BIFF is a ten-day tribute to the power of film and the excitement of independent film from around the world.  Local residents and visitors from across the nation fill venues, ranging in size from 40 to 400 seats for more than 100 films, and to meet scores of filmmakers who come from throughout the U.S. and as far away as Europe, Asia and Latin America.

BIFF celebrates filmmakers in all genres—features, documentaries, shorts— who enjoy the Beloit setting as much as the attendees do. BIFF promises crowds of interested viewers filling venues, questioning them at the films, and stopping them on the street to talk about their shared passions and projects in independent filmmaking.

Schedule of Events:

February 24, 2023:

Bagels and More:

5:00 pm: Provo

7:30 pm: Bobcat Moretti

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

5:00 pm: Big Crow and The Interview

7:30 pm: Singo

Hendricks Arts Center:

5:00 pm: Hating Peter Tatchell

7:30 pm: On The Divide and Everest

La Casa Grande:

5:00 pm: Short Slot 4

7:30 pm: It Is In Us All

Powerhouse:

5:00 pm: The American Experience 2021

7:30 pm: Hoopties

Visit Beloit:

5:00 pm: Discover Wisconsin

7:30 pm: Why We Walk and copy To Father

February 25, 2023:

Bagels and More:

2:30 pm: What We're Hungry For and Into Dust

5:00 pm: Dear Audrey

7:30 pm: Out and About

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

2:30 pm: Everybody Wants To Be Loved

5:00 pm: The Exchange and Manufactured Luck

7:30 pm: Big Crow and The Interview

Hendricks Arts Center:

12:00 pm: Loren and Rose

2:30 pm: Devil Put the Coal in the Ground

5:00 pm: Zombiegeddon

7:30 pm: Short Slot 4

La Casa Grande:

12:00 pm: The Year of the Dog

2:30 pm: The Bobcat Boys

5:00 pm: Amerikatsi

10:00 pm: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Sing a long

Powerhouse:

10:30 am: Daniel Pico - Workshop 1

2:30 pm: Madison 48 hr Film Workshop

5:00 pm: Honorary Chair's Director's Cut

7:30 pm: Six Years Gone

Visit Beloit:

12:00 pm: The Long Breakup

2:30 pm: Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale and The Family We Chose

5:00 pm: The American Experience 2021

7:30 pm: Tall Tales

February 26, 2023:

Bagels and More:

2:30 pm: Taking the City By Storm

5:00 pm: Tall Tales

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

12:00 pm: Musher and For Paloma

2:30 pm: Zombiegeddon

5:00 pm: Bobcat Moretti

Hendricks Arts Center:

12:00 pm: Doctor Who Am I

2:30 pm: What We're Hungry For and Into Dust

5:00 pm: Lizard

La Casa Grande:

12:00 pm: Amerikatsi

2:30 pm: Loren and Rose

5:00 pm: Dear Audrey

Powerhouse:

10:30 am: Madison 48 hr Film Workshop

5:00 pm: Leaders of Madison's Black Renaissance

Visit Beloit:

12:00 pm: Honor in the Heartland (USS Beloit) and Da Union

2:30 pm: Hoopties

5:00 pm: God's Petting You

February 27, 2023:

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

5:30 pm: Everybody Wants To Be Loved

7:30 pm: Provo

Hendricks Arts Center:

5:30 pm: Taking the City By Storm

7:30 pm: The Long Breakup

February 28, 2023:

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

5:30 pm: The Year of the Dog

7:30 pm: Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale and The Family We Chose

Hendricks Arts Center:

5:30 pm: Short Slot 3

7:30 pm: Murmur

March 1, 2023:

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

5:30 pm: Hating Peter Tatchell

7:30 pm: Sweet Disaster

Hendricks Arts Center:

5:30 pm: Hundreds of Beavers

7:30 pm: Short Slot 2

Powerhouse:

5:30 pm: Student Filmmaker Showcase

March 2, 2023:

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

5:30 pm: Musher and For Paloma

7:30 pm: It Is In Us All

Hendricks Arts Center:

5:30 pm: Compulsus

7:30 pm: Minnesota Tiger Man and The Trafficker

March 3, 2023:

Bagels and More:

2:30 pm: Livestock on the Land and Avoesis

5:00 pm: Honor in the Heartland (USS Beloit) and Da Union

7:30 pm: Amerikatsi

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

2:30 pm: Short Slot 1

5:00 pm: Why We Walk and To Father

7:30 pm: The Exchange and Manufactured Luck

Hendricks Arts Center:

2:30 pm: Doctor Who Am I

5:00 pm: Traces of Glory

7:30 pm: WI/IL Shorts

La Casa Grande:

2:30 pm: Bring it Home

2:30 pm: On The Divide and Everest

5:00 pm: PTSD 911

7:30 pm: Relative

Powerhouse:

2:30 pm: Music Videos

5:00 pm: Pinball - The Man Who Saved the Game

7:30 pm: Singo

Visit Beloit:

2:30 pm: Murmur

5:00 pm: The Long Weekend and Snowdrops at the End of the Train

7:30 pm: God's Petting You

March 4, 2023:

Bagels and More:

2:30 pm: Oyate

5:00 pm: Relative

7:30 pm: Sweet Disaster

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

2:30 pm: Six Years Gone

5:00 pm: Leaders of Madison's Black Renaissance

7:30 pm: Glob Lessons

Hendricks Arts Center:

12:00 pm: Short Slot 1

2:30 pm: The Long Weekend and Snowdrops at the End of the Train

5:00 pm: Minnesota Tiger Man and The Trafficker

7:30 pm: Out and About

La Casa Grande:

12:00 pm: PTSD 911

2:30 pm: Short Slot 2

5:00 pm: Take Your Own Notes - Harlem Vets Project and My Name is David

7:30 pm: Traces of Glory

Powerhouse:

10:30 am: Daniel Pico - Workshop 2

2:30 pm: Into the Outdoors

5:00 pm: Honorary Chair's Director's Cut

Visit Beloit:

12:00 pm: Eyes Upon Waking

2:30 pm: Compulsus

5:00 pm: Hundreds of Beavers

7:30 pm: WI/IL Shorts

5Bar:

7:30 pm: Music Videos

March 5, 2023:

Bagels and More:

2:30 pm: Devil Put the Coal in the Ground

Downtown Beloit Assoc:

12:00 pm: Livestock on the Land and Avoesis

2:30 pm: Short Slot 3

Hendricks Arts Center:

12:00 pm: Take Your Own Notes Harlem Vets Project and My Name is David

2:30 pm: Eyes Upon Waking

La Casa Grande:

12:00 pm: The Bobcat Boys

2:30 pm: Top Gun FNBT Classic Film

Powerhouse:

12:00 pm: Pinball - The Man Who Saved the Game

2:30 pm: Oyate

Visit Beloit:

12:00 pm: Glob Lessons

2:30 pm: Lizard

Dates: February 24, 2023 - March 5, 2023

Location:

Various Venues,
Beloit, WI 53511.

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