As head of the BIFF Film Selection Committee each year Dr. Steve Fass offers up his personal “Top Ten” films.
The official film awards will be presented opening night at the Launch & Laurels Party, Thurs. Feb 17th, 5:00 at the Eclipse Center.
Best-of Highlights from BIFF’s 5th year, the 2010 Beloit International Film Festival.
Friday: 7:30pm – Nikki’s Café 
Saturday: 10:00pm – Nikki’s Café
Friday: 2:30 pm – Beloit Library
Sunday: 12:00pm –Hendricks Arts Center 2
Rated: PG13 Director: Cayetana Polanco Length: 21 min Documentary |Short | Drama USA Friday: 5:00pm – Domenico’s Saturday: 12:00pm – Beloit Library Panel Discussion led by Heidi Eldred following film An exploration of Beloit’s teen pregnancy, through the eyes of community members. The final product is an overview of the issue locally and […]
Rated: G Director: Beloit College Students Length: 90 min Documentary | Drama USA Thursday: 2:30pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Saturday: 12:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 2 Website: Beloit College Beloit College students’ examination of Islam and its impact on our lives. Viewer Ratings:
Rated: PG Director: Tom Owenby Documentary | Short USA Friday: 12:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Sunday: 12:00pm – Beloit Library The Ghosts of Beloit The Best Ice Cream and Cookies in Beloit The History of Edwards Ice Arena A Day in the Life at BMHS The Beloit College’s Help Yourself Program presents […]
BIFF 2011, now in it’s 6th year is on the horizon. We introduce some of what we have in store for you. Mark your calendar for Thurs. – Sun. Feb 17-20, 2011.
Rated: PG13 Director: Michael Gorrie Producer: Michael Gorrie Length: 81 min Drama USA Thursday: 7:30 pm – Domenico’s Saturday: 10:00 pm – The Metropolitan A manipulative novelist who says whatever he likes is married to a timid wife who was pushed into an open marriage. Her friend is overweight, […]
The Birth of a Human Rights Movement in Africa Rated: PG-13 Director: Kenny Mann Producer: Kenny Mann Length: 39 min Documentary Senegal, USA Friday: 12:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Saturday: 2:30pm – Angel Museum Sunday: 12:00pm – La Casa Grande Website: Rafiki Productions The […]
Rated: G Director: Amy Elliott Producer: Elizabeth Donius Length: 79 min Documentary USA Friday: 5:00pm – Bagels & More Saturday: 7:30pm – Angel Museum Website: World’s Largest Desperate for tourism, hundreds of small towns across the U.S.A. claim the “world’s largest” something from 15-foot fiberglass strawberries to 40-foot concrete […]
Thursday: 7:30 pm – Bagels & More Saturday: 5:00pm –The Metropolitan
Rated: G Director: Shana Gilbert Producer: Shana Gilbert Length: 77 min Documentary Rwanda, Uganda, USA Thursday: 5:00pm – Angel Museum Friday: 5:00pm – La Casa Grande Saturday: 10:00pm – Angel Museum Website: Mzungu Movie MZUNGU is not just another Social Justice Documentary. You know the kind — filmed […]
Rated: R Director: Moe Charif Producer: Ingrid Gonzalez Length: 30 min Drama | Short USA Thursday: 5:00pm – La Casa Grande Sunday: 2:30pm – Beloit Library Part 1 of Double Feature – Craig’s Story Part 2 of Double Feature – Never Winter (NOTE: tickets for this double feature […]
Rated: PG-13 Director: Jim Rivett Length: 77 min. Documentary USA Friday: 7:30pm – The Metropolitan Saturday: 5:00pm – Rotary River Center Website: Westbound A candid portrait of 96-year-old Adolph Vandertie, Grand Duke of the Hobos, and his final confessions of a life filled with joy, heartache, and addiction. Sweeping through the Great Depression, Westbound chronicles […]
Rated: PG13 Director: Aaron Williams Producer:Aaron Williams Length: 38 min Documentary | Short | Biography USA Thursday: 5:00pm – La Casa Grande Sunday: 2:30pm – Beloit Library Note: One ticket is for both films Part 1 of Double Feature – Craig’s Story Part 2 of Double Feature – Never Winter Craig […]
Rated: PG Director: Koji Masutani Producer: Koji Masutani Length: 80 min Documentary USA Thursday: 5:00pm – The Metropolitan Friday: 7:30pm – Bushel & Peck’s Saturday: 2:30pm – Beloit Library Website: Virtual JFK In the era of nuclear confrontation, John F. Kennedy attempted to prevent war six times during his short tenure as […]
Rated: PG13 Director: Jules Hart Producer:Jules Hart Length: 60 min Documentary | Drama Canada, USA Thursday: 5:00 pm – Rotary River Center Friday: 12:00 pm – Domenico’s Sunday: 12:00 pm – Bagels & More Website: Eyes Goddess Film This film is about the controversial movement of women seeking to be […]
Rated: G Director: Bryan Law Producers: Bryan Law & Dan Dicks Length: 124 min. Documentary Canada, Mexico, USA Thursday: 5:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Friday: 2:30pm – The Metropolitan Website: Press for Truth A film by Bryan Law and Dan Dicks United We Fall is a documentary […]
Rated: PG Director: Jeff Chiba Stearns Producer: Ruth Vincent Length: 48 min Documentary | Animation | Family Canada Friday: 5:00pm – Beloit Library Saturday: 12:00pm – Domenico’s Website: One Big Hapa Family After a realization at a family reunion, half Japanese-Canadian filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, embarks on a journey […]
Rated: G Director: Claude Green Producer: Claude Green Length: 63 Documentary United Kingdom Friday: 7:30pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Saturday: 12:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Sunday: 12:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Before the expenses scandal blew up in which British Members of Parliament (MP) replaced investment bankers as […]
Rated: G Director:Charles Larimer Producer:Charles Larimer Length: 88 min Narrative-Style Documentary | Drama USA Thursday: 5:00pm – Bushel & Peck’s Friday: 7:30pm – Beloit Library Saturday: 7:30pm – Hendricks Art Center 1 Website: Love & Valor A tremendously moving story of a Union soldier and his wife during the Civil War, “Love […]
Rated: PG13 Director:Christopher Metzler, Lev Anderson Producer:Christopher Metzler, Lev Anderson Length: 103 min Drama USA Friday: 10:00pm – Beloit Library Saturday: 2:30pm – Hendricks Art Center 2 Website: Fishbone Documentary From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan’s America, Fishbone rose to become one of the […]
Rated: PG Director: Arnd Wächter Producer: Arnd Wächter Length: 72 min Documentary Morocco, Spain, US, Israel Friday: 7:30pm – Angel Museum Sunday: 2:30pm – Bushel & Pecks Website: Crossing Borders Documentary that follows four Moroccan and four American university students as they travel together through Morocco and, in the […]
