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SUMMARY:Film Submissions for BIFFMA2027 are Open!
DESCRIPTION:CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS TO SUBMIT THEIR FILM TO THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY! \nSubmit on Film Freeway - Click Here\nThe Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) is for filmmakers and film lovers alike to be entertained\, educated and inspired. BIFF celebrates independent film and recognizes and pays tribute to accomplished artists on both sides of the camera in the international\, national and regional film community. We provide filmmakers\, producers\, directors\, writers and actors an environment to collaborate\, present their work\, and interact with each other and with film audiences. Our priorities are to showcase the most challenging and topically relevant documentaries each year and provide a platform for Berkshire filmmakers. \nWe have honored or had special events with Arthur Penn\, Kevin Bacon\, Philippe Petit\, Kathleen Kennedy\, Patricia Clarkson\, Douglas Trumbull\, Marina Abramovic\, Gregory Crewdson\, Darlene Love\, Greta Gerwig\, Noah Baumbach\, Yo-Yo Ma\, Sheila Nevins\, Mariel Hemingway\, John Landis\, Karen Allen\, Bruce Dern\, Paul Krugman\, Darlene Love\, Conrad Anker\, John Carroll Lynch\, Kent Jones\, Charles Randolph\, Christopher Plummer\, Rachel Weisz\, Alfre Woodard\, Ruth Reichl\, Stephen Lang\, James Ivory. Brian Cox\, Karen Allen and Martin Scorsese. \nNEW CATEGORY FOR COLLEGE FILM STUDENTS!\nThe Berkshire International Film Festival announces the third annual nexGEN Film Competition for university and college students across the USA. The competition aims to discover emerging student filmmakers and provide them a voice. BIFF wants to\nhighlight their talent in a festival setting and perhaps provide them with mentoring and job opportunities in a tough industry. \nBIFF aims to help students use their film as their calling card for a career in the industry.\nWe also aim to give them a platform not only to showcase their talents\, but also attend our Filmmaker Summit to meet and network with professionals in the film business. \nThe competition is open to all CURRENTLY enrolled college and university student filmmakers in the USA. \nBIFF will present three winners for either narrative and documentary films. All three films will be presented at the 2027 film festival and will be invited to attend the festival in person as our guest. \nFilms requirements for submission:\nMUST be a college or university student in the USA at time of submission\nMUST be shorter than 12 minutes\nMUST be completed by March 31\, 2027\nMUST be produced and directed by a student who is CURRENTLY attending a college or university\nMUST own or have cleared all rights of the submitted materials\, including music \nThere is no submission fee for this entry. \nSubmit on Film Freeway - Click Here\n 
URL:https://biffma.org/event/film-submissions-for-biffma2027-are-open/
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SUMMARY:SPOTLIGHT | 25th anniversary screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 7th at 3pm for a special 25th anniversary screening of SPOTLIGHT followed by a talkback with former Boston Globe editor\, Marty Baron\, played by Liev Schrieber in the film\, discussing why honest journalism still matters in 2026.  For tickets and more info:\nhttps://www.thetriplex.org/movie/spotlight/
URL:https://biffma.org/event/spotlight-25th-anniversary-screening/
LOCATION:Triplex 1\, 70 Railroad Street\,\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:RACHEL'S FARM - Environmental Film Focus Series
DESCRIPTION:BIFF’s Environmental Film Focus Series presents RACHEL’S FARM\n2023 | 82 minutes\nSunday\, November 8\, 2026 at 3PM\nTriplex Cinema THEATER\n$15 general public; Free to REEL Friends \nGET TICKETS\nIn this triumphant film\, director and actress Rachel Ward voyages from her own wilful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture\, to championing a movement to restore the health of our farmland\, food and climate and in doing so the wellbeing of the farming communities that sustain the nation\, and ourselves. Rachel’s Farm is for anyone who cares about how their food is produced\, how degraded our soils have become\, and the changing role of women on farms. Besieged by drought\, bushfires and ecological despair\, Rachel begins a journey of discovery to regenerate the land on her farm. \nQ&A and light refreshments to follow the film. \nThe Environmental Film Focus Series is made possible by generous underwriting from the Roaring Brook Family Foundation. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGET TICKETS
URL:https://biffma.org/event/rachels-farm-environmental-film-focus-series/
LOCATION:Triplex 1\, 70 Railroad Street\,\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
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SUMMARY:SHATTERED ICE | Presented by BIFF Social Club
DESCRIPTION:BIFF Social Club presents SHATTERED ICE\n2025 | 104 mins\nThursday\, November 12\, 2026 at 6PM\nTriplex Cinema THEATER\n$15 \nGET TICKETS\nJoin the BIFF Social Club for an evening dedicated to mental health awareness\, compassion\, and community. \nThe evening begins with a relaxed social gathering\, offering an opportunity to connect over refreshments before a special film screening. The film follows a New England teenage hockey player as he struggles to find his way after the suicide of his best friend and the school’s star athlete. \nFollowing the screening\, stay for a thoughtful community conversation as we explore themes of grief\, resilience\, and the importance of supporting one another. Together\, we’ll create a space for reflection\, dialogue\, and hope—because no one should have to face life’s challenges alone. \nGET TICKETS
URL:https://biffma.org/event/shattered-ice-presented-by-biff-social-club/
LOCATION:Triplex 1\, 70 Railroad Street\,\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
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SUMMARY:YUJA WANG THE DOCUMENTARY | Presented by Cinematics
DESCRIPTION:A cinematic journey inside pianist Yuja Wang’s personal world as a daring artist at the top of her powers\, playing by her own rules and constantly reinventing herself along the way. In YUJA\, acclaimed filmmaker Lorna Tucker crafts an immersive portrait of an artist in flux. With unprecedented access\, the film weaves together performance\, memory\, and reconstruction to explore the forces that shape Yuja\, and the woman she is still becoming. As she confronts her past and reexamines her purpose\, the question lingers: was the cost of greatness worth it? \nCinematics is a partnership with Tanglewood Learning Institute and Triplex Cinema \nSaturday\, November 14\, 2026 at 7pm\nCinematics presents: YUJA WANG THE DOCUMENTARY\nTanglewood Learning Institute\, 297 West Street\, Lenox\nTicket Price $20 general admission
URL:https://biffma.org/event/yuja-wang-the-documentary-presented-by-cinematics/
LOCATION:Tanglewood Learning Institute\, 297 West Street\, Lenox\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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