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“Healing History” & “Everything We Should Be”

“Healing History” & “Everything We Should Be”

Mwalimu Melodye Micëre Van Putten is celebrating the fruits of her labour this weekend in film and dramatic presentation. Healing History: The Documentary premiers at Liberty Theatre on Friday, March 20th at 6 pm as part of the Bermuda International Film Festival’s Onion Patch package of short Bermuda films. Everything We Should Be, featuring Van... Read more of this article

BIFF On Track To Reach 1500+ Young People

BIFF On Track To Reach 1500+ Young People

BIFF said they are on track to reach over 1,500 young people with its Film Academy programme, which will run during the 18th annual Bermuda International Film Festival opening next week. Several additional sessions have been added in response to this year’s higher than usual demand. Contributions from Zurich and other sponsors ensure the Film... Read more of this article

BIFF Announces Jury For This Year’s Festival

BIFF Announces Jury For This Year’s Festival

BIFF today [Mar 5] announces the jury, which will preside over the short film competition that forms an integral part of Bermuda International Film Festival, which will take place from March 20-26]. As BIFF is one of only a small number of Academy Award qualifying festivals worldwide, the winner of the Bermuda Shorts Award will be considered for the... Read more of this article

Film Lineup Revealed For Upcoming BIFF 2015

Film Lineup Revealed For Upcoming BIFF 2015

BIFF today [Feb 26] announced the lineup for the annual Bermuda International Film Festival  which will be held next month, from March 20-26]. “BIFF has carefully curated a programme of over 30 feature-length and short films to be screened during festival week at Liberty Theatre. As the event is now in its eighteenth year, the programme is themed... Read more of this article

Andrew Stoneham Appointed New BIFF Director

Andrew Stoneham Appointed New BIFF Director

The Bermuda International Film Festival has appointed Bermudian Andrew Stoneham to its helm. Effective immediately, Mr Stoneham, 29, will lead the organisation in delivering the 18th edition of the annual festival next month [March 20-26]. Mr Stoneham first became involved with BIFF as a student volunteer in 2003 before moving into a part-time administration... Read more of this article

BIFFlix Film Series To Screen ‘Force Majeure’

BIFFlix Film Series To Screen ‘Force Majeure’

Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF] has revealed that it will begin its BIFFlix film series this year with Force Majeure, a film nominated for a Golden Globe at last night’s [Jan 11] award ceremony, and which won the ‘Un Certain Regard’ gong at Cannes in 2014. Force Majeure will be screened on Sunday, January 25 at 5.30pm in the... Read more of this article

Workshop With Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter

Workshop With Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter

BIFF has secured the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten, for a special film workshop event “The Write Stuff”, to take place during the 2015 Bermuda International Film Festival. Craig Borten will be joined in presenting the workshop by seasoned screenwriter, James V. Hart whose writing credits include Hook directed... Read more of this article

BIFFlix To Screen London 2013 Best Film ‘Ida’

BIFFlix To Screen London 2013 Best Film ‘Ida’

The Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF] will be showing the film Ida during the April screening of its BIFFlix monthly series, a film which was named Best Film at the London Film Festival in 2013. The film will screened on Sunday, April 27 at 5.30pm at The Tradewinds Auditorium in the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute at 40 Crow Lane... Read more of this article

Film Festival Announce 2014 Award Winners

Film Festival Announce 2014 Award Winners

BIFF announced the winners of the Jury, Audience Choice and Prospero awards following the 17th annual Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF], which concluded on March 27. Over 25 short films and fictional and documentary features screened at BIFF 2014. The lineup included three Oscar-nominated films: The Square, Missing Picture and Omar; as well... Read more of this article

BIFF Announce Short Film Competition Jury

BIFF Announce Short Film Competition Jury

BIFF today announces the jury, which will preside over the short film competition that forms an integral part of Bermuda International Film Festival being held March 21 to 27. As BIFF is one of a small number of Academy Award qualifying festivals worldwide, the winner of the Bermuda Shorts Award will be considered for the Short Film – Live Action... Read more of this article

BIFF Announces Festival’s Educational Element

BIFF Announces Festival’s Educational Element

The Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF] today announced details of the educational element of the 17th annual iteration of the event, which will run from March 21 to 27. According to a spokesperson, “The BIFF Film Academy, which uses film as an engaging learning tool, is comprised of the BIFF Kids programme targeted at primary schools and... Read more of this article

Videos: 2014 BIFF Film Festival Movie Trailers

Videos: 2014 BIFF Film Festival Movie Trailers

The 17th annual Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF] is getting set to kick off on March 21, running through March 27. Over 25 feature-length and short films will be screened this year at Liberty Theatre in Hamilton during the festival week. The BIFF 2014 programme is themed “Global Visions,” with the widest film selection geographically in... Read more of this article

Special Events Calendar Announced For BIFF

Special Events Calendar Announced For BIFF

The Bermuda International Film Festival today [Mar 6] announced a full calendar of special events to complement the film programme during festival week, March 21-27. Andrew Stoneham, Festival Operations Manager, said, “This year we have restyled and reformatted the social aspect of the festival in order to make it more accessible. There’s something... Read more of this article

Bermuda 2014 Film Festival Line Up Announced

Bermuda 2014 Film Festival Line Up Announced

BIFF today announced the line-up for the 17th annual Bermuda International Film Festival taking place next month, March 21-27. Over 25 feature-length and short films will be screened this year at Liberty Theatre in Hamilton during the festival week. The BIFF 2014 programme is themed “Global Visions” with the widest film selection geographically... Read more of this article

BIFF Full Line Up To Be Announced On Feb 24

BIFF Full Line Up To Be Announced On Feb 24

The 17th annual Bermuda International Film Festival will take place between March 21-27, 2014. BIFF has released the design for this year’s festival poster. Created by Aardvark Communications, the design depicts Bermuda iconography set around a day/night globe motif to reflect the “Global Visions” theme of this year’s festival. Andrew... Read more of this article

Call For Entries: BIFF 2014 Short Film Contest

Call For Entries: BIFF 2014 Short Film Contest

The narrative short film competition is now open for the 17th annual Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF], scheduled to take place from March 21 to 27, 2014. Filmmakers from Bermuda and around the world are encouraged to enter the ‘Bermuda Shorts’ competition as BIFF is recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences... Read more of this article