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2020 BIFFy Awards Presentation Event

2020 BIFFy Award Winners!

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Stephanie Klett | Honorary Chair, BIFF 2020

Our BIFF 2020 Honorary Chair

Stephanie Klett

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.

“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.

Stephanie Klett | 2020 Honorary Chair

When All That’s Left Is Love

Directed by Eric Gordon

Eric Gordon - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

The BIFF 2020
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.

When All That's Left Is Love | Eric Gordon, Director
Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Bullied
  • Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?
  • Unprescribed
  • Torn Apart

Sex, Drugs and Bicycles

Directed by Jonathan Blank

Jonathan Blank - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

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.

Sex Drugs & Bicycles - Poster
Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • In Bright Axiom
  • Around The Sun
  • Work Songs
  • Cerulean Blue

The Grizzlies

Directed by Miranda de Pencier

Best Narrative Feature

Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival
Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Film
Grizzlies - Poster

Decoding The Driftless

Directed by Jonas Stenstrom

Best Documentary Feature

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Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Films
Decoding the Driftless -POSTER

Unicorns

Directed by Candice Carella

Candice, Hilary & Caity - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

Best Narrative Short

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Honor Among Thieves
  • Honey & Jerome Forever
  • Indimenticabile
  • Each Other
Unicorns - Poster

Shift Change

Directed by Bill Roach

Bill Roach - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

Best Documentary Short

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Will To Live
  • Sold Down The River
  • Lost Boys of Chicago
  • Jalil and Khalil
Shift Change - Bill Roach

This Is My Home

Directed by Karl Nickoley

Karl Nickoley - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

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.

This Is My Home | Black Donnellys - Movie Poster
Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Jhalki
  • Love Them First
  • The SixTripleEight
  • The Faces That Never Fade

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Will

Directed by Rick Rose

Rick Rose - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

The BIFF 2020
Golden Laurels Award

Will - Poster
Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • No Small Matter
  • The Faces That Never Fade
  • Champion: The Story of K Cancer
  • Farfalle Bianche

Francis Ferguson

Directed by Bob Byington

Executive Director’s Award

Award Winners 2019 | Beloit International Film Festival
Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

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Frances Ferguson - Poster

From Seed To Seed

Directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer

Katharina Stieffenhofer - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

President’s Award

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Minor Key
  • Love Them First
  • In Colors
  • Arcangel
From Seed to Seed | Katharina Stieffenhofer, Director

Wisconsin/Illinois Showdown

Survival Guide

Directed by Fritzy

Fritzy - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

Best Wisconsin Feature

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Decoding The Driftless
  • The Field
  • Swing State
  • My First And Last Film
Survival Guide - poster

Sun King

Directed by Marcus Aubin

Marcus Aubin - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

Best Illinois Feature

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Book of Birdie
Sun King - Poster

Fraser Syndrome & Me

Directed by Kyle Anne Grendys

Kyle Anne Grendys - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

Best Wisconsin Short

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Amateur Night
  • Orin & Kepa
  • Stolen Apes
  • Punch Me
Fraser Syndrome & Me - Poster

Cool For Five Seconds

Directed by Dani Wieder

Dani Wieder - 2020 BIFFy Award Winner | Beloit International Film Festival

Best Illinois Short

Film Page & Trailer

Finalists:

  • Fuzzy Legs
  • A Missed Connection
  • Home
  • Bird Of Paradise
Cool for Five Seconds | Mary Tilden

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