Top Flick Picks | BIFF 2013

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Top 10 Features or Documentaries

  1. Little Red – Feature
  2. Last Stop Salvation – Feature
  3. The Duck Hunter – Feature
  4. DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till – Feature
  5. Azooma – Feature
  6. Salay – Feature
  7. SUFFERING GRASSES – Documentary
  8. QWERTY – Feature
  9. Consider the Conversation – Documentary
  10. Glitter Dust – Documentary

Top Ten Short Films

  1. The Miracles on Honey Bee Hill – Short
  2. A House, A Home – Short
  3. Milo – Short
  4. Brightwood – Short
  5. Wait for Rain – Short
  6. World for Raul – Short
  7. Man with All the Marbles – Short
  8. The Vampire Formerly Known as Dracula – Short
  9. Just Like Me – Short
  10. Shoot the Moon – Short

Travis Stowers

Travis Stowers

Selection Committee

I’m a world-traveler born and raised in Beloit. When I’m at my best I love features and shorts that effectively use the camera as a creative tool. At my worst I enjoy comedies filled with filthy jokes and non sequiturs. My favorite documentaries are more thought-provoking than informative and usually center around international or humanistic themes.


Top 10 Features or Documentaries

  1. Fuzz Track City – Feature
  2. Last Stop Salvation – Feature
  3. On the Verge – Feature
  4. Fambul Tok – Documentary
  5. End Of The Road – Documentary
  6. Salay – Feature
  7. QWERTY –  Feature
  8. Congratulations –  Feature
  9. Beneath the Blindfold – Documentary
  10. Deserved Lesson – Feature

Top Ten Short Films

  1. Txiki – Short
  2. Pauline, Etienne – Short
  3. Wait for Rain – Short
  4. Bottle – Short
  5. A House, A Home – Short
  6. Goodbye, Cruel World – Short
  7. Why Do Hyenas Laugh? – Short
  8. Luminaris – Short
  9. The Vampire Formerly Known As Dracula – Short
  10. Brightwood – Short

Greg GerardGreg Gerard

Selection Committee

I’m the Operations Director for  BIFF, a singer/songwriter and an avid Packers fan. When screening a film I ask these questions:  Is this a worthy story? Is it being told effectively? Are the actors believable? Does the technical quality support the action? Will this film appeal to the BIFF audience? As a creative artist I appreciate that each submission is someone’s labor of love and deserves respect and fairness in analysis.

Top 10 Features or Documentaries

  1. QWERTY – Feature
  2. The Duck Hunter – Feature
  3. End Of The Road – Documentary
  4. Azooma – Feature
  5. Little Red – Feature
  6. On The Verge – Feature
  7. Glitter Dust: Finding Art In Dubai – Documentary
  8. Code Of The West – Documentary
  9. Last Stop Salvation – Feature
  10. Congratulations – Feature

Top Ten Short Films

  1. A House, A Home – Short
  2. Bona Nox – Short
  3. Luminaris – Short
  4. Old Angel – Short
  5. The Miracles on Honey Bee Hill – Short
  6. World For Raul – Short
  7. Sweatshop – Short
  8. Wait For Rain – Short
  9. Cherry Waves – Short
  10. Lifted – Short