The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) was formed in July 2005 to showcase urban independent cinema in the absence of any such state-sponsored activity in the UK. BUFF is the longest standing black-owned film festival in the United Kingdom.
19 Oct
2024Copper Auditorium
Square Chapel4:40PM
Doors openDeserters
Director: Guido Zanghi
Flanders, 1916. Tommy Tull, a young West Indies recruit, flees a violent mission in the forests of Belgium. Exhausted and terrified, he encounters Finn, a mysterious Irish officer, who takes him to an isolated cabin and takes care of him.
(착한 어린이) MIN
Director: Soo Jin Jeong
Set during the 1990s Korean IMF economic crisis. Min, a 6-year-old girl who yearns to be loved for her good behavior, obediently listens to her mom, her teachers, and her pastor in her quest to be a good girl. One day, on her way to church, she encounters a stranger who asks for help in finding a restroom.
Safe
Director: Debbie Howard
Anne an office cleaner, finishes work late one evening to be pursued and harassed by a man at the bus stop.
It Could Be You
Director: Lee D Barnes
Join Tay, a resilient teen on the harsh northern streets, as her life intertwines with Debbie, a middle-class woman consumed by an unexpected obsession.
Straight Out Of Compton
Director: Mark Hammett
It’s 1990 and Danny wants nothing more than to break out of his quaint village and onto the London rap scene, but when the chance to go toe-to-toe with London’s finest comes in the form of a radio phone-in competition, Danny finds he has to battle his provincial rural life before he can battle anyone on the mic.
Teeth
Director: Jack Chambers
‘Teeth’ follows the story of two brothers who have been seemingly abandoned by their parents. In order to provide for his younger sibling, the older brother resorts to stealing clothes from a nearby launderette and selling them on the street.
Baby Brother – UK PREMIERE
Director: Michael J. Long
‘Do we control the person we become?’ Set around the theme of broken love between two brothers. BABY BROTHER tells the story of ADAM and his vulnerable younger brother LIAM across two separate days, five years apart. They where once as close as brothers can be.
Followed by Q&A
18+
Doors open at 4:40pm
Performance Time: 5:00PM
Age Suitability & Warning: 18+
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