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.
BIFF also hosts a youth film workshop that aims to provide young Bahamians with information and resources on filmmaking.
The 2015 BIFF showcased several women-driven films such as Carol and Janis: Little Girl Blue.
BIFF was listed among the 25 coolest film festivals in the world by MovieMaker Magazine.
Awards The following is a list of awards given at the Bahamas International Film Festival.
Grand Jury YearNew VisionsSpirit of FreedomNarrativeSpirit of FreedomDocumentaryShort FilmSpecial Mention(s) 2004 Modern Maverick Award:Love Me If You Dare Torchlight Award:Dorian Blues 20 Fingers Whisky Romeo Zulu Roger Corman 2005 Antibodies Zozo La sierra 2006 Half Nelson Chronicle of an Escape Encounter Point Premium 2007 I'm Through with White Girls In the Valley of Elah Iron Ladies of Liberia Rose 2008 Cold Lunch Lion's Den Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love Gone Fishing 2010 Hello Lonesome The Athlete Budrus Contact Zone 2011 Restless City VIPs Marathon Boy Homecoming Better Mus' Come Zero Percent 2012 Maybe Tomorrow Between Us Mulberry Child Brigidy Bram Apartment in Athens Baseball in the Time of Cholera 2014 Leave to Remain Wheels Poverty, Inc. Perfect Day Tobacco Burn In the Clouds 2015 Somewhere in the Middle Showing Roots India's Daughter More Than God A Beautiful Now Terra Incognita 2016 Live Cargo 9 Rides The House on Coco Road Replika 2017 Interlude Liyana My Enemy, My Brother Owen I Am Shakespeare:The Henry Green Story 2018 Sprinter Capernaum Wrestle Lalo's House Ovum 2019 Quest: The Truth Always Rises Doing Money The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion The Wind Phone Black Hat Night Song Silence 2021 Jumbo Small Time My Blood is Red Ashmina Three Blades
Audience awards YearBest NarrativeBest Documentary 2004 One Love Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion 2006 Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits Eleutheran Adventure 2010 The Athlete Bouncing Cats 2011 Better Mus' Come On The Wings of Men 2012 The Story of Luke Rising From Ashes
First Look YearBest FeatureBest ShortSpecial Mention(s) 2011 Amos Ferguson: Match Me If You Can Five Bones Tall Tale of An Accidental Tourist
Honors
Bahamian Tribute Award 2009: Gavin McKinney
Career Achievement Award 2005: Spike Lee 2006: Nicolas Cage 2007: Daryl Hannah 2008: Laurence Fishburne 2009: Johnny Depp 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
External links bintlfilmfest.com