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THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS SPECTACULAR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, PAYING TRIBUTE TO KAREN ALLEN, SCREENING MORE THAN 80 FILMS, AND HOSTING DOZENS OF FILMMAKERS, TEA TALKS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. Jury, Audience, nexGen Student Film Competition, and the Next Great Filmmaker Awards Announced! June 1, 2026 – Great Barrington, MA — The Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) concluded a spectacular 20th anniversary…
2026 BIFF Proudly Honors Award-Winning Actor Karen Allen BIFF opens with STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! with award-winning journalist, author and investigative reporter Amy Goodman in attendance. BIFF closes with the Sundance hit documentary about global tennis icon and activist Billie Jean King in GIVE ME THE BALL! with director Elizabeth Wolff in attendance. Four Tea Talks include Academy Award-winning documentary…
Read the original article HERE. By Matt Martinez, The Berkshire Eagle Feb 27, 2026 GREAT BARRINGTON — When a busload of bathrobe-sporting Berkshirites descends on The Cove Bowling & Entertainment, 7 p.m. March 6, they'll be supporting a new generation of local film lovers in the process. The passengers will be en route to see a screening of "The Big Lebowski," embarking on…
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA - DECEMBER 2, 2025 — Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) the Delegation of the European Union to the United States has selected BIFF as the inaugural U.S. festival partner for its newly launched Transatlantic Rising Stars Project. The initiative is designed to deepen cultural connections and spark creative collaboration between…
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AND INVITES UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR FILMS TO BIFF'S SECOND ANNUAL "nexGEN FILM COMPETITION!" October 1, 2025 - Great Barrington: Calling all undergraduate college and university student filmmakers! After a successful inaugural year, the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) and Love Today Productions (LTP) opens submissions to the second…
THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS SPECTACULAR NINETEENTH YEAR PAYING TRIBUTE TO AWARD-WINNING ACTOR BRIAN COX, SCREENING 75 FILMS, WITH DOZENS OF FILMMAKERS, TEA TALKS AND EVENTS! Juried Prize, "nexGen" Award, Audience Awards and "Next Great Filmmaker" Awards Announced! June 2, 2025, Great Barrington, MA – Sunday, the Berkshire International Film Festival wrapped a spectacular festival, filled with luminaries such…
19th ANNUAL BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2025 FESTIVAL LINEUP 2025 BIFF Honoree is Multi Award-Winning Actor BRIAN COX BIFF Opens with A MAN WITH SOLE: THE IMPACT OF KENNETH COLE with designer and activist Kenneth Cole and director Dori Berinstein in attendance; BIFF Closes with the Sundance Hit Documentary MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE; Three Tea Talks include the leading authority in sustainable fashion,…
THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS 18th YEAR PAYING TRIBUTE TO ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR JAMES IVORY, SCREENING 70 FILMS, WITH DOZENS OF FILMMAKERS, TEA TALKS AND EVENTS!Juried Prize, Audience Awards and "Next Great Filmmaker" Awards Announced! Sunday, the Berkshire International Film Festival wrapped a spectacular festival, filled with luminaries such as James Ivory, Fred Hechinger, Billy Zane, Sheila Nevins, Barbara Kopple, and the director and producers…
Read the original article here By Gene Carr, Eagle correspondent Nov 25, 2023 In the fourth episode of “The Eagle’s Eye: Catching up with Berkshire visionaries,” host Gene Carr catches up with Kelley Vickery, who has brought the art of film and filmmaking into the fold of Berkshire County’s cultural identity. Vickery is the artistic director and founder of the…
THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BOARDS PRESENT LARGE GIFT TO THE “SAVE THE TRIPLEX” ORGANIZATION Today, the Berkshire International Film Festival board of directors and board of advisors have donated nearly $70,000 to help with the renovation of the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington. The gift was presented to Nicki Wilson, president and Hannah Wilken, vice-president of Triplex Cinema, Inc.…
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH SCOUT HOUSE TO PRESENT A CONVERSATION WITH NEW YORKER COLUMNIST AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, MICHAEL SCHULMAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 5 - 7PM AT SCOUT HOUSE! Michael Schulman is "fierce, fabulous and brillant!" FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS at SCOUT HOUSE, in partnership with BIFF, presents New Yorker columnist and New York…