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]
| Location | Various |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Language | English and others |
| Website | www |
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 
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20 Fingers Mania Akbari 
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Whisky Romeo Zulu  Roger Corman | ||
| 2005 | Antibodies Christian Alvart 
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Zozo Josef Fares      
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La sierra Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez 
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| 2006 | Half Nelson Ryan Fleck
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Chronicle of an Escape Adrián Caetano
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Encounter Point Ronit Avni, Julia Bacha 
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Premium
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| 2007 | I'm Through with White Girls Jennifer Sharp
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In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis
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Iron Ladies of Liberia Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott Johnson  
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Rose Hoku Uchiyama
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| 2008 | Cold Lunch Eva Sørhaug 
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Lion's Den Pablo Trapero   
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Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi  
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Gone Fishing Chris Jones
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| 2010 | Hello Lonesome Adam Reid
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The Athlete Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew 
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Budrus Julia Bacha
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Contact Zone Gustavius Smith 
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| 2011 | Restless City Andrew Dosunmu
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VIPs Toniko Melo
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Marathon Boy Gemma Atwal 
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Homecoming Gursimran Sandhu
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Better Mus' Come  Zero Percent
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| 2012 | Maybe Tomorrow Michael Wolfe
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Between Us Dan Mirvish
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Mulberry Child Susan Morgan Cooper
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Brigidy Bram Toby Lunn, Laura Gamse
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Apartment in Athens  Baseball in the Time of Cholera 
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| 2014 | Leave to Remain Bruce Goodison
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Wheels Donavon Thomas
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Poverty, Inc. Michael Matheson Miller
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Perfect Day Derrick L. Sanders
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Tobacco Burn In the Clouds
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| 2015 | Somewhere in the Middle Lanre Olabisi
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Showing Roots Michael Wilson
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India's Daughter Leslee Udwin
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More Than God Kev Cahill 
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A Beautiful Now Terra Incognita
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| 2016 | Live Cargo Logan Sandler
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9 Rides Matthew A. Cherry
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The House on Coco Road Damani Baker 
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Replika Luc Walpoth 
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| 2017 | Interlude Bernard Tanguy
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Liyana Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp  
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My Enemy, My Brother Ann Shin 
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Owen Kelly Pike
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I Am Shakespeare: The Henry Green Story
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| 2018 | Sprinter Storm Saulter
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Capernaum Nadine Labaki
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Wrestle Suzannah Herbert
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Lalo's House Kelley Kali
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Ovum
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| 2019 | Quest: The Truth Always Rises Santiago Rizzo
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Doing Money Lynsey Miller
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The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion Lisa Cortés, Farah X
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The Wind Phone Kristen Gerweck
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Black Hat Night Song  Silence
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| 2021 | Jumbo Zoé Wittock 
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Small Time Niav Conty
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My Blood is Red Thiago Dezan, Graciela Guarani, Marcelo Vogelaar
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Ashmina Dekel Berenson 
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Three Blades
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Audience awards edit
| Year | Best Narrative | Best Documentary |
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| 2004 | One Love Rick Elgood, Don Letts
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Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion Tom Peosay
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| 2006 | Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits Larry Blamire
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Eleutheran Adventure Kareem Mortimer
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| 2010 | The Athlete Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
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Bouncing Cats Nabil Elderkin 
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| 2011 | Better Mus' Come Storm Saulter
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On The Wings of Men Calvin Dwight Harris
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| 2012 | The Story of Luke Alonso Mayo 
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Rising From Ashes T.C. Johnstone 
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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
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Five Bones K. Tyler Johnston
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Tall Tale of An Accidental Tourist
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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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