TEA TALK Special 50th Anniversary screening of the Academy Award-Winning Documentary HARLAN COUNTY USA 1976 | 103 minutes | US Join us as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of HARLAN COUNTY USA. We’ll screen this heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line that won the Academy Award...
MASTER OF THE WORD Join BIFF Board Member Mary Mott for an intimate conversation with John Orloff, co-creator and screenwriter for MASTERS OF THE AIR and 2 episodes of BAND OF BROTHERS. Mary Mott Mary Mott began her twenty-five year career in advertising in New York and then San Francisco. She eventually moved on to Sun Valley, Idaho, where she...
Screening of 2026 Oscar Nominated Short Documentary CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE 2025 | 30 min. | Israel/UK/US An observational short about a vigil that began in March 2025 with a handful of protestors standing silently in a public square in Tel Aviv, each holding a photo of a child killed in Gaza. Confronted by the images, some...
EUROPEAN UNION FILMMAKERS New to the Festival this year, Transatlantic Stars brings a select group of award-winning EU filmmakers together for an honest conversation about what it means to make work across borders in this moment. EU storytelling has long insisted on depth over spectacle, the particular over the universal, the community as much as the individual. This conversation explores...
