with pride.

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España Is Different

Espana Is Different | SalvadoGuerrar

Genre: Family, Drama
Country:  Spain
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: G
Runtime:  4 min.
Director: Salvador Guerra
Producer:  
Website :  

Synopsis:

Two guys cross their ways and their lives. One small decision can make us a hero or a villain. Based on a press article written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte… and in real life.

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Zeke And The All-Inclusive Cat House

Zeke and the All Inclusive Cat House

Genre: Comedy, Animation
Country:  U.S.
Subtitles: No
Rating: G
Runtime:  5 min.
Director: Susan Shay Brugger
Producer:  Susan Shay Brugger
Website :  

Synopsis:

Even a mild-mannered tomcat can run into an obstacle to his dream vacation. How Zeke actually dealt with this situation is very different from how he’d like to handle it.

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Dog*Walk

Dog*Walk | Kristin Peterson

Genre: Comedy
Country:  U.S.
Subtitles: No
Rating: G
Runtime:  3 min.
Director: Kristin Peterson
Producer:  Johathan Phillips
Website : 

Synopsis:

Two young girls extort their neighbors to raise money for charity. No dogs were harmed in the writing of the script.

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A Lifestory

A Lifestory | Nacho Rodriguez

Genre: Animation, Animals
Country:  Spain
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: G
Runtime:  4 min.
Director: Nacho Rodriguez
Producer:  Abelardo Fernandez Bagues
Website :  A Lifestory

Synopsis:

A little cat that lives in a dying planet has to leave. In this voyage he will face dangers and adventures but ultimately, he will return home.

A Lifestory is a metaphor about life as a circle, that began when we were just childs, at home. Based freely on the II century poem; ‘The hymn of the pearl’.

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NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Sometimes English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar

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