Film Programme

Our film programme is split into several distinct streams.

We screen short films in competition, and we also screen narrative features and documentary features by first- or second-time feature directors in competition.

Our World Cinema Showcase includes films that have won awards on the festival circuit, or are otherwise highly regarded.

Our Filmmaker-in-Focus is a retrospective of films representing the life's work of a particular filmmaker, while our Country Sidebar focuses on the artistic output of a particular filmmaking country.

The major and mini-major studios kindly provide our Opening and Closing Night films, while we also screen several films as Special Presentations, others in our Midnight Madness section, more films in From the Onion Patch (films by Bermuda-based filmmakers) — and our BIFF Kids section screens films of interest to our younger audiences.