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SUMMARY:OPENING NIGHT - STEAL THIS STORY\, PLEASE!
DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETS\nOPENING NIGHT\nSponsored by Beacon Bank \n5:00-7:00PM Taste of the BIFF – cocktails and dinner-by-the-bite by area restaurants and caterers under the BIFF Tent behind Town Hall.\n(Open to Sponsors\, Filmmakers\, All-Inclusive and Opening Night passholders) \n7:00PM Opening Night presentation of STEAL THIS STORY\, PLEASE! at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. \nAmerican broadcast journalist\, syndicated columnist\, investigative reporter\, and author Amy Goodman in attendance for Q&A with BIFF board member\, Mary Mott. \nFollowed by DJ Dance Party featuring DJ Sören at The Indigo Room! \n________________________ \nSTEAL THIS STORY\, PLEASE!\n2025 | 104 min. | US \nFiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account\, reporting from war zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. In Steal This Story\, Please!\, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – and peril – in an era of corporate control and political attacks on truth. \nDirectors // Carl Deal\, Tia Lessin\nCast // Amy Goodman \nAmy Goodman in Attendance
URL:https://biffma.org/event/opening-night/
LOCATION:Berkshire International Film Festival\, 40 Railroad Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Feature,Opening Night
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SUMMARY:Royal Tenenbaums
DESCRIPTION:Royal Tenenbaums\nThursday\, December 4\, 2025 \n6PM – Gather for Cocktails and Mingling\n7PM – Film followed by Costume Prize Winner Announcement\nThe Indigo Room\, 20 Castle Street\, GB \nJoin BIFF in celebrating the 24th Anniversary of Wes Anderson’s acclaimed comedy gem about the reunion of a dysfunctional New York family led by patriarch Gene Hackman. The child prodigies of the Tenenbaum family – Chas\, Margot and Richie – have fallen on hard times in adulthood\, something they blame on their estranged father\, Royal. However\, when he announces that he has only weeks to live\, the family is reunited for the first time in years. Starring: Gene Hackman\, Anjelica Huston\, Ben Stiller\, Gwyneth Paltrow\, Luke Wilson. Break out the red track suits\, headbands\, and fur coats – Costumes are strongly encouraged! Best dressed wins the Royal Prize! \nCARL SPRAGUE\, ART DIRECTOR FOR THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS AND BERKSHIRE RESIDENT\, WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO DISCUSS AND SHARE STORIES FROM THE SET OF THE FILM. \nTickets via the Mahaiwe Theater – Click Here \n$20 General Admission\nCafé table seating\, first-come\, first-served  \nComplimentary appetizers and cash bar
URL:https://biffma.org/event/royal-tenenbaums/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe\, 14 Castle St\, Great Barrington\,\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Feature
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Pol Pot
DESCRIPTION:Meeting with Pol Pot\n\n\n\n\n\nNovember 22 – 3PM – Stockbridge Library – Award-winning author and journalist Elizabeth Becker with Jim Brooke – Book Discussion and Special Screening!\nTickets are FREE and open to the public.Join us for a special afternoon featuring a book discussion and film screening of Elizabeth Becker’s work as a Vietnam war journalist.  Jim and Elizabeth will discuss her book; You Don’t Belong Here: How 3 Women Rewrote the Story of the War.The author talk will be held from 3:00 – 4:00 with a brief intermission. Then\, at 4:30\, we’ll have a screening and discussion of RENDEZVOUS WITH POL POT\, the film based on Becker’s first book\, When the War Was Over: a modern history of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. The film premiered at Cannes in 2024.  For more info: Elizabeth Becker with Jim Brooke – Book Discussion & Film Screening \nElizabeth Becker\, an award-winning author and journalist\, has covered national and international affairs as a Washington correspondent at The New York Times\, the Senior Foreign Editor at National Public Radio and a Washington Post correspondent. She began her career as a war reporter in Cambodia in 1972\, interviewed Pol Pot and is an expert on the Khmer Rouge and modern Cambodia.
URL:https://biffma.org/event/meeting-with-pol-pot/
LOCATION:Stockbridge Library\, 46 Main St\, Stockbridge\, MA\, 01262
CATEGORIES:Feature
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SUMMARY:SLAY -
DESCRIPTION:SLAY\n11/16/2025\n3PM at the Triplex\n$15 general admission; Free to REEL Friends members \nFrom the makers of award-winning films Cowspiracy and What The Health\, SLAY follows filmmaker Rebecca Cappelli’s journey around the world to uncover the dark side of the fashion industry. Rebecca’s investigation into the animal skins trade unravels a harrowing story of greenwashing\, mislabeling\, animal cruelty and cover-ups from some of the world’s major luxury fashion brands. SLAY provides an in-depth and eye-opening look into the realities of today’s fashion industry while pointing the way towards viable and sustainable alternatives. Are you ready to get under fashion’s skin?\nThere will be a Q&A following the film with Festival Programmer Lillian Lennox and Joshua Katcher\, the North America Hub Strategist at Canopy\, an award-winning environmental nonprofit working to protect the world’s forests\, species\, and climate. He convenes key stakeholders to accelerate the adoption of Next Gen materials to keep Ancient and Endangered Forests out of fashion and packaging supply chains. \nThis event will host a clothing swap – all are encouraged to share gently used clothing. Bring a piece\, take a piece! All leftover items will be donated to area shelters. \nGet Tickets \nTICKETS
URL:https://biffma.org/event/slay/
LOCATION:Triplex Cinema\, 70 Railroad Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wunderkinder - November 9
DESCRIPTION:Wunderkinder\nNovember 9\n3PM at The Triplex\n$15/ticket; on sale through BIFF \nGermany – 2011 – 96 minutes\nThe film is in German with English subtitles\nQ&A with local screenwriter Stephen Glantz to follow the screening. \nWUNDERKINDER tells a tale of three exceptionally musically talented children\, who develop a deep and genuine friendship\, extending beyond their different religions and nationalities. The two Jewish children Larissa and Abrascha are both virtuosos – one on the piano and the other on the violin. Hanna\, a young German girl\, is also extremely gifted. Living in Poltava/Ukraine in 1941\, they all share one great love: music. Their world is one of curiosity\, joy and talent. But when the Nazis invade the Soviet Union\, they and their families face mortal peril. Due to the insanity of grown-ups at home and abroad\, their world is turned upside down\, and they are suddenly no longer allowed to be friends. Q&A with writer to follow. \nGet Tickets \nTICKETS\n 
URL:https://biffma.org/event/wunderkinder-november-9/
LOCATION:Triplex Cinema\, 70 Railroad Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 25\, 2025\n8pm at The Triplex\nJoin BIFF and The Triplex in celebrating ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW’s 50th birthday! The most continuously screened film in history\, this movie is always a good time. Dress up and come ready to experience this cult favorite. \n“Let’s do the time warp again!” \nTickets through The Triplex Cinema \nTICKETS\n  \nAnd for the true fans:\nCheck out STRANGE JOURNEY – THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR with special guest James Warwick. October 9 at 8:15PM. Tickets available The Triplex \n  \n 
URL:https://biffma.org/event/the-rocky-horror-picture-show/
LOCATION:Triplex 1\, 70 Railroad Street\,\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Feature,Special Event
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SUMMARY:BIFF SOCIAL CLUB at Robbie’s Market
DESCRIPTION:Calling all Berkshire Young Professionals!  You’re invited to be the first to know ALL about 2025-2026 programming and film events for the BIFF SOCIAL CLUB!\nBIFF’s 20th anniversary year brings together film lovers\, creatives\, and the next generation of the festival’s beloved community for an evening of cinema\, conversation\, and connection. \nHosted at Robbie’s Market in Great Barrington. Special shorts screenings\, cash bar\, beer\, wine\, FREE pizza\, merch + more!\n Join the club during this event\, and become official with a SOCIAL CLUB festival pass\, and receive limited edition swag! \nBIFF SOCIAL CLUB\nCome for the screen\, stay for the scene! \nRSVP!\nDate & Time \nOctober 15\, 2025 from 6 PM to 8 PM EDT \nLocation:\nRobbie’s Market\n275 Main St\nGreat Barrington\, MA 01230
URL:https://biffma.org/event/biff-social-club-at-robbies-market/
LOCATION:Robbie’s Market\, 275 Main St\, Great Barrington\, 01230\, United States
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