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Competitive festival for independent filmmakers. Held annually in June Since 1997. Awards US$80,000 in film services, products and cash. Categories: Features, Shorts, Docs, Experimentals, Animation. ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS from August through March. FESTIVAL BACKGROUND The Brooklyn International Film Festival (BiFF), was established in 1998 as the first international competitive film festival in New York. Conceptually unique, the festival has grown exponentially each year in terms of number of submissions, program quality and size, international exposure, media coverage, audience attendance and participation, sponsorship, endorsements, community outreach, and budget. From 1998 through 2001, BiFF was held at the Commodore Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. From 2002 through 2006, BiFF has been partnering with the Brooklyn Museum. Since its inception, the festival has reviewed more than 12,000 films. For the 2006 edition, BiFF received 2,036 film submissions from 88 countries and selected 140 film premieres to be part of the competitive program. At the 2006 festival, over a 10-day period, 11,000 customers attended BiFF’s 36 film programs. BiFF’s primary goal is to connect filmmakers to distribution companies and expose them to the media. Many films that have premiered at BiFF in the past few years went on to be released theatrically and/or are available at video stores near you. MISSION BiFF’s mission is to discover, expose, and promote independent filmmakers while drawing worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for cinema. BiFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

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