School Screening Series

Presented during both our March festival of international cinema, and October’s BIFF Kids Children’s Film Festival, our School Screening Series is an important component of the Festival’s commitment to film education for Bermuda’s young people.

Part of our BIFF Film Academy, the Festival’s School Screening Series offers an educational opportunity to nearly 1,000 students from Bermuda’s nursery, primary, middle and secondary schools.

During BIFF Kids, we present a series of educational programmes over two days for kids ages 4-17. The head of the School Screening Series, Shelley McKinnon-Burgess, introduces the films and leads discussions. She prepares teaching materials to help integrate the films into Bermuda’s classroom environment.

At the most recent BIFF Kids Film Festival, more than 700 students from 12 of Bermuda’s schools attended the programme.

Each March, we present a free screening of an issue-oriented documentary for Bermuda’s secondary school students, with the director of the film in attendance to introduce the film and engage in a question and answer session with the students. The March programme is designed to stimulate students to think about issues of global importance and to assist teachers in their efforts to educate our young people.

Our School Screening Series is presented by the Festival in conjunction with our partners, Butterfield Bank.

--> View our 2007 BIFF Kids School Screening programme