BWiFF 2023

The Wife and Her House Husband (Still)

The Wife and Her House Husband

As Cassie and Matthew come to the end of a divorce, a letter from their past selves surfaces suggesting guidance in the “event of separation”. They agree to do the first thing on the list, only to find themselves reluctantly drawn back together.

Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire (Still)

Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire

In the summer of 1988, dry lightning sparked a fire in the parched and drought ridden landscape of Yellowstone Park, igniting a blaze that would scorch over 1.5 million perimeter acres of the park. Song of Fire, a narrative poem, guides the animation of Yellowstone 88 telling the story of this conflagration that raged unabated for months until a snow of such intense severity extinguished the flames. That winter surviving Fauna, exhausted from fire and weakened by hunger, die in greater numbers than those claimed by the fire. The cosmos turns from one season to another and another and life in the park begins anew.

Magdalena (Still)

Magdalena

Magdalena is a young woman communicating with the world around her through music. She dreams of becoming a professional DJ and to move abroad, while at the same time trying to raise her five year old daughter, whom she cares for together with her mother. When she meets the famous DJ Julia, her dreams have a chance of coming true. Julia takes her under her wing and invites her to a world famous DJ party in Berlin. However, old traumas from Magdalena’s past have returned to haunt her and now she has to chose what is most important – her daughter or her career?

Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid (Still)

Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid

In 1977, soul-blues singer Frank Bey quit singing after a deal went terribly wrong with James Brown. Forty years later, Frank was invited to record a CD in Nashville with Buddy Guy’s record producer, fulfilling the dream of his lifetime. Posthumously, in 2021, Frank’s final album, All My Dues Are Paid, was nominated for a Grammy. Follow Frank’s journey from performing in Philadelphia church basements, to making a record in one of Nashville’s most prestigious recording studios, to seeing Frank record one of the final tracks for his CD that received a Grammy nomination after his passing.

Everybody Wants to Be Loved (Still)

Everybody Wants to Be Loved

A blisteringly hot summer day. Psychotherapist Ina notices something is wrong with her. But she doesn’t have time to worry about it: Patients are waiting at the practice, her daughter is threatening to move in with her father, her boyfriend wants to emigrate to Finland, and her self-centered mother is celebrating her 70th birthday. Ina wants to please everyone. But then everything changes.

Everybody Wants to Be Loved (Still)

The Rebellion

Written by lawyer/artist Ari Scharg, this music video shines a spotlight on corrupt practices in the legal industry. Finding its roots in the real life $100 million Ponzi scheme perpetuated by a celebrity lawyer, the song focuses on how Scharg’s firm exposed the fraud and how there is currently a little known battle waging in the legal industry between reformers like himself and the Old Guard who want to maintain the status quo so they can continue exploiting a broken system.

Wheel (Still)

Wheel

A character-driven comedy about a ‘Wheel of Fortune’ audition in a less than ideal audition environment. A casting director gets hit with some bad news while helping her eccentric neighbor tape her audition. Tensions are high, nerves are shot, and it’s awkward as hell.

La Nueva (Still)

La Nueva

Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious kids who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.

Aaron With 2 A's (Still)

Aaron With 2 A’s

Meet Aaron. He’s starting his second career at age 65 as an actor. What could go wrong? A short comedy-drama about learning to get out of your own head.

Just. One. Mile. (Still)

Just. One. Mile.

It’s just one mile. Anybody can run just one mile. That’s the rallying cry, shouted at competitors every twenty minutes, to line them up and do it again and again until only one is left. The Mid-State Mile follows a “last man standing” format, but it is different from other races. It tortures the sport’s elite with over 300 feet of elevation every mile. With no prize money awarded or trophies, bodies and minds are pushed to be the last man standing.