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20th ANNUAL BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 FESTIVAL LINEUP LatestPress ReleaseUncategorized

20th ANNUAL BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 FESTIVAL LINEUP

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…
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April 23, 2026
BIFF Social Club courts younger cinephiles through film and social events – Berkshire Eagle In The NewsLatest

BIFF Social Club courts younger cinephiles through film and social events – Berkshire Eagle

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…
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March 3, 2026
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED AS INAUGURAL U.S. PARTNER FOR EU’S TRANSATLANTIC RISING STARS PROJECT IN 2026 LatestPress Release

BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED AS INAUGURAL U.S. PARTNER FOR EU’S TRANSATLANTIC RISING STARS PROJECT IN 2026

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…
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December 2, 2025
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS LatestPress Release

BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS

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…
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October 3, 2025
BIFF Announces Fall Films and Events! LatestNewsletters

BIFF Announces Fall Films and Events!

THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GEARS UP FOR A MILESTONE YEAR OF FILMS AND EVENTS CELEBRATING ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY! BIFF's 8th Annual Environmental Film Focus Series Begins at the Triplex Cinema! BIFF Social Club Events kick-off next month! Calling All Filmmakers! BIFF Opens Film Submissions for our 20th Annual Festival on October 1! BIFF's Second Annual "nexGen Student Film Competition"…
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September 24, 2025
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS ​SPECTACULAR NINETEENTH YEAR In The NewsLatestPress Release

BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS ​SPECTACULAR NINETEENTH YEAR

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…
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June 3, 2025
19 Annual Berkshire International Film Festival LatestPress ReleaseUncategorized

19 Annual Berkshire International Film Festival

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,…
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April 25, 2025
BIFF WRAPS 18th Year LatestPress Release

BIFF WRAPS 18th Year

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…
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June 4, 2024
‘The Eagle’s Eye’ is on Berkshire International Film Festival’s Kelley Vickery In The NewsLatest

‘The Eagle’s Eye’ is on Berkshire International Film Festival’s Kelley Vickery

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…
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November 28, 2023