BIFF Returns for its 20th Season: march 28th – april 6, 2025
BIFF 2025 — The Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF)—is an annual ten-day film festival that celebrates the power of independent film from around the globe. Local residents and visitors from all over the U.S. experience the diversity and impact of international film each year. Venues, ranging in size from 40-400 seats, showcase 100 incredible films. In addition, festival attendees meet scores of filmmakers from all around the U.S. and the entire world.
“It’s our 20th anniversary celebration and we are pulling out all the stops, using our resources to full advantage, and planning for what should be the most exciting BIFF anyone’s seen since the 2020 installment,” says BIFF Executive Director, Greg Gerard. “We’re kicking off things with a totally new branding look; we’re staging an elegant gala at the Beloit College Powerhouse, and we’re launching a brand new schedule format that will see a more intense focus on our domestic and international filmmakers for the first half of the festival, and a celebration of our local and regional filmmakers during the second half of BIFF 2025.
Favorite events will be back, including the BIFF Sing Along and the First National Bank Classic Film Showcase. Other special events include a screening of ‘Rudy’ at ABC Supply Stadium, the new ‘And Starring Beloit As Itself’—a six-day filmmaking competition within the festival, and expanded reboots of last year’s Beloit College Queer Shorts mini festival and the Blackhawk Tech-sponsored Student Filmmaker Showcase.
BIFF 2025 venues will include favorite viewing sites like Bagels & More and La Casa Grande. Other screening sites will include the recently completed Visit Beloit Event Space and the exciting Weissberg Auditorium in the Powerhouse at Beloit College. The Hendricks Center for the Arts at Beloit College (409 Pleasant Street) will serve as both a screening venue, and as the new official BIFF Box Office throughout the ten days of BIFF 2025.
The complete Beloit Daily News printed program will be presented on March 6th at the annual Reveal Party at the Hampton Inn in Beloit.
For those who cannot wait to find a program, the complete schedule will soon be posted on the BIFF website, where tickets will be on sale as well. BIFF tickets are $12 per film.
BIFF’s History
BIFF’s history dates back to 2005. Founders of ABC Supply Company, Diane Hendricks and her late husband, Ken, inspired the creation of BIFF. After that, they also encouraged community support for the program. Diane continues to support the mission of BIFF–to harness the power of film and to improve community and ourselves.
For THE film SCHEDULE and ticket information click here
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