Discover Wisconsin 2020 – Beloit
Discover Wisconsin is the nation’s longest running tourism TV show that features destinations throughout Wisconsin. The most recent episode was filmed in Beloit.
Discover Wisconsin is the nation’s longest running tourism TV show that features destinations throughout Wisconsin. The most recent episode was filmed in Beloit.
No More Things
Wed February 14, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Aquarians
Wed January 3, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Blood is at the Doorstep
Wed January 10, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Dark Blue Girl
Wed January 17, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Zero Weeks
Wed January 24, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
6 Dynamic Laws for Success
Wed January 31, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Father and Son
Wed December 6, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Beyond Forlandia
Wed December 13, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Song of Sway Lake
Wed December 20, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Architect
Wed November 1, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Land Grab
Wed November 8, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
My Country
Wed November 15, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star
Wed November 22, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Thrill Ride
Wed November 29, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
This Cold Life
Wed October 4, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
A Pact Among Angels
Wed October 11, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Train Driver’s Diary
Wed October 18, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Writer with No Hands
Wed February 14, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Meanest Man in Texas
Wed September 20, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Empty Space
Wed September 20, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Game of Checkers
Wed February 1, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
End of Fall
Wed February 15, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Ataxian
Wed January 4, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Growing Up Smith
Wed January 11, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Hollywood Shorties
Wed January 18, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Saving Banksy
Wed January 25, 2017 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Screenagers
Wed December 7, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Hear the Silence
Wed December 14, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Life Now, Life Then
Wed December 21, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Tim Timmerman: Hope of America
Wed November 2, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
You See Me
Wed November 9, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
I am Gangster
Wed November 16, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Money
Wed November 23, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Last Days of Summer
Wed November 30, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Among the Believers
Wed October 5, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
American Street Kid
Wed October 12, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Deminonde
Wed October 19, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Tables of Istanbul
Wed October 26, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Right Footed
Wed September 28, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Cheeseheads
Wed September 21, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
One Smart Fellow & Pony
Wed September 14, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Where do we go from here
Wed January 27, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Origins of Wit & Humor
Wed January 20, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
In Utero
Wed January 13, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
January 1st
Wed January 6, 2016 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Well Wishes
Wed December 30, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Among The Believers
Wed December 15, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Truth About Lies
Wed December 9, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Surviving Me
Wed December 2, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Waffle Street
Wed November 25, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Since: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Wed November 18, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Forward Side Close
Wed November 4, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Hell’s Heart
Wed October 28, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Booze, Boys & Brownies
Wed October 21, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Kittens in a Cage
Wed October 14, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Cold Nights Hot Salsa
Wed October 7, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Bread and Butter
Wed September 30, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Birds of Neptune
Wed September 23, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Vic + Flow Saw a Bear
Wed September 16, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Becoming Bulletproof
(BIFF 2015 Best Documentary)
Wed April 1, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1950 Classic, 112 min.)
Wed April 8, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Birdman
(Academy Awards Best Picture 2014)
Wed April 15, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Reefer Madness
(1936 Classic, 66 min.)
Wed April 22, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Of Human Bondage
(1934 Classic, 83 min.)
Wed April 29, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Harpist
Biontou
(BIFF 2015 Award Winners)
Wed May 6, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
The Interview
(2014 Controversial Indie Hit, 112 min.)
Wed May 13, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
People are Strange Short Slot
Wed May 20, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
An Evening at Angelo’s
West by Orphan Train
(BIFF 2015 Award Winners)
Wed May 27, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
East Side Sushi
(BIFF 2015 Best Feature)
Wed June 3, 2015 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
Following this BIFF Year Round
we transition to BIFF Outdoors.
See Above.
Sat Feb 23, 2019 – 7:30 pm | Domenico’s
Directed by Mary Jo Zefeldt
Narrative Short
USA | 3 min | 2016
Within an expanse of anxiety and faced with a false choice, a decision must be made. Decision is a short animated film that explores one woman’s experience with anxiety and how she handles a perceived false choice.
Mary Jo Zefeldt
Director, Writer
Mary Jo Zefeldt is an animator and user experience researcher/designer from Chicago, Illinois. She is a recovering attorney and currently pursuing a M.F.A. in Animation and a M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction at DePaul University. Mary Jo also teaches Introduction to 2D animation at Loyola University Chicago. She has recently spoken at both CIMMFEST in Chicago and partner festival to the Tribeca film festival, Games for Change. “Decision” is her debut animated film.
Director: Mary Jo Zefeldt
Country: USA
Year: 2016
Language: English
Runtime: 3 min
Rated: PG
Writer: Mary Jo Zefeldt
Sound Design/Re-Recording Mixing: Ryan Sullivan
Wednesday, Feb 28th. 8:00 pm
Russ and his cohorts entertain you and possibly accompany you. You might even get to see a few of the BIFF staff onstage displaying hidden talents.
Thursday, Mar 1st. 7:00 pm
These local legends will light up the night starting at 7 p.m. Great lead into BIFF2018’s second amazing weekend!
Friday, Mar 2nd. 9:00 pm
Finn Bomgaars, the area’s leading authority on all things Karaoke, brings his unique style and deep catalog to the Suds stage! Now it’s your turn to show off your inner entertainer or just watch BIFF’s talented filmmakers show their stuff.
Saturday, Mar 3rd. 9:00 pm
Join Greg Gerard & Kevin Patrick of The Orphans fame for a classic evening of your favorite feel-good songs from the 70s and beyond.
Our BIFF 2018 Honorary Chair
Ryan is an actor, writer, producer, and director. And he is a hometown boy. He graduated from Beloit Memorial High School, earned a degree from the University of Wisconsin–Stout then joined The Second City in Chicago to work as an actor and writer. His bio includes countless acting credits in television, film, and commercials, as well as writing, directing, and producing credits. Ladies and gentlemen, please join us in welcoming Ryan Churchill.
Directed by Sadhvi Siddhali Shree
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.
Finalists:
Directed by Kelly Richmond Pope
The Golden Laurels Award goes to a film that in one way or another is in a league of its own. The award this year goes to a film that took us completely by surprise. Because of its local interest we knew it would be popular and we suspected we might have to schedule additional screenings but we were not prepared for just how popular it was going to be.
Additional screenings would sell out almost as soon as they were announced. Originally slated for two screenings, we added two more, then another, then another, and another after that. Words like smash hit, blockbuster, phenomenon just don’t seem adequate to describe it. Honestly, in the history of BIFF we have never seen anything like it.
Directed by Andrew Kightlinger
Finalists:
Directed by Erik Ljung
Finalists:
Directed by Daniel Stine
Finalists:
Directed by Nancy Schiesari
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.
Finalists:
Directed by Tobias Bechtloff
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.
Finalists:
Directed by Michael McGuire
Finalists:
Directed by Ryan Allsop
Finalists:
Directed by Robert Bruce Carter
Finalists:
The Beloit International Film Festival focuses most of its ten days to the work of emerging filmmakers, focusing on the narratives, documentaries and short films they are producing today.
But one of the most popular elements of BIFF in recent years has been a throwback to the past in content and technology. On opening night, leading off the festivities, vintage classic radio becomes the art form of the moment.
This year BIFF welcomes the Stage One Theatre Company for a performance of the radio drama, All About Eve. The hour-long performance will be live at La Casa Grande on Fri., Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. It will be simultaneously broadcast live on WCLO Radio replete with music, sound effects and a live studio audience.
Sponsored by Beloit Regional Hospice and WCLO Radio, the free presentation transform the spacious screening venue at La Casa Grande.
All About Eve is based on the Oscar winning 1950 movie starring Bette Davis as a highly regarded but aging Broadway star whose career is threatened by an ambitious young fan who insinuates herself into her life and her personal relationships.
“Vintage radio theatre has become a popular part of BIFF over recent years when they outstanding actors have broadcast Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon,” notes BIFF Executive Director Max Maiken. “It is extremely well done, whether you are introducing another generation to the way live radio used to be produced or taking a trip down memory lane yourself.
“And the nice twist on our production is that if you get there before the ‘ON AIR’ light goes on, you can get a taco and a margarita.”
Introducing
The Beloit International Film Festival will celebrate the art of filmmaking and help inspire a new generation of artists this year with the establishment of the post of BIFF Artist-in-Residence.
Damien Patrik, a familiar figure at BIFF with his warm demeanor and mane of white hair, will be the first filmmaker to serve in this capacity. A film producer, director and BIFF participant for years, Patrik received the Ken Hendrick’s Award for Excellence in 2016, recognizing his body of work and passion for filmmaking.
He will speak twice during BIFF and will work with young potential filmmakers in the Help Yourself after-school program at Beloit College.
Saturday Feb. 24th, 2:30 pm