BIFF founder and executive director Leslie Vanderpool and Sir Sydney Poitier  Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin (BIFF Advisory Board Member) is particularly happy to announce that The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Academy Award® winner and renowned global icon Sir Sidney Poitier has agreed to the naming of the prestigious Career Achievement Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival the “Sir Sidney Poitier Tribute Award.” BIFF f...

KellyAnne Huber won the poster competition for the 12th Annual Bahamas International Film Festival.  Graphic Designer KellyAnne Huber attended Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah GA in 2000. She spent 5 years working in various Publication and Advertising Houses in the US after graduating with a degree in Graphic Design and Communication Arts. She also spent time working in the South of working with a Historic Restoration company.     ...

Competition winners at the 10th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) were revealed at an awards ceremony held at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.   The competition categories at BIFF were Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Documentary; New Visions: First Look; and Short Film.   Competition winners were announced by their respective juries. Complete details on all films can be found at www.bintlfilmfest.com. BIFF 2013 winners are: 2013 BIFF Audience Award ONE SMALL HITCH...

The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), celebrating its 10th anniversary, today announced the of the jury that will preside over the competition categories at the Festival, which takes place December 5th – 13th. The jury was revealed today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.   The four competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Spirit of Freedom: Documentary; New Visions; and Short Film. Jury are:   New Vis...

  Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The third installment of FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island 2013 will take place in Freeport from October 31 – November 3rd at the Pelican Bay Hotel in their state-of-the-art Canal House facility.  Celebrated actors, directors, producers and writers will once again arrive by Celebration Cruise Lines from the Florida and film fans will have an opportunity to meet them and view a variety of international films, along with Bahamian-made film...

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  The five competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Spirit of Freedom: Documentary; New Visions; First Look; and Short Film. Special sections include the Youth Film Workshop as well as a World Cinema showcase.         SPIRIT OF FREEDOM: NARRATIVE & DOCUMENTARY BIFF has held Spirit of Freedom as one of its themed categories since it's very first festival, eight years ago. Each film in this program explores the potential of the h...

  Bruno Chatelin Short Film Bruno Chatelin, HEC Business School alumni, began his marketing career in 1979 with large international Advertising Agencies: Publicis, DMM Masius and JWT, where he handled s such as Kellog’s Unilever, Colgate Palmolive, Mars Foods, Mastercard...  Former film distributor He started in 1985 working for Sony then UGC 20th Century FOX in (Marketing Director and Managing Director) he has launched ...

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 1st 2011 The Bahamas International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for features, shorts and documentaries. Send your completed submission form along with a preview on DVD. The Bahamas International Film Festival is an excellent opportunity to present your work to the press and network with other filmmakers, buyers and industry representatives. The Bahamian community will give you a very warm welcome by providing all accepted filmm...