BIFFy Awards 2022
in 2020Best Narrative Feature
Americanish
Directed by Iman Zawahry
Finalists:
Best Documentary Feature
The Sound of Us
Directed by Chris Gero
Finalists:
Best Narrative Short
Ian, A Moving Story
Directed by Abel Goldfarb
Best Documentary Short
The Roads Most Traveled
Photojournalist, Don Bartletti
Directed by Bill Wisneski
Best Regional Feature
Narratives & Documentaries
Operation Wolf Patrol
Directed by Joe Brown
Best Regional Short
Narratives & Documentaries
Mittens
Directed by Justin Johnson
Finalists:
Best Music Video
Everything All At Once
Directed by Gavin Michael Booth
The BIFF 2022
Golden Laurels Award
The Six
Directed by Arthur Jones
The Golden Laurels Award, an honor that has only been given once in BIFF history (All the Queen’s Horses, 2018), was presented to the runaway festival hit, The Six. The award is reserved for films that embody excellence in independent filmmaking, as well as outstanding performance at the box office.
Power of Film Award
Synthetic Love
Directed by Sarahy Heitz de Chabaneix
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.
Josh Burton Award
For Creative Excellence
Kafkas
Directed by Nick Blake
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.
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.
Swing State: The Road to Friendship?
Directed by Bryan Oldenburg
Pompano Boy
Directed by Andrew Paul Davis
Executive Director’s Award
Dairyland
Directed by Taylor C Pipes
I Want Him Dead
Directed by Daniel Pico
President’s Award
Surviving Sex Trafficking
Directed by Sadhvi Siddhali Shree
Our BIFF 2022 Honorary Chair
Jeff Livingston
IT IS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE THAT WE ANNOUNCE THAT A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND OF BIFF WILL SERVE AS THIS YEAR’S HONORARY CHAIRPERSON.
Jeff Livingston has been a member of the BIFF Board of Directors for many years, providing all manner of support to the festival, including fundraising, festival operations coordination and legal advice (Jeff is a highly respected local attorney who last worked for the Beloit firm of Collins & Henderson). To say the least, he has devoted countless hours to the festival.
BIFFY Awards Night
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BIFFY Awards Night
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BIFF FestEve 2022
in 2020Now that you have survived Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, ‘tis the night before BIFF.
It’s FestEve.
Thursday February 24th
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Irontek
635 3rd. Street, Beloit
Tickets: $50 per person
Includes: Beer/Wine/Hors d’oeuvres
The evening before the start of the ten-day Beloit International Film Festival, Feb. 24, will bring the community and area leaders and entertainers together for a celebration of BIFF’s seventeenth season.
“After a year of work, FestEve offers a moment to reflect on the impact that BIFF has had on the area, and to highlight what’s coming up,” Says BIFF Executive Director, Greg Gerard. “We will have wonderful refreshments, a short program recognizing some key members of the community, and then some outstanding entertainment”
Evening Lineup
The evening will start with a sumptuous spread of refreshments and beer and wine from G5 Brewing Co. There will be presentations by BIFF’s Honorary Chair Jeff Livingston as well as appearances by a number of BIFF sponsors and partners including Wells Fargo Advisors, Beloit College and the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation.
Now that you have survived Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, ‘tis the night before BIFF.
It’s FestEve.
Thursday February 24th
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Irontek
635 3rd. Street, Beloit
Tickets: $50 per person
Includes: Beer/Wine/Hors d’oeuvres
The evening before the start of the ten-day Beloit International Film Festival, Feb. 24, will bring the community and area leaders and entertainers together for a celebration of BIFF’s seventeenth season.
“After a year of work, FestEve offers a moment to reflect on the impact that BIFF has had on the area, and to highlight what’s coming up,” Says BIFF Executive Director, Greg Gerard. “We will have wonderful refreshments, a short program recognizing some key members of the community, and then some outstanding entertainment”
Evening Lineup
The evening will start with a sumptuous spread of refreshments and beer and wine from G5 Brewing Co. There will be presentations by BIFF’s Honorary Chair Jeff Livingston as well as appearances by a number of BIFF sponsors and partners including Wells Fargo Advisors, Beloit College and the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation.

Brian Morello
Dir. Center for Entrepreneurship
Beloit College

Jen Hall
Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp.

Brian Morello
Dir. Center for Entrepreneurship
Beloit College

Jen Hall
Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp.

Jeff Livingston
BIFF 2022
Honorary Chair
Tickets
Advance tickets required.
Sorry, no tickets at the door.
We expect to sell out on this event.
Just so you know. :-)







Entertainment
Including a presentation by Rob Tomaro, Director of the Beloit Janesville Symphony Orchestra with a sneak peak at his new music video, and a performance by the exciting Milwaukee based singer-songwriter Barbara Stephan.
Food & Drink:
Heavy appetizers, beer, and wine.
Presentation By:
Rob Tomaro
Conductor
Beloit Janesville Symphony
Live Performance By:
Barbara Stephan
Singer-Songwriter
Entertainment
Including a presentation by Rob Tomaro, Director of the Beloit Janesville Symphony Orchestra with a sneak peak at his new music video, and a performance by the exciting Milwaukee based singer-songwriter Barbara Stephan.
Presentation By:
Rob Tomaro
Conductor
Beloit Janesville Symphony
Live Performance By:
Barbara Stephan
Singer-Songwriter
Food & Drink:
Heavy appetizers, beer, and wine.
Event Sponsor:

Supported by
Event Sponsor:

Supported by
Thank you to the wonderful people behind our sponsor and host logos

Lucas Short
G-Five Brewing

Tim Goers
G-Five Brewing

Stephanie Bailey
Fanny’s Baked Goods

Marjorie & Brenton Driscoll
Peer Canvas

Janelle Blake
Memorable Affairs

Jamie Gurholt
Stateline Community Foundation

Tammy Kerch
Stateline Community Foundation

Tara Tinder
Stateline Community Foundation

Kari Swirth
Irontek

Erin Clausen
Irontek
Spring Short Surprise
in BIFF Year Round – 2021-22 2020Spring Shorts Surprise!
BIFF YEAR ’ROUND 2021-22
Wednesday, June 2nd 6:30 PM, 2021
Downtown Beloit Association Office
557 E. Grand Ave. Downtown Beloit
Sun Feb 23, 2020 – 2:30 pm | Bagels & More
Spring Shorts Surprise!
The best of the short films submitted for BIFF 2022 to date and under consideration.
Short films are a perennial favorite among many festival attendees. It’s likely you’re one of the Shorts fans.
We’ve received many submissions already for consideration for inclusion in next years 2022 festival. Here’s your chance to both get a first look as well as provide your personal opinions in helping guide what’s a good fit for our festival and audience. We value the input of you, our knowledgeable BIFF audience.
Join us and let us know what you think.
Director Statement
POMPANO BOY is my 2nd narrative feature, and an ode to my hometown of Pompano Beach, Florida. It’s an exploration of several aspects of my upbringing, which included a megachurch that heralded fostering as a cure to a real local crisis.
In college I joined a living-learning-community that studied orphans and vulnerable children, where I became aware of the damaging, and often hidden psychology experienced by a child separated from their family. While fostering can be a necessary stepping stone, reunification with their biological parent is always healthiest and to be prioritized.
To write this film, I listened to foster parents and former foster children share the messiness of their experiences. I wanted to deconstruct the assumption I grew up with that a couple in ministry is the inherent best place for a foster child. That doesn’t mean that that can’t be a good place, it just means no home is perfect. Children can be failed by imperfect foster parents, and they can be failed by the system—just as they can be failed by a cycle of segregation, poverty and incarceration plaguing a biological parent.
I also wanted to portray the “influencer-ificiation” of society. In POMPANO BOY, the protagonist Art is fired from his large church for divergent views and struggles to find a new job. To solve his problems, he starts a new church with less stability. But in 2019, 2020, 2021… doing your job well isn’t enough—you also have to share online if you expect to grow your venture. This notion of growing an online following comes full circle by the end of the picture.
This film portrays two classes in South Florida, which is not unique to the area. There is the working class which Candace and Ross exist in, and there is the decaying middle class, which Art and Izzy inhabit. In my view, Candace is stuck because of a system which prioritizes incarceration as a corrective measure, damaging her ability to ascend from her conditions.
Who determines why a child should be separated from their parent? Who provides community-care for a struggling parent? How can mental healthcare improve the outcomes of foster children? How can we encourage reunification through preventative social structures rather than setup exorbitant roadblocks?
We finished filming on January 15, 2020, and it has become a strange time capsule of pre-COVID Florida, a state that acts as an individualistic microcosm of an American ideal—work in paradise and pay 0% state income tax. It’s possible that this over-reliance on the private sector to address social-issue-symptoms allows Elijah to slip through the cracks.

Andrew Paul Davis
Director
Andrew Paul Davis is an American filmmaker and songwriter based in Chicago. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on September 20th, 1994, and has been writing and directing since 2011.
He graduated from Taylor University in 2018 with a BA in Film Production and minors in Theatre Arts and Creative Writing. He’s directed over twenty short films and three plays, with festival recognition at the Heartland International Film Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival, and Charlotte Film Festival. His short film “Maya” went on to receive 5 million views on YouTube before being censored from the platform. In college, he wrote and directed eight short films spanning 1929-1999, each film taking place in the final year of their respective decade.
In 2018 he launched One County Film Company with his brother Timothy Mark Davis.
Andrew’s debut feature-length film “Palace” was called “a bittersweet love letter to rural Indiana” and “remarkable debut” by Fort Wayne’s ‘whatzup’ publication. His sophomore feature “Pompano Boy” is slated for a 2021 release.
His debut folk-rock album “For Now” was recorded with producer Bill Baird and friends.
Film Information
Director: Andrew Paul Davis
Country: USA
Year: 2020
Language: English
Runtime: 100 min.
Rated: N/A
Credits
Producer: Timothy Mark Davis
Writer: Andrew Paul Davis
Production Company: One County Film Company
Principal Cast

as Mia

as Gore

as Flynn

as Eileen

as Paulette

as Jack

as Michael

as Dalvero

as Trask
In Memory | Dave Lundahl
in News 2020Dave Lundahl was an original. He never stopped creating and sharing his complicated and provocative art with the public, whether over late-night animated conversations in town or at New Light Studios at his rebuilt Beloit farm where he died in January.
News Release | Snappy! BIFF 2021 Honorary Chair
in News 2020Snappy, beloved mascot of the Beloit Snappers for decades, will begin his “Farewell Tour” in February as Honorary Chair of BIFF2021. He will join a long and distinguished list of filmmakers and promoters in that hallowed post.
BIFF Year ‘Round | 2020-21
in 2020, 2021Gossamer Folds
Watch the FilmDetail & Film PageWed. Jan 27th, 6:30 pm (Filmmaker Q&A to follow)
Sponsored by: Stateline Community Foundation
BIFF Year Round
Welcome to BIFF’s weekly independent film series, featuring encore presentations of the festival’s finest films, as well as a lineup of the hottest new film submissions possibly destined to screen at the next BIFF in February. Each week you will be treated to a movie and a Q&A presentation, as well as a chance to be a film critic, review new films and help us pick the Stateline Community Foundation BYR People’s Choice Award!
Directions for Film Society Member
You do not have to worry about purchasing tickets, since BIFF Year ‘Round series screenings are FREE for all members. FSOB members will receive a special login link via email (*see additional info below).
Click on the link to reach the Cinenso site. Sign up for an account the first time you arrive. After that, log into Cinenso. Scroll down to the BIFF logo. Click on that. You will be taken to a page that will have a “Watch” button and a “Join Q&A” button. Click on the “Watch” button to watch the film. After the film is complete, click on the “Join Q&A” button to attend the Q&A, where you will be able to see the filmmakers and the moderator, and you’ll be able to use a messaging component to send questions and comments to the filmmakers.
It’s that easy! Start marking your calendars! Make Wednesday evenings a lot more special with remarkable independent films at BIFF Year ‘Round!
*The special link you received is specific to the email address to which it was sent. When you sign up or log into Cinenso you must use that email address only.
If you have questions or concerns, send an email to service@beloitfilmfest.org, call Greg at 608-302-7554 or call Ana at (773) 818-5010
Directions for General Public
Create your account
Click on “Event Pass $6.00”
Follow the purchase instructions. When your purchase is complete, you will be taken to the BIFF Year ‘Round page (on Cinenso) where you will see a button for watching the film and a button to join the Q&A after the film is complete.
Click on the “Watch” button to watch the film. After the film is complete, click on the “Join Q&A” button to attend the Q&A, where you will be able to see the filmmakers and the moderator, and you’ll be able to use a messaging component to send questions and comments to the filmmakers.
If you have questions or concerns, send an email to service@beloitfilmfest.org, call Greg at 608-302-7554 or call Ana at (773) 818-5010
BIFF Year Round
To view a given weeks film:
We will provide you a link to one or more commercial sites that are presenting the film. Allow yourself enough time to view the film before the Filmmaker Q&A via Zoom. We’ll post the film length so you can plan ahead. In some cases if you are a subscriber to Amazon Prime Video or Kanopy, you won’t have to pay to rent it. Other platforms will cost $3 – $4 dollars for a screening.
(Film Society Members. We’re working on how to extend you benefits.)
To participate in the film’s Q&A session with filmmakers:
Here too we will post a link to Zoom and when we will be gathering together. As per usual, BIFF Executive Director Greg Gerard will be moderating the conversation with guest filmmaker(s).
A Prayer Before Dawn
Wed. Aug. 19th, 2020
Filmmaker Q&A (8/19, 8pm)
Nicolas Simon, film producer and former Beloiter
An Uncommon Opportunity
BIFF pre-screens some of the very best award winning films submitted for the film festival.
You can review and vote for inclusion in our upcoming film festival. We will also screen some of the most popular films from prior BIFF festivals along with some of the cinema classics.
Talk with the Filmmakers
Immediately following each BYR screening the filmmakers join us via live screencast for conversation.
You will have the uncommon opportunity to discuss the film with the filmmakers themselves. So join us for this exceptional opportunity to enjoy some of the very best in independent film being produced and meet the filmmakers themselves.
Tickets
In light of COVID19 public safety cautions we’ve moved BIFF Year ‘Round online. You can now enjoy the BIFF film at a time and location of your convenience and STILL enjoy the opportunity to discuss the film with one or more of the filmmakers along with your friends, neighbors and other BIFF film enthusiasts.
It’s easy to participate.
- To view a given weeks film:
We will provide you a link to one or more commercial sites that are presenting the film. Allow yourself enough time to view the film before the Zoom Q&A. We’ll post the film length so you can plan ahead. In some cases if you are a subscriber to Amazon Prime Video or Kanopy, you won’t have to pay to rent it. Other platforms will cost $3 – $4 dollars for a screening.
(Film Society Members. We’re working on how to extend you benefits.) - To participate in the film’s Q&A session:
Here too we will post the Zoom link and time we’ll be gathering together. As per usual, BIFF Executive Director Greg Gerard will be moderating the conversation.
Fall 2020
Wed. Aug. 26th, 2020
Wed. Sep. 30th, 2020
Wed. Apr. 28th, 2021 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 21th, 2020
Wed. Nov. 4th, 2020
Wed. Nov. 11th, 2020
Wed. Nov. 19th, 2020
Wed. Nov. 25th, 2020
Wed. May 5th, 2021
Wed. Dec.9th 2020
Wed. Dec16th 2020
Wed. Dec1 23rd, 2020
Wed. Jan 6th, 2021
Wed. Jan 13th, 2021
Wed. Jan 20th, 2021
Wed. Jan 27th, 2021
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
Wed. Sep. 11th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Sep. 18th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Sep. 25th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct 2nd,2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 9th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 16th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 23rd, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 30th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov. 6th, 2019 6:30 PM
Fri. Nov. 8th, 2019 5:30 PM
Wed. Nov. 13th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov. 27th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Dec. 4th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Dec. 11th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Dec. 18th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 8th, 2020 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 15th, 2020 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 22nd, 2020 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 29th, 2020 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 29th, 2020 6:30 PM
Spring 2019
Wed. Apr. 3rd, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Apr. 10th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Apr. 17th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Apr. 24th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. May 1st, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. May 8th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. May 15th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov. 20th, 2019 6:30 PM
1:00, Visit Beloit Bldg.
656 Pleasant Street
Location
Beloit College
Hendricks Center for the Arts
409 Pleasant Street, Downtown Beloit WI
(enter from parking lot doors)
Fall 2018 / Winter 2019
Wed. Sep 12th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Sep 19th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Sep 26th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 3, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 10, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 17, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Oct. 24, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov. 7th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov.14th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov.21st, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Nov.28th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Dec. 5th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Dec. 12th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 9th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 16th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 23rd, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Jan. 30th, 2019 6:30 PM
Wed. Feb. 6th, 2019 6:30 PM
Spring 2018
5:00, Downtown Beloit Assn. Bldg.
557 E. Grand Ave.
Wed. April 11th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. April 18th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. April 25th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 2nd, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 2nd, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 2nd, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 2nd, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 2nd, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 9th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 16th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 16th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 16th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 16th, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 23rd, 2018 6:30 PM
Wed. May 30th, 2018 6:30 PM
2017-18 Season
February 2018
No More Things
Wed February 14, 2018 – 6:30 PM – Hendricks Center for the Arts
January 2018
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
December 2017
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
November 2017
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
October 2017
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
September 2017
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
2016-17 Season
February 2017
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
January 2017
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
December 2016
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
November 2016
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
October 2016
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
September 2016
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
2015-16 Season
January 2016
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
December 2015
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
November 2015
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
October 2015
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
September 2015
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
2014-15 Season
April 2015
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
May 2015
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
June 2015
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.
BIFFY Award Night 2020
in 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.
When All That’s Left Is Love
Directed by Eric Gordon
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.
Sex, Drugs and Bicycles
Directed by Jonathan Blank
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.
The Grizzlies
Directed by Miranda de Pencier
Best Narrative Feature

Finalists:
- Film
Decoding The Driftless
Directed by Jonas Stenstrom
Best Documentary Feature

Finalists:
- Films
Unicorns
Directed by Candice Carella
Best Narrative Short
Finalists:
- Honor Among Thieves
- Honey & Jerome Forever
- Indimenticabile
- Each Other
Shift Change
Directed by Bill Roach
Best Documentary Short
Finalists:
- Will To Live
- Sold Down The River
- Lost Boys of Chicago
- Jalil and Khalil
Finalists:
- Jhalki
- Love Them First
- The SixTripleEight
- The Faces That Never Fade
Sponsored by:
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

Finalists:
- Films
From Seed To Seed
Directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer
President’s Award
Finalists:
- Minor Key
- Love Them First
- In Colors
- Arcangel
Wisconsin/Illinois Showdown
Best Wisconsin Feature
Finalists:
- Decoding The Driftless
- The Field
- Swing State
- My First And Last Film
Best Illinois Feature
Finalists:
- Book of Birdie
Best Wisconsin Short
Finalists:
- Amateur Night
- Orin & Kepa
- Stolen Apes
- Punch Me
Best Illinois Short
Finalists:
- Fuzzy Legs
- A Missed Connection
- Home
- Bird Of Paradise
BIFFY Awards Night
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