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B.A.D. | BIFF After Dark

B.A.D. | BIFF After Dark 2020

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  • B.A.D. | BIFF After Dark

B.A.D. | BIFF AFTER DARK

Live Music Every Night of BIFF in Downtown Beloit

BIFF Pilsner Beer

The Beloit International Film Festival means more than just ten days of great independent film. It means nine nights of live music in Downtown Beloit. It means it is Party Season.

BIFF After Dark—the B.A.D. celebration of musical talent is something for everyone with nightly drink specials, no cover charges and BIFF PILS!

BIFF PILS – The Official Brew of the Beloit International Film Festival

Nowlan & Mouat LLP | BIFF SponsorGrand Avenue Pub | BIFF Sponsor

Friday, Feb 21st. 8pm

Rainbow Bridge


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue


Kick off the festival with a band that’s been playing in this area since 1976. They’ve compiled a repertoire of hundreds of songs including a wide variety of classic rock and country. And best of all, they promise to have you dancing! Nightly drink specials and no cover charge.

Saturday, Feb 22nd. 9pm

Switchtrack Alley


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

Classic and southern rock, R&B and traditional blues from this band of local musicians featuring dynamic frontman, Joel Brockwell. Every performance is a party!! Nightly drink specials and no cover charge!

Switchtrack Alley BandFacebook

Sunday, Feb 23rd. 3pm

The Doiels


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

The local band of brothers delivers classic rock on the acoustic side, from a very impressive repertoire of songs. Nightly drink specials and no cover charge.

Monday, Feb 24th. 6:30pm

The Dave Potter Trio


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

Every Monday night a Blues Jam breaks out at the GAP, hosted by area guitarist Dave Potter and his crew. Sit back or sit in! Nightly drink specials and no cover charge!

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Tuesday, Feb 25th. 6:30pm

Chris Behren’s Jazz Quartet


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

The name says it all. It’s jazz at it’s finest. Nightly drink specials and no cover charge

Wednesday, Feb 26th. 7pm

Open Mic w/ Steve & Russ Doiel


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

Join Steve, Russ and their cohorts as they entertain you… and possibly accompany you… when you visit the GAP for Open Mic night! You can go solo, if you like. Or you can invite the band to back you up (they know a ton of songs). You might even get to see a few of the BIFF staff and management onstage making fools of themselves! Nightly drink specials and no cover charge!

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Thursday, Feb 27th. 7pm

Magpie Twitch


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

Mike McKearn and Kyle Marx take the stage with their amazing acoustic catalog of originals and classics. Just good, solid playing. Nightly drink specials and no cover charge.

Friday, Feb. 28th. 8pm

William Purvis Band


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

When musicians are truly having fun and enjoying what they’re playing it’s impossible to hide it. Being first-rate players to boot creates a perfect package. The William Purvis Band delivers a thoroughly pleasing and enjoyable musical experience. Nightly drink specials, no cover charge.

Saturday, Feb 29th. 9pm

Top Flight


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

A high energy band bringing you Pop, Funk, R&B, and more! A bunch of musicians who got together to make good music, they say they want to make the crowd dance, drink, and have an excellent time. So come on out and help them do it. Nightly drink specials and no cover charge.

Sunday, Mar 1st. 3pm

Jack Farina Band


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

Close out BIFF 2020 appropriately with the local big band of fine musicians, presenting dance music and big band sound – at it’s very best. Nightly drink specials and no cover change.

Monday, Mar. 2nd. 6:30pm

The Dave Potter Trio feat. Mel Ford


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

BIFF Volunteers’ Night Out

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Stephanie Klett | BIFF 2020 Honorary Chair

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  • Stephanie Klett

    BIFF 2020 Honorary Chair

    Stephanie Klett | Beloit International Film Festival

“That first festival had so much energy and excitement,” Klett said. “It put Beloit on the map as a place for serious filmmakers”

Each year, The Beloit International Film festival selects a supporter of film, filmmakers, and the Beloit community to serve in the role of Honorary Chair of BIFF. This year, the selection is a celebration both ways, as the state’s number one promoter of cultural and natural virtues of Wisconsin returns to her home town to help celebrate 15 years of BIFF.

There is hardly a bigger fan of BIFF since its inception than Beloiter Stephanie Klett, former Wisconsin Secretary of Tourism and current president and CEO of Visit Lake Geneva. As Honorary Chair, she will be a part of all the major public events at this year’s BIFF and will host the initial “BIFFteenth” Anniversary Party on the eve of BIFF 2020, Thursday, Feb. 20th.

Klett first helped to market and promote the Beloit International Film Festival in 2006 when she was Host of Discover Wisconsin Television and Radio. She asked her co-host Rick Rose, whom she had become friends with as theater majors at Beloit College, to join in on the promotion.



Stephanie Klett | Beloit International Film Festival


“That first festival had so much energy and excitement,” Klett said. “It put Beloit on the map as a place for serious filmmakers to go and elevated our community in a way that is almost unquantifiable. I am thrilled to be the Honorary Chair for the 15th Anniversary. This is a huge accomplishment for the hundreds of BIFF volunteers, the Beloit area and of course the Board of Directors”.

Executive Director Greg Gerard has indicated that “we are excited that she is available to support our 2020 celebration. We are already planning the party, and there is nobody we would rather celebrate with!”.

Klett is a graduate of Beloit Memorial High School and Beloit College. She first brought national focus on Beloit as Miss Wisconsin in 1992, winning the talent portion of the Miss America Pageant for her solo trumpet work. She has also soloed with the Beloit Janesville Symphony. For the past eight years she served the state as Wisconsin’s chief promoter in the Scott Walker administration. Through her Spotlight on Wisconsin, she promoted and supported the work of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Beloit Regional Hospice and the Stateline Boys and Girls Clubs.


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BIFF Cares 2020

BIFF Cares 2020

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BIFF CARES

BIFF CARES 2020 looks at the healing power of caring for one another.


BIFF CARES 2020 presents films that shed light on health issues, depicted in new independent films that are informative, compelling, inspiring and moving.


This year the program consists of several amazing films that address loving and caring for those with Alzheimer’s, loving and caring for our returning veterans, and loving and caring for others across cultures.


Beloit Health System

When All That’s Left Is Love

Directed by Eric Gardon
Documentary Feature
USA | 77 min | 2019


BUY TICKETS
Fri Feb 28, 2020 – 2:30 pm | Bagels & More
BUY TICKETS
Sun Mar 1, 2020 – 2:30 pm | Hendricks Arts Center



Film Page


When All That's Left Is Love poster | Eric Gordon


Eric Gordon, Director | When All That's Left Is Love

Synopsis

When All That’s Left is Love is the emotionally gripping story of a wife’s determination to care for her Alzheimer’s-stricken husband in their home. With unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access, the film reveals the toll that the disease takes on families coping with Alzheimer’s, while also showcasing the power of love that sustains both patients and caregivers.

Eric Gordon, Director


Unprescribed

Directed by
Steve Ellmore


BUY TICKETS
Fri Feb 21, 2020 – 5:00 pm | Bagels & More
BUY TICKETS
Sat Feb 22, 2020 – 12:00 pm | Hendricks Arts Center



BIFF Film Page


Unprescribed | Steve Ellmore, Director


Steve Ellmore, Director | UnprescribedSynopsis:

Amid the opioid and suicide epidemics, military veterans across the nation are ditching prescription medications in favor of cannabis.

In his first feature-length documentary, producer, director, and military veteran Steve Ellmore chronicles the lives of fellow veterans, spouses, and family members coping with war-related trauma and the loss of loved ones to suicide brought on by the over-prescription of pharmaceuticals.

Steve Ellmore, Director

Grizzlies

Directed by Miranda de Pencier
Feature Narrative
Canada | 104 min | 2018


BUY TICKETS
Fri Feb 28, 2020 – 5:00 pm | Bushel & Peck’s
BUY TICKETS
Sat Feb 29, 2020 – 7:30 pm | Domenico’s



Film Page


Grizzlies - Poster


Grizzlies - Miranda de Pencier

Synopsis:

Based on a true story, The Grizzlies is more than the usual triumph through sports story, for it doesn’t shy away from moving depictions of the poverty and isolation characteristic of too many northern communities.

When first-time teacher Russ Shepherd comes to Kugluktuk, he brings preconceived notions about northern life and no little hubris about his self-imposed mission to bring about change. An interconnected chain of dramatic incidents, however (and some quieter cross-cultural corrections) lead Russ to understand that education is a two-way street. Initially, the hastily built lacrosse team seems mild after- school fun, but soon becomes the lightening rod for the community’s differing views on its future.

Driven by remarkable performances by the young, Nunavut -based cast, and seeded with unassailable authenticity because of it’s dramatic location, The Grizzlies proves to be one of the most unexpectedly affirming films of the year.

Miranda de Pencier
Director


Harlem Vets Project

Directed by
T.B.A.


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BIFF Film Page | TBA


The Faces That Never Fade


Making of a Soldier - Nicolas StrangeSynopsis

TBA

Nicholas Stange
Teacher, Faculty Advisor
Harlem High School
Machesney Park, IL

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Minding the Gap

in 2019


Wisconsin Public Television

Presents


Free Community Meal and Screening

Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) and POV, television’s longest-running documentary film series, along with Community Action, Inc. and the Beloit International Film Festival, will host a free community meal and special presentation of the Academy Award-nominated film, Minding the Gap.

The meal and screening will be followed by a community discussion moderated by Community Action, Inc. featuring the film’s director Bing Liu, one of the film’s subjects, Keire Johnson and members of the Beloit community.


Minding the Gap

Directed by Bing Liu





YES! Filmmaker(s) Attending for Q & A


Minding the Gap

Documentary Feature
US | 93 min. | 2018


  • Minding The Gap, Directed by Bing LiuSat. April 13th, 2019
  • 5:00 pm – FREE meal served
  • 6:00 pm – FREE screening begins
  • Eclipse Center – 3 Eclipse Blvd. Beloit

NOTE:
Seating is limited and available on first-come, first seated basis. Meals prepared for approximately 200 attendees. No RSVP necessary.

FREE childcare provided by Community Action with reservation only.
608-755-2488. Ask for Kayla for arrangements.

Film Synopsis

Director Bing Liu’s debut film chronicles three skateboarding friends as they navigate coming of age in Rockford, Ill. “While navigating a complex relationship between his camera and his friends, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.”


 

WPT is a place to grow through learning on WHA-TV, Madison; WPNE-TV, Green Bay; WHRM-TV, Wausau; WLEF-TV, Park Falls; WHLA-TV, La Crosse; and WHWC-TV, Menomonie-Eau Claire.



Bing Liu

Producer/Director


Bing Liu, Director Minding the GapBing is a 30-year-old Chicago-based filmmaker whose critically acclaimed documentary Minding the Gap has earned over 50 award recognitions since its premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it took home the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking. He directed three storylines on America To Me, a 10-hour series from Steve James that examines racial inequities in the U.S. education system. Bing is a member of the Directors Guild of America and was a former member of the International Cinematographers Guild. Bing is a 2017 Film Independent Fellow and Garrett Scott Development Grant recipient and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Film Information


Directors: Bing Liu
Country: US
Year: 2018
Language: English
Runtime: 93min.
Rated: G

Credits


Producers: Bing Liu, Diane Quon
Executive Producer: Gordon Quinn, Steve James, Betsy Steinberg
Editor: Josh Altman
Composers: Nathan Halpern, Chris Ruggiero

Connect With This Film


Website
IMDb
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

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BIFFY Award Night 2019

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  • The BIFF 2019 Award Winners

    2019 BIFFY Award Winners! | Beloit International Film Festival - Peer Canvas

Sponsored by:

Blackhawk Bank
Anonymous BIFF Sponsor
Bolgrien, Koepke, Kimes & Livingston, LLC.
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Our BIFF 2019 Honorary Chair

Tommy Hankins


Tom, or Tommy as he is affectionately known to his many friends, has operated Suds O’Hanahan’s Irish Pub in downtown Beloit for more than twenty years. Opening any business downtown was something of a risk back then as the renaissance that would transform Beloit was still a few years away. Tommy’s foresight in locating this popular pub in the heart of Beloit’s business district helped launch that revival and it’s a credit to his vision that Suds O’Hanahan’s endures.


Tommy Hankins | 2019 Honorary Chair


The Providers

Directed by Laura Green & Anna Moot-Levin


The BIFF 2019
Power of Film Award


After that first BIFF event in 2006 we realized that we had unleashed something truly significant. As you well know, film can be a potent force. It can make people laugh, it can make people cry. It can touch them deep inside and make them look at the world in a whole new light.

As its name suggests, this award was created to spotlight that awesome power. It is given to a film that shares with the world a powerful, life-changing message. The winner this year absolutely fits this description.



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Light in the Darkness
  • Yeses
  • Shootball
  • Ginger

The Providers posters | Laura Green & Anna Moot Levin, Directors


Guest Artist

Directed by Timothy Busfield


Best Narrative Feature



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Eternal Winter
  • Radium Girls
  • Palace
  • The Comet

Guest Artist | Tim Busfield, Director


Liyana

Directed by Aaron & Amanda Kopp


Best Documentary Feature



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Carrasca
  • Hillbilly
  • Chasing the Taper
  • Rodents of Unusual Size

LIYANA Movie Poster


One Small Step

Directed by Bobby Pontillas & Andrew Chesworth


Best Narrative Short



Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Margo Hoo Couldn’t Sleep
  • Once Always
  • Alice and Lewis
  • Voxgirl

One Small Step Poster


No Friends but the Mountains

Directed by Jozef Devillé


Best Documentary Short



Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Double Exposed

No Friends But The Mountains


The Hello Girls

Directed by James William Theres


BIFF Year ‘Round
People’s Choice Award


For weeks throughout the year, our film audience gathers to pre-view and review selected BIFF-eligible films. Together they select a winner before BIFF even starts.





Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Liyana
  • Eternal Winter
  • The Guardians
  • Chi-Town

Hello Girls Movie Poster

BIFF Year ‘Round

Sponsored by:


Stateline Community Foundation


Last Call

Directed by Gavin Michael Booth


Josh Burton Award
For Creative Excellence


A very special friend of BIFF was Josh Burton, who we lost in 2007. As a professional actor, Josh had a successful career on Broadway but returned home to become a driving force in the Greater Beloit arts community. He entertained countless local audiences both as an actor and as a producer as he helped create a professional summer theater company in residence at Beloit College.

In that spirit, the Josh Burton Award acknowledges a film deserving of recognition for bringing something truly special to the stage, or in this case, the screen.



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Silicon Beach
  • Major Arcana
  • Wild Honey
  • Harlem Vets Project

Last Call | Gavin Michael Booth, Director


Tracks

Directed by Jamie Patterson


Executive Director’s Award



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • Black Mother
  • Manlife
  • Banana Season
  • And… Seen

Tracks Movie Poster | Jamie Patterson, Director


Silver Lake

Directed by Sean McGinly


Artistic Director Award



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer


Finalists:

  • When I Sing
  • Silicone Soul
  • Back at the Staircase
  • Ape Girl

Silver Lake Movie Poster | Sean McGinly, Director

Wisconsin/Illinois Showdown


Lake Michigan Monster

Directed by Ryland Tewsw


Best Wisconsin Feature



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer

Lake Michigan Monster Movie Poster | Ryland Tews, Director


Ginger

Directed by Melissa & Jimmy Boratyn


Best Illinois Feature



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer

Ginger Film Poster | Melissa, Jimmy Boratyn


Grandpa’s Getaways

Directed by Kristin Holodak


Best Wisconsin Short



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer

Grandpa's Getaways


Seared

Directed by Ben Gustafson


Best Illinois Short



Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival


Film Page & Trailer

Seared Poster

BIFFY Awards Night

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Peer Canvas Photography and Video

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Linda Chorney | When I Sing

Linda Chorney | A Night of Live Music

in 2019


A Night of Live Music with Linda Chorney


We invite you to be our special guest at the Beloit Club, the region’s most desired private golf and social club.



  • When I Sing | Robin Uriel Russin, DirectorSat. Feb. 23rd. 5:00-6:30 pm
  • Beloit Club – 2327 S. Riverside Dr. Beloit
  • $25 per person. Includes heavy appetizers.

Linda, star of the BIFF 2019 film “When I Sing,” will perform and our decorated culinary team will serve heavy appetizers from 5-6:30pm… all this for $25 per person.

Enjoy the finest cocktails found anywhere, with juices squeezed and herbs muddled right in front of you.

Take advantage of this special offer to gain access to an award winning private club and enjoy the music of Grammy nominated artist, Linda Chorney – up close and personal.

LIVE PERFORMANCE RESERVATIONS CALL
608-364-9000

Beloit Club



When I Sing

Directed by Robin Uriel Russin


  • Fri Feb 22, 2019 – 7:30 pm | La Casa Grande
  • Sun Feb 24, 2019 – 12:00 pm | Bushel & Peck’s

Film Page & Film Tickets

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Kids @ BIFF 2018

BIFF Classroom 2019

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  • BIFF Classroom

    For Area School Children
    Beloit College Help Yourself Films
    added to this year’s program

    BIFF Classroom

BIFF CLASSROOM Adds New Help Yourself Films Programs

No tickets required for this FREE screening.

Sunday March 4, 2018 — 2:30 PM
Schubert’s Luxury 10 Theater
2799 Cranston Rd. Beloit

 

BIFF CLASSROOM Adds New Help Yourself Films Programs



BIFF Classroom

Kids FirstSince its inception, BIFF has been aware that the best way to thrive in any community is to give something back to those who have supported you. BIFF CLASSROOM is a group of programs that have been developed over the last fourteen years, taking the knowledge that the festival has gathered from one year to another and sharing it with a wide array of local students.

BIFF CLASSROOM is another way in which the festival attempts to give back to the Beloit community and surrounding area. Programs are underwritten through generous support of the organizations and corporations whose logos you see listed below.


Help Yourself Films

Regina Hendrix | Help Yourself, Beloit CollegeJoe Bookman | Media Studies, Beloit CollegeOne of BIFF’s most effective and respected community outreach programs, KIDS@BIFF has brought thousands of elementary school-aged children together in an effort to teach critical thinking skills related to media by way of independent film. In partnership with KIDS FIRST! (a program of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media) KIDS@BIFF engages area 5th grade students in discussions of film quality. The program includes classroom visits from BIFF staff, and a field trip to Schubert’s Luxury 10 Theatre in Beloit.

BIFF reaches out to area high school students through its part in the Help Yourself Films initiative.The program was designed in partnership with Help Yourself Films Director Regina Hendrix and Beloit College Professor of Media Studies, Joe Bookman. During the course of Summer 2018 approximately 40 students participated in workshops provided by BIFF and the staff at The Castle at 501 Prospect in Beloit. Students learned the basics of screenwriting, composition, film structure, cinematography, lighting, acting and direction.


Student Screening

Saturday Feb. 23rd, 2019.
2:30 pm
Beloit Public Library
FREE, Open to the public


James Choi | Filmmaker Workshop, BIFF 2019Students were then asked to come up with story ideas, write scripts and shoot footage, which they worked into finished short films. These creations will be screened during BIFF 2019 at the Beloit Public Library and will be joined by BIFF 2019 Artist In Residence, James Choi, for a lively discussion and some filmmaking instruction.


Kids First!
2019 Films for Kids@BIFF



The Astronaut | Adam Murray, Director
Change for Chimps | Directed by Lisa Mann
Grizzy and the Lemmings
irl | Sterling Smith, Director
The Magic of Reading | Claudia Moysset, Director
Our Way To Fall | Zoey Peck, Director
Outside | Laura Norris, Director
PigTails | Caitlyn Chase, Director
Recipe For Love | Gwyneth Christoffel, Director

BIFF Classroom 2018

5th grade students from Aldrich, Cunningham, Fruzen and McNeel Intermediate Schools.

For the tenth straight year BIFF, in partnership with Kristy Champion and the School District of Beloit, presented its annual Kids@BIFF field trips to Schubert’s Luxury 10 Theater in Beloit.

5th Grade students from area middle schools assembled to watch short films and learn critical thinking skills as they became official BIFF film critics for a day. Approximately 1000 students took part in this year’s program.

Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
Kids @ BIFF 2018
 
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Filmmaker Introductions 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival

BIFF Filmmaker Introductions 2019

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Filmmaker Introductions 2019

  • Festival Schedule

  • Film Index


Above The Clouds

Directed by Leon Chambers


Film Page


Ape Girl

Directed by Cris Siqueira


Film Page


Back at the Staircase

Directed by Drew Britton


Film Page


Chasing The Taper

Directed by Mark Allen Davis


Film Page


Echoes

Directed by Mark Kerins & Elliot Mayen


Film Page


Hoan Alone

Directed by Aaron Johnson


Film Page


Last Summer

Directed by Jon Jones


Film Page


Leia’s Army

Directed by Oriana Oppice


Film Page


Light in the Darkness

Directed by Daniel Gartzke


Film Page


Luba

Directed by Caley Wilson


Film Page


Magnolia & Clementine

Directed by Ashley Shelton


Film Page


Margo Hoo Couldn’t Sleep

Directed by Raúl Gonzo


Film Page


My Friend Ingrid | Harlem Vets Project

Directed by Carson Menke, Nicholas Stange


Film Page


Palace

Directed by Andrew Paul Davis


Film Page


Radium Girls

Directed by Lydia Pilcher & Ginny Mohler


Film Page


Rendezvous in Chicago

Directed by Michael Smith


Film Page


Seared

Directed by Ben Gustafson


Film Page


Silicon Beach

Directed by Max Gold


Film Page


When I Sing

Directed by Robin Uriel Russin


Film Page

Film trailers are the perfect vehicle for their intended purpose, introducing the film in as compelling means possible and to encourage attendance.

We invite our filmmakers to provide Filmmaker Introductions. These are certainly intended to help encourage attendance as well however, we’re also trying to foster greater person-to-person connection between our guest filmmakers and our BIFF audiences.

We really appreciate getting to know the BIFF filmmakers. And we enjoy a little more insight into the the why of the film and the filmmaker’s intent and connection with their project. We find the Filmmaker Introductions particularly compelling and personable. We offer these to you in the hopes you might as well.

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BIFF Cares 2018

BIFF Cares 2019

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  • Desert Around Me


    View TrailerFilm Page
    Desert Around Me - Alessandro Beiltrame, Director
  • Making of a Soldier

    Directed by Ralston, Burke, Stange

    Film Page
    Making of a Soldier - Harlem School
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BIFF CARES

BIFF CARES

BIFF CARES 2019 highlights physicians, veterans and PTSD.



Sponsored by Beloit Health System, BIFF CARES 2019 present films that shed light on health issues, depicted in new independent films that are informative, compelling, inspiring and moving. This year the program consists of several amazing films that take us from the southwestern United States to battlefields abroad and to our own backyard.

Sponsored by:

The Providers

Directed by Laura Green & Anna Moot-Levin
Documentary Feature
USA | 85 min | 2018


BUY TICKETS
Sat Feb 23, 2019 – 5:00 pm | Bagels & More
BUY TICKETS
Sun Mar 3, 2019 – 12:00 pm | La Casa Grande



Film Page


The Providers posters | Laura Green & Anna Moot Levin, Directors


Laura Gree | The ProvidersLaura Green
Co-Director

Laura Green is a documentary director and editor based in San Francisco. She has directed, produced and edited five short documentaries, which played at numerous festivals, including Palm Springs Shortfest, Aspen Shortsfest, Sarasota Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, and Outfest.

She edited True Son (2014), a feature length documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the new documentary web-series The F Word. Green is also an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University.



Anna Moot Levin | The ProvidersAnna Moot-Levin
Co-Director

Anna Moot-Levin is a documentary filmmaker and editor based in Brooklyn. She has directed, produced, shot and edited three short documentaries, Still in Motion(2011), Well-Fed (2012) and Track by Track (2013). Track by Track premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and is in distribution with Sproutflix.

She is also an associate producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary Inside Job (2010). Moot-Levin has an M.F.A. in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University and received her B.A. in film and sociology from Vassar College.


Harlem Vets Project

Directed by
Carson Menke, Nick Talan, Grant Hume, Nick Stange

Two Documentary Shorts
— Colorless
— My Friend Ingrid
USA | 70 min | 2018


BUY TICKETS
Sat Mar 2, 2019 – 2:30 pm | La Casa Grande
BUY TICKETS
Sun Mar 3, 2019 – 12:00 pm | Hendricks Arts Center



BIFF Film Page


Harlem Vets Project


Directors

Carson Menke, DirectorCarson Menke:

Carson is a 19 year old student studying Finance with a minor in Entrepreneurship at University of Illinois at Chicago. He first got started in film and the Harlem veteran project where he spent his Junior and Senior High School creating two documentaries one being “Colorless”. Carson currently works at Gateway Community Bank as well as performing improv comedy in Chicago. He continues his interest in film by doing video and photoshoots along with running his YouTube channel.


Nick Talan | DirectorNick Talan:

Nick is a 20 year old film maker out of Machesney Park, IL. He first got his start in video production in high school while taking a Veteran Documentary and News Room simulator class.  He then went on to get his Media Specialist certificate from Rock Valley College while also attaining his Associate of Arts degree. He is currently working in the free lance realm in videography and photography.


Grant Hume | DirectorGrant Hume:

Grant is a 20 year old filmmaker out of Machesney Park, IL. He first got his start in video production in high school while taking a Veteran Documentary and News Room simulator class. He then went to work for SmythGrey Advertising as a Video Specialist.


Making of a Soldier - Nicolas StrangeNicholas Stange:

Nicholas is currently a teacher at Harlem High School in Machesney Park, IL. He is also one of the main school sponsors of the Harlem Veteran Project. The Harlem Veteran Project is dedicated to recording the oral history of America’s veterans. Over the past 8 years the project has recorded over 200 interviews and created over 150 short feature documentaries. “Making of a Soldier,” is the second feature length documentary produced by Nicholas Stange and the Harlem Veteran Project.

Light in the Darkness

Directed by Daniel Gartzke
Documentary Feature
USA | 84 min | 2018


BUY TICKETS
Sun Feb 24, 2019 – 5:00 pm | Bagels & More
BUY TICKETS
Thu Feb 28, 2019 – 5:30 pm | Domenico’s



Film Page


Light in the Darkness Movie Poster | Daniel Gartzke, Director


Daniel Gartzke, DirectorDaniel Gartzke
Director


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Women in Film | Panel Discussion

Women In Film Celebration

in 2019

Panel Discussion with Melissa Houghton

Beloit College Graduate and
Executive Director, Women in Film & Video
Washington D.C.

Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm
Rooftop Room at the Hotel Goodwin
FREE Event — Limited seating, arrive early


As part of its celebration of Women In Film, you are cordially invited to attend a special event that features an expert in the field, a friend to female filmmakers everywhere, and quite notably…a 1981 graduate of our own Beloit College!


Women in Film & VideoPanel Discussion

— Saturday, March 2nd. 2:30pm
— Rooftop Room, Hotel Goodwin
— Tickets… FREE!

The event takes place on Saturday March 2nd at 2:30pm in the Rooftop Room at the Hotel Goodwin. Melissa will be conducting a panel discussion. The panel will include women whose films are being screened at BIFF 2019. Seating is limited, so arrive early. We strongly encourage all filmmakers in town for the festival to attend!

Presented By: Anonymous Donor


Oriana Oppice, Director | Leias Army
Oriana Oppice, Director
Leia's Army
Tracey Thomas, Director
Tracey Thomas, Director
My First and Last Film
Anna Moot Levin | The Providers
Anna Moot-Levin, Director
The Providers
Jan Jensen, Producer | Chasing the Taper
Jan Jensen
Executive Producer
Chasing The Taper

Melissa Houghton | Executive Director, Women in Film & VideoMeet Melissa Houghton

Melissa Houghton is the Executive Director of Women in Film & Video of Washington, D.C. – a nonprofit organization that supports women in the independent film industry by promoting equal opportunities, encouraging professional development, providing a network of information, and educating the public about women’s creative achievements.

She has been on the WIFV team since 2005, promoting talented women for leadership positions and bringing resources to independent film production. Among her many impactful contributions is WIFV’s Image Makers Program, which teaches high school students how to research, write, produce, direct, and edit public service announcements in support of nonprofit organizations. Melissa has experience in national outreach and supporting PBS-format documentaries reach national audiences and generating community engagement across the country. Her work ethic is unparalleled as she tirelessly promotes ideas, films and women filmmakers.

Women in Film Discussion - Melissa Houghton | Beloit International Film Festival

A Women in Film Celebration!

Greg Gerard | Beloit International Film Festival

2019 celebrates Women In Film by identifying the works of women filmmakers and by holding an open forum where women… and men…can gather to discuss this phenomenal ascent of gender in film.

Look for the symbol indicating that this film has a theme that is focused on a strong female presence, or was made by, directed by, produced by, written by…controlled by…WOMEN!

Women in Film

My personal thanks to all those women who have brought a wealth of amazing work to Beloit screens this year. I look forward to meeting you, and talking with you…and listening to you.

Greg Gerard
BIFF Artistic Director

Ana Kelly | Beloit International Film Festival

Kismet?
Honestly, this year we hadn’t recognized the outpouring of women filmmakers until selections were finalized based on merit and we reflected back. Kismet? As a small tech business owner myself and mother of nine including three young women, I’m keenly appreciative and supportive of women’s professional accomplishments and civic contributions.

I feel very fortunate that I’m able to be a part of BIFF this year in particular as we celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of our women storytellers.

Ana Kelly
BIFF Board President


The BIFF 2019 Women Film Directors


Shaz Bennet, Director
Shaz Bennett, Director
Alaska is a Drag
Once Always- Susanne Boeing
Susanne Boeing, Director
Once Always
Melissa Beck-Boratyn, Director - Ginger
Melissa Boratyn, Director
Ginger
Assia Boundaoui, Director
Assia Boundaoui, Director
The Feeling of Being Watched
Meet Uncle Paul - Jessica Bursi
Jessica Bursi, Director
Meet Uncle Paul
Three Days in the Hole - Candice Carella
Candice Carella, Director
Three Days in the Hole

Building, Shelter, Temple - Gabriella Cisneros
Gabriella Cisneros, Director
Building, Shelter, Temple
Melody Gilbert, Director
Melody Gilbert, Director
Silicone Soul
Kendall Goldberg, Director | Gloria Talks Funny
Kendall Goldberg, Director
Dempsey the Diabetic Superhero
and
Gloria Talks Funny
I Want to Live in the Zoo - Evgenia Golubeva
Evgenia Golubeva, Director
I Want to Live in the Zoo
Laura Gree | The Providers
Laura Green, Director
The Providers
Kristin Holodak, Director
Kristin Holiday, Director
Grandpa's Getaways

Four Eyes - Anika Jess
Anika Jess, Director
Four Eyes
Veronica Kedar, Director
Veronica Kedar, Director
Family
Amanda Kopp, Director - LIYANA
Amanda Kopp, Director
Liyana
Lucy Lumsden, Director | The Fashion Show
Lucy Lumsden, Director
The Fashion Show
Oblivion - Fatemeh Mohammadi
Fatemeh Mohammadi, Director
Oblivion

Ginny Mohler, Director
Ginny Mohler, Director
Radium Girls
Anna Moot Levin | The Providers
Anna Moot-Levin, Director
The Providers
Mirette - Helen O'Hanlon
Helen O'Hanlon, Director
Mirette
Oriana Oppice, Director | Leias Army
Oriana Oppice, Director
Leia's Army
Liz Ortiz Mackles, Director
Liz Ortiz, Director
And Seen...
Nour Oubeid, Director | Amal
Nour Oubeid, Director
Amal

Little Boy Roy - Kristin Peterson
Kristin Peterson, Director
Little Boy Roy
The Oracle - Nicole Peterson
Nicole Peterson, Director
The Oracle
Lydia Pilcher, Director
Lydia Pilcher, Director
Radium Girls
Giselle Portenier, Director
Giselle Portenier, Director
In the Name of Your Daughter
Sally Rubin, Director | Hillbilly
Sally Rubin, Director
Hillbilly
Cris Siqueira, Director | Ape Girl
Cris Siqueira, Director
Ape Girl

Follow the Roses - Jen Steele
Jen Steele, Director
Follow the Roses
Alice and Lewis - Elina Street
Elina Street, Director
Alice and Lewis
Gabrielle Tesfaye, Director | The Water Will Carry Us Home
Gabrielle Tesfaye, Director
The Water Will Carry Us Home
Tracey Thomas, Director
Tracey Thomas, Director
My First and Last Film
Ashley York, Director | Hillbilly
Ashley York, Director
Hillbilly
Decision - Mary Jo Zefeldt
Mary Jo Zefeldt, Director
Decision


Women’s Perspective as Central Theme

Feature Length Films

Above The Clouds Movie Poster | Leon Chambers, Director
Above The Clouds
Directed by Leon Chambers
And... Seen Movie Poster, Liz Ortiz, Director
And... Seen
Directed by Liz Ortiz
Back at the Staircase Poster
Back At The Staircase
Directed by Drew Britton
Black Mother Directed by Khalik Allah
Black Mother
Directed by Khalik Allah
Carrasca Movie Poster | Alejandro Cortes, Director
Carrasca
Directed by Alejandro Cortes
Deany Bean is Dead Movie Poster | Mikael Kreuzriegler, Director
Deany Bean is Dead
Directed by Mikael Kreuzriegler
Eternal Winter Movie Poster | Attila Szasz, Director
Eternal Winter
Directed by Attila Szász
Family Poster | Veronica Kedar, Director
Family
Directed by Veronica Kedar
The Feeling Of Being Watched Movie Poster | Assia Boundaoui, Director
Feeling of Being Watched - The
Directed by Assia Boundaoui
Ginger Film Poster | Melissa, Jimmy Boratyn
Ginger
Directed by Melissa and Jimmy Boratyn
Hello Girls Movie Poster
Hello Girls - The
Directed by James William Theres
In The Name Of Your Daughter Movie Poster | Giselle Portenier, Director
In The Name Of Your Daughter
Directed by Giselle Portenier
LIYANA Movie Poster
Liyana
Directed by Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp
Luba Movie Poster | Directed by Caley Wilson
Luba
Directed by Caley Wilson
My First and Last Film | Tracy Thomas, Director
My First and Last Film
Directed by Tracey Thomas
Harlem Vets Project
My Friend Ingrid
Directed by Carson Menke
Olympia Movie Poster | Gregory Dixon, Director
Olympia
Directed by Gregory Dixon
Radium Girls
Radium Girls
Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher & Ginny Mohler
Wild Honey Movie Poster | Francis Stokes, Director
Wild Honey
Directed by Francis Stokes
When I Sing Poster
When I Sing
Directed by Uriel Russin
Yeses Movie Poster | Miguel Forneiro, Director
Yeses
Directed by Miguel Forneiro


Women’s Perspective as Central Theme

Shorts

Alice and Lewis Film Poster
Alice and Lewis
Directed by Elina Street
Amal | Nour Oubeid, Director
Amal
Directed by Nour Oubeid
Decision Poster
Decision
Directed by Raul Gonzo
Dempsey the Diabetic Superhero - Poster
Dempsey The Diabetic Superhero
Directed by Kendall Goldberg
The Fashion Show
Fashion Show - The
Directed by Lucy Lumsden
Follow the Roses - Poster
Follow The Roses
Directed by Jen Steele
Four Eyes Poster
Four Eyes
Directed by Anika Jess
Gloria Talks Funny film poster | Kendall Goldberg, Director
Gloria Talks Funny
Directed by Kendall Goldberg
I Want to Live in the Zoo Poster
I Want To Live In The Zoo
Directed by Evgenia Golubeva
Leia's Army - poster
Leia's Army
Directed by Oriana Oppice
Lunch Time Poster
Lunch Time
Directed by Alireza Ghasem
Margo Hoo Couldn't Sleep! Poster
Margo Hoo Couldn't Sleep
Directed by Raul Gonzo
Mirette Film Poster | Helen O'Hanlon, Director
Mirette
Directed by Helen O’Hanlon
Oblivion - Poster
Oblivion
Directed by Fatemeh Mohammadi
Once Always
Directed by Susanne Boeing
The Oracle Poster
Oracle - The
Directed by Nicole Peterson
Three Days in the Hole
Three Days In The Hole
Directed by Candice Carella
Voxgirl - Poster
Voxgirl
Directed by David Bashford

Women as Central Character

  • Above the Clouds
  • And… Seen
  • Back at the Staircase
  • Deany Bean is Dead
  • Double Eagle Ranch
  • Eternal Winter
  • Family
  • Ginger
  • Silicon Beach
  • When I Sing
  • Wild Honey
  • The Feeling of Being Watched
  • Hillbilly
  • Liyana
  • Three Days in the Hole
  • Lunch Time
  • Amal
  • Oblivion
  • Once Always
  • Voxgirl
  • Four Eyes
  • Margo Hoo Couldn’t Sleep!
  • I want to live in the Zoo
  • Dempsey the Diabetic Superhero
  • Alice and Lewis
  • The Fashion Show
  • Mirette
  • Decision
  • Gloria Talks Funny
  • Leia’s Army
  • The Oracle
  • The Dumb Cat

Films with Women Producers or Writers

  • Double Eagle Ranch
  • Guest Artist
  • Last Summer
  • Major Arcana
  • Rendezvous in Chicago
  • Silicon Beach
  • Ape Girl
  • Chasing the Taper
  • Manlife
  • The Providers
  • Silicone Soul
  • Tomorrowland
  • Sunset Song
  • Water Will Carry Us Home
  • Meet Uncle Paul
  • Building, Shelter, Temple
  • Grandpa’s Getaway
  • Follow the Roses
  • The Masses
  • Little Boy Roy
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B.A.D. | BIFF After Dark

B.A.D. | BIFF After Dark 2019

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  • B.A.D. | BIFF After Dark

B.A.D. | BIFF AFTER DARK

Live Music Every Night of BIFF in Downtown Beloit

BIFF Pilsner Beer

The Beloit International Film Festival means more than just ten days of great independent film. It means nine nights of live music in Downtown Beloit. It means it is Party Season.

BIFF After Dark—the B.A.D. celebration of musical talent is something for everyone with nightly drink specials, no cover charges and BIFF PILS!

BIFF PILS – The Official Brew of the Beloit International Film Festival

Nowlan & Mouat LLP | BIFF SponsorGrand Avenue Pub | BIFF Sponsor

Friday, Feb 22nd. 7pm

Tony Scodwell
Highland Community College Big Band


Suds O'Hanahan's | Music Venue


Kicking off this year’s festivities will be Beloit native and one of the world’s leading jazz trumpet virtuosos, Tony Scodwell. This year he will get things rolling with a two-hour set on opening night Feb. 22 at Suds O’Hanahan’s Irish Pub, 435 E Grand Ave in Beloit, starting at 7 p.m. He will be backed up by the celebrated Highland Community College Big Band from Freeport, Ill. Special Guests will include another Beloit trumpet virtuoso, John Meyers, as well as BIFF Artistic Director Greg Gerard and the Beloit College Jazz Band.

Scodwell, a formidable veteran of the Big Band music scene, returns to Beloit to recreate some of the great standards. Creator of fine trumpets used worldwide, he has played with legendary stars crossing five decades, from Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Bennett, to Elvis Presley, Diana Ross and Barbara Streisand.

Scodwell USA

Friday, Feb 22nd. 8pm-12am

Done Deal


Grand Avenue Pub | Music Venue

Enjoy this modern and classic hard rock band from Beloit, Wisconsin, featuring five of the most seasoned ROCK veterans in the area! Nightly drink specials and no cover charge!
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