2026 BFF OFFICIAL FILM SELECTION

Director : Gabriel E. Solorzano

A young Latino man reflects on a self-taught milestone that his father was unable to pass down to him in the act of shaving.

Director : Chen Drachman

A story of a woman who wanted to fly comfortably, so she used a new service called “Objectified Travel” just to be reminded that the grass isn't always greener.

Director : Richard Thompson

A clown falls passionately in love with a mannequin, embarking on a mad courtship that is ultimately shattered by a sudden return to reality.

Director : Serena Ladouceur

An iconic fashion designer becomes insecure about her skin, how will her creative partner help drag her back to a place of confidence?

Director : Jiyun HYUN

Rather than dwelling on nostalgia for youth, the film looks toward the present and the future, where they move forward with greater agency.

Director : Lucien Productions Formichell

A celebration of friendship, and the small, absurd things can sometimes pull us out of the deepest funks.

Director : Allen Parker

A struggling actress records a series of self-taped auditions.

Director : Danny Bourque

While scavenging for spare parts, a lonely robot discovers someone who desperately needs his help.

Director : Gavin Irvine

When a postman delivers a letter to the wrong address, he surprisingly discovers a quicker mode of transport than foot.

Director : iCLIC Collective

How much of our “real” life are we willing to sacrifice while spending hours engaged in digital activities?

Director : Mehdi Davachi

Two Iranian gay boys during the Women's Freedom Movement want to smuggle themselves out of Iran.

Director : Samir Ahmed

A lonely young boy builds a mysterious machine inside his father's workshop. It leads him to a soul world, where he seeks the soul he has lost.

Director : Maryam Esmaeli

An 11-year-old girl meets her sister, who has transitioned and is now her brother. Struggling to accept this, she makes him reenact scenes from their childhood to mend their bond.

Director : Gabriel E. Solorzano

A young Latino man reflects on a self-taught milestone that his father was unable to pass down to him in the act of shaving.

Director : Celine Dion Spinks

A woman trapped in a sterile routine obsessively chases perfection as she performs repetitive domestic rituals in emotional isolation.

Director : Enrique Lebron

Finding Pá is about a son sitting across from the man who hurt him most, his father, and realizing forgiveness isn’t simple, but sometimes, it’s the only way forward.

Directors :Marvin Pittman & Elle Rinaldi

What does it mean to feel alive? Step into the dreamscape of Scandalous Saturdays Burlesque, the longest-running monthly cabaret in Connecticut.

Director : Nurudeen Musa

An important narrative within the work is how migration is closely linked to constant hustle: for a better life, better education, and actualization of dreams.

Director : Larissa Salazar

A lonely 13-year-old girl longs to skateboard like her older brother, but when she finally gets her hands on his board, she finds herself alone and unprepared.

Director : Kristian Wingo

On his first day as a wizard’s apprentice, Malcolm’s passion for the job is tested by the airheaded townsfolk and his grumpy mentor.

Director : Fabian Martin

A man traveling along an empty road at night hits a dog. What ensues is a testimony to the centuries old bond between man and dog.

Director : Colleen Davie Janes

When Cliff’s only companion— a virtual assistant—shuts down in a future where the air itself is becoming unbreathable, an asthmatic 70-year-old man’s cry for help to a faraway support desk.

Director : Joseph Vivens

Ambitious real estate agent Evan has always been at war with seasonal allergies—but this spring, as pollen counts soar, his sales tank at the worst possible time.

Directors : Hannah Alline

A slasher with a grudge meets his match when a group of queer friends on a weekend getaway turns his killing spree into a bloody night he never saw coming.

Director : Andrew Patrick Torrez

A young girl stumbles into a text message conversation with an anonymous person that communicates entirely in Emojis.

Director : Ross Popick

A man purchases a new AI-Powered Refrigerator that quickly forms feelings for him.

Director : Natalie Mármol

Playing a risky game of DARE.

Director : Wendy Cong Zhao

An immigrant woman examines her past in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death.

Director : Jaden Parker Esse

A driven fast food worker's day is turned upside down when the new trainee gets in her way.

Director : Anna Blaney

Film professor Nick Corsano meets an aspiring director with extraordinary talent, but this individual has one major obstacle to overcome... The fact that he is a cockroach.

Directors : TK James

There’s a storm brewing in the Wild West, and bounty hunter Fireball seeks refuge in the wall of the Silver Spoon- a saloon owned and operated by Valentine, Beau and Eloise.

Director : Andy Clay Huey

With a baby bump tucked behind the handlebars and the wind in her hair, she traverses the scenic Colorado landscape - pedaling over dirt roads and past alpine peaks.

Director : Riley Heat

In the far future after a climate disaster and mass migration of humans from Earth, Fisher sails through a flooded urban wasteland and joins his lover, Cameron, to ensure their mutual survival, hope and love.

Directors : Susan Danielle Pinchiaroli & Lucy Spahr

As Christians parents enter their mid 70s, they face difficult questions about his future and whether he can carry the business forward.

Director : Kerey Govind Viswanathan

The film follows me for one day as I revise and perform stand-up comedy about autism for an open mic.

Director : Connor Denecour

Running Against the Odds is a documentary about Tarzan Brown, a Native American runner who won the Boston Marathon twice and represented the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Director : Kyle Norton

On the eve of his first world-title fight, Stamford boxer Chordale Booker and longtime trainer Ahmad Mickens confront fifteen years of sacrifice.

Directors : Michael P DeMinico & Steve W Thompson

When a recently arrived immigrant family loses their asylum status, a New England community surrounds the family with care.

Director : Louvinia Robinson

After graduating college, Elle returns home expecting a brief stay before beginning the life she has planned. But when her mother’s decline fractures the household and she disappears, Elle becomes the primary caretaker for her younger sister, Cassidy.

Director : Serena Ladouceur

When an iconic fashion designer becomes insecure about her skin, how will her creative partner help drag her back to a place of confidence?

Director : Edith Kabuya

Follow the daily antics of Amélie, Marion, and Cynthia, three part-time sales associates at PARKING, the newest Gen Z–iest destination for trendsetting fashionistas.

Director : William Oliver Watkins

A dark night. A cabin in the woods. When an exhausted and heart-broken therapist gets an unexpected guest -- a world-weary, wise-cracking vampire.

Directors : Chelsey Roxanne Carter & Michael Tyner

Witnessing follows three Black families as they navigate the realities of living with and caring for someone with the disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Director : Dorian Robinson

An examination of the events leading up to and following the May 4th, 1970 Kent State shootings and how President Nixon, protesters and the national guard played a role.

Director : Joey LaFrance

Aiming to keep a new product top secret, an overly ambitious commercial director forces his actors to film their final scene deep in the woods.

Director : Timothy Blackwood

A young man leaves home with the promise of a job in Thailand only to be abducted and enslaved to scam Americans.

Director : Fabian Martin

The estranged relationship between an "always-too-busy" daughter and her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's comes to a head.

Director : Anna Russell

After taking acid at a party, Rory Price spirals into a surreal trip, where she's forced to confront her addictions and make the ultimate choice.

Director : Rachelle A. Dermer

A once-great family is haunted by the history of a once-great mansion in 19th-century Salem, Massachusetts.

Director : Brian Russell

A frustrated actress looses her temper with an indie film director.

Director : Robin Cloud

After getting kicked out of an elite boarding school, a young Black lesbian finds herself — and her stage — in the small-town Ball culture of Hartford, Connecticut.

Director : Colleen C Brady

A queer photographer documents nightlife, drag culture, and chosen family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, revealing a thriving LGBTQ+ community.

Director : Matthew Puccini

How relationships become arenas for performance — how we perform care, support, success, even intimacy — and how that performance can curdle into resentment when one partner feels left behind.

Director : Connor Riccardi

On the first night of an impromptu journey out of New York City, Malcolm and Jamie trek through New Jersey, eventually stopping to stay the night at a motel.

Director :Jess McLeod

Nonbinary Max and their straight, cis boyfriend, Jake, spiral into a cataclysmic identity crisis when Max reveals they're off the waitlist for top surgery.

Director : Ryan Parma

Larry and Leo's long-term relationship is put to the ultimate test by the arrival of a very sexy, very criminal young man posing as their new gardener.

Director : Laura New

Days before a school tragedy strikes, a single mother's effort to relocate her family in search of a better future is unknowingly racing against time.

Director : Katie Colwell

Within the muted beauty of a conservative coastal town, Valerie navigates life with her sexuality kept carefully hidden.

Director : Rosemary Maldonado

A woman reflects on her friendships and their profound effect on her life.

Director : Darcy Hennessey

While training for the Paris Olympics, elite climber Alannah Yip is suddenly diagnosed with alopecia universalis, forcing her to confront her identity.

Director : Isabel Lamers

An outsider in her own culture, half-Filipina Nia secretly trains with queer outcast Malic to join a popular Filipino Martial Arts team in Manila.

Director : Sharbari Ahmed

Faced with a long-awaited chance at reconciliation, Anaya must confront the trauma that shaped her and decide what can be salvaged.

Director : Mackenzie McCree

A visual of spoken word poetry performed by queer activist, teacher, writer, and poet Brynna Boyd.

Director : Natalie Mármol

Darilyns love for singing, dancing, and acting led her to star in iconic roles in Broadway productions such as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the hit show "Hamilton.

Director : Sriram Emani

In a near future where immigrant workers promised freedom are secretly indentured, a model Indian coder smuggles his mother's forbidden tamarind rice into work.

Director : Javier Cruz-Ginez

A Mexican immigrant family reflects on the border that has kept them apart for 25 years, revealing the enduring impact of separation and the hope for a reunion.

Director : Nathan Franx

Inside the imperfect mind of a Muslim American woman-child growing up in New Jersey in post-9/11 America. Amal doesn’t consider herself particularly religious.

Director : Arnold Setiadi

A semi-autobiographical short about an Indonesian-Chinese teen reconciling with his immigrant father before leaving for the Ivy League.

Director : Meg Mateo

When a routine dialysis session fails, Gwen finds out her mother has only days to live—but it's their mismatched expectations that creates unforeseen heartbreak.

Director : Justin Geldzahler

Frustrated while sexting at the office, Sadie throws caution to the wind and sneaks away to the handicap restroom where she... wait, did anyone hear that??

Director : Glen Covell

A hapless tenant grows increasingly frustrated with a doorbell that won't stop ringing.

Director : Teddy Stern

On a crowded Bombay platform, a cowboy wakes to find his guitar and wallet gone. Struggling to keep his job and his dignity, he navigates the maximum city, tested and rebuffed at every turn.

Director : Dan Jaffe

During last call at a bar in coastal Maine, a man unburdens himself of his troubled past to a stranger in town for a wedding.

Director : Aisling O'Regan Sargent

Even in the face of secrets, illness, and silence, the simplest human exchange can begin to mend what’s been broken.

Directors : Piera Van de Wiel & Katharina Benjamim

Orisa, a queer refugee from Nigeria receives her refugee status in the UK and finally is able to move out of the lodging given to her by the Home Office.