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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 partnered with the Brooklyn Museum. BiFF 2007 was held at multiple venues throughout Brooklyn. Opening Night was held at Steiner Studios. The main competitive event ran at the Cobble Hill Cinema. Sidebar programs ran at Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, and Brooklyn Children's Museum. The 2008 edition was held at the Brooklyn Lyceum and the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. Sidebar events were held at Red Bull Space, Brooklyn Public Library, East Coast Aliens, Lumenhouse, and Studio B.
The 12th BiFF will run June 4-15, 2009. BiFF accepts submissions from September 1 through March 15 of the following year: www.brooklynfest.org/submit.
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.
