Bahamas International Film Festival
Location | Various |
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Founded | 2004 |
Language | English and others |
Website | www |
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is a non-profit film festival held in the Bahamas. Open to both locals and international visitors, the festival was founded by Leslie Vanderpool in 2004.[1]
BIFF also hosts a youth film workshop that aims to provide young Bahamians with information and resources on filmmaking.[2]
The 2015 BIFF showcased several women-driven films such as Carol and Janis: Little Girl Blue.[3]
BIFF was listed among the 25 coolest film festivals in the world by MovieMaker Magazine.[4]
Awards[edit]
The following is a list of awards given at the Bahamas International Film Festival.[5]
Grand Jury[edit]
Year | New Visions | Spirit of Freedom Narrative | Spirit of Freedom Documentary | Short Film | Special Mention(s) |
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2004 | Modern Maverick Award: Love Me If You Dare Yann Samuell Torchlight Award: Dorian Blues Tennyson Bardwell | 20 Fingers Mania Akbari | Whisky Romeo Zulu Roger Corman | ||
2005 | Antibodies Christian Alvart | Zozo Josef Fares | La sierra Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez | ||
2006 | Half Nelson Ryan Fleck | Chronicle of an Escape Adrián Caetano | Encounter Point Ronit Avni, Julia Bacha | Premium | |
2007 | I'm Through with White Girls Jennifer Sharp | In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis | Iron Ladies of Liberia Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott Johnson | Rose Hoku Uchiyama | |
2008 | Cold Lunch Eva Sørhaug | Lion's Den Pablo Trapero | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Gone Fishing Chris Jones | |
2010 | Hello Lonesome Adam Reid | The Athlete Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew | Budrus Julia Bacha | Contact Zone Gustavius Smith | |
2011 | Restless City Andrew Dosunmu | VIPs Toniko Melo | Marathon Boy Gemma Atwal | Homecoming Gursimran Sandhu | Better Mus' Come Zero Percent |
2012 | Maybe Tomorrow Michael Wolfe | Between Us Dan Mirvish | Mulberry Child Susan Morgan Cooper | Brigidy Bram Toby Lunn, Laura Gamse | Apartment in Athens Baseball in the Time of Cholera |
2014 | Leave to Remain Bruce Goodison | Wheels Donavon Thomas | Poverty, Inc. Michael Matheson Miller | Perfect Day Derrick L. Sanders | Tobacco Burn In the Clouds |
2015 | Somewhere in the Middle Lanre Olabisi | Showing Roots Michael Wilson | India's Daughter Leslee Udwin | More Than God Kev Cahill | A Beautiful Now Terra Incognita |
2016 | Live Cargo Logan Sandler | 9 Rides Matthew A. Cherry | The House on Coco Road Damani Baker | Replika Luc Walpoth | |
2017 | Interlude Bernard Tanguy | Liyana Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp | My Enemy, My Brother Ann Shin | Owen Kelly Pike | I Am Shakespeare: The Henry Green Story |
2018 | Sprinter Storm Saulter | Capernaum Nadine Labaki | Wrestle Suzannah Herbert | Lalo's House Kelley Kali | Ovum |
2019 | Quest: The Truth Always Rises Santiago Rizzo | Doing Money Lynsey Miller | The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion Lisa Cortés, Farah X | The Wind Phone Kristen Gerweck | Black Hat Night Song Silence |
2021 | Jumbo Zoé Wittock | Small Time Niav Conty | My Blood is Red Thiago Dezan, Graciela Guarani, Marcelo Vogelaar | Ashmina Dekel Berenson | Three Blades |
Audience awards[edit]
Year | Best Narrative | Best Documentary |
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2004 | One Love Rick Elgood, Don Letts | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion Tom Peosay |
2006 | Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits Larry Blamire | Eleutheran Adventure Kareem Mortimer |
2010 | The Athlete Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew | Bouncing Cats Nabil Elderkin |
2011 | Better Mus' Come Storm Saulter | On The Wings of Men Calvin Dwight Harris |
2012 | The Story of Luke Alonso Mayo | Rising From Ashes T.C. Johnstone |
First Look[edit]
Year | Best Feature | Best Short | Special Mention(s) |
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2011 | Amos Ferguson: Match Me If You Can Karen Arthur, Thomas Neuwirth | Five Bones K. Tyler Johnston | Tall Tale of An Accidental Tourist |
Honors[edit]
Bahamian Tribute Award
- 2009: Gavin McKinney
Career Achievement Award
- 2005: Spike Lee
- 2006: Nicolas Cage
- 2007: Daryl Hannah
- 2008: Laurence Fishburne
- 2011: Heather Graham
- 2013: Danny Glover
- 2017: Grace Jones
Rising Star Honoree
- 2007: Naomie Harris
- 2008: Anna Faris
- 2009: Sophie Okonedo
- 2011: Zoë Kravitz
Shining Star Tribute
- 2012: Sydney Tamiia Poitier
- 2014: Debra Messing
- 2017: Michael K. Williams
Sir Sidney Poitier Tribute Award
- 2016: Cicely Tyson
Tribute Award
- 2014: Chaz Ebert
References[edit]
- ^ Tsang, Denise; Kazeroony, Hamid H.; Ellis, Guy (19 June 2013). The Routledge Companion to International Management Education. Routledge. p. 262. ISBN 9781134112425.
- ^ "thebahamasweekly.com - RBC sponsors $10,000 to 2016 BIFF Youth Film Workshop". www.thebahamasweekly.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "'Carol', 'Janis: Little Girl Blue' bookend Bahamas fest". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2015 - MovieMaker Magazine". 2 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Press". Bahamas International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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