The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), running December 6-9, announced the lineup for its ninth edition. Dustin Hoffman’s “Quartet” will open the festival and Australia’s musical gem “The Sapphires” will close.
BIFF will feature 78 films from 26 nations, among them are 45 features and 33 short films — all of which are making their Bahamian premieres. Films will compete in four competition categories: Spirit of Freedom: Narrative & Documentary; New Visions; and Short Film. The complete lineup — including “The Iran Job,” “Habibi,” “Dead Man’s Burden” and “Redlegs” — is listed below:
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM (NARRATIVE)
A.L.F. (France) Director: Jerome Lescure
APARTMENT IN ATHENS, APPARTAMENTO AD ATENE (Italy) Director: Ruggero Dipaola
CHANCE (USA) Director: Evan Kaufmann
GRASSROOTS (USA) Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
HABIBI (Gaza) Director: Susan Youssef
MEHERJAAN (Bangladesh) Director: Rubaiyat Hossain
MR. SOPHISTICATION (USA) Director: Danny Green
THE DESTINY OF LESSER ANIMALS (Ghana) Director: Deron Albright
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM (DOCUMENTARY)
ARISE (USA) Director: Lori Joyce & Candice Orlando
DOLPHIN BOY (Israel) Director: Dani Menkin
GREEDY LYING BASTARDS (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Peru, Switzerland, Uganda, UK) Director: Craig Rosebraugh
HAITI UNTOLD (Haiti, Canada) Director: Dan Shannon
THE IRAN JOB (Iran, USA), Director: Till Schauder
THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA (Germany) Director: Marten Persiel
UPRISING (Egypt, USA) Director: Fredrik Stanton
RISING FROM ASHES (Rwanda, South Africa, United Kingdom) Director: T.C. Johnstone
WOMANISH WAYS, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS & DEMOCRACY, (Bahamas) Marion Bethel & Maria Govan
NEW VISIONS
BETWEEN FRIENDS (Trinidad & Tobago) Director: Omari Jackson
BETWEEN US (USA) Director: Dan Mirvish
BREAKFAST WITH CURTIS (USA) Director: Laura Colella
DEAD DAD (USA) Director: Ken J. Adachi
DEAD MAN’S BURDEN (USA) Director: Jared Moshe
MAYBE TOMORROW (USA) Director: Michael Wolfe
MY BROTHER JACK (USA) Director: Stephen Dest
REDLEGS (USA) Director: Brandon Harris
THE TAIWAN OYSTER (USA) Director: Mitchell Jarrett
THE STORY OF LUKE (USA) Director: Alonso Mayo
MULBERRY CHILD (USA) Director: Susan Morgan Cooper
SELF DISCOVERY
ART MACHINE (USA) Director: Doug Karr
INOCENTE (USA) Director: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
I AM NOT A ROCK STAR (Canada) Director: Bobbi Jo Krals- Hart
CARIBBEAN SPOTLIGHT
BREATHE (Bahamas, USA) Director Martin Khodabakshian
JACKSON (Bahamas, USA) Director: Karen Arthur & Thomas Neuwirth
NORMAN SOLOMON (Bahamas) Director: Maria Govan
SHE (Bahamas) Director: Kareem Mortimer
WORLD CINEMA
BEWARE OF MR. BAKER (USA) Director: Jay Bulger
BITTERSWEET MONDAY
CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU (USA) Director: Andy Grieve
CITY MONKEY (China) Director: Kong Lingchen
FRENCH IMMERSION (Canada) Director: Kevin Tierney
GO LALA GO (China) Director: Xu Jinglei
IRVINE WELSH’S ECSTACY (Canada) Director: Rob Heydon
REGIN OF THE ASSASSINS (China) Director: Su Chao, John Woo
REVOLUTION (USA) Director: Robert Stewart
RULES OF THE GAME
WITHOUT A NET (Brazil) Director: Kelly J. Richardson
SPECIAL SCREENING
QUARTET (USA, UK) Director: Dustin Hoffman
THE SAPPHIRES (Australia) Director: Wayne Blair
SHORTS
ALEKESAM (USA) Director: Jason Berg
AMOS (USA) Director: Taylor Maxwell
APOCRIFO (Mexico) Director: Ernesto Fundora
ATLANTIS (USA) Director: Matthew Ornstein
BASEBALL IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (Haiti, USA) Director, David Drag & Bryn Mooser
BEACHED (Guyana) Director: Kojo McPherson
BLACK IRISH (USA) Director: Anika Poitier
BRIGIDY BRAM (Bahamas) Director: Toby Lunn
BURNING HEARTS (Japan) Director: James McFay
BUSTED IN BRINGHAM (USA) Director Talibah Newman
CADAVER (USA) Director: Jonah Ansell
CRESENDO (German) Director: Alonso Alvarez Barreda
DELIVERY (France) Director: Fabien – Mariano Ortiz
DOCKET # 32357 (USA) Director: Randy Wilkins
FIGHT SCENE (USA) Director: Jim Ford
HOMEBODY (USA) Director: Kate Marks
HOURGLASS (Norway) Director: Pedro Collantes
JOCYLEN & THE COYOTE (El Salvador) Director: Pilar Colome,
LE NID (France) Director: Aurelien Drach
LEGACY (USA) Director: Maya Anand
MISSION OF MERMAIDS (USA) Director: Susan Rockefeller
ONE NIGHT STAND (China) Director: Michael Thai
OYSTER ROCKEFELLER (USA) Director: Charles Rogers
PEARL (USA) Director: Dan Butler
PLAY THROUGH (USA) Director: Paul Wagner
PRIVATE SUN (Palestine) Director: Rami Alayan
RAISE YOUR HANDS, (USA) Director: Elliot Kotek
RED AMBER GREEN (Jamaica) Director: Christopher Byfield
SOLACE (USA) Director: Tchaiko Omawale
THUGZ THE MUSICAL (USA) Director: Liam Sullivan
TO MUSIC (USA) Director: Sophie Kohn
TRAVIS PORTER: RED ROCK (Bahamas, USA) Director: Ryan Lightbourn
TU & EU (Portugal, USA) Director: Edward Shieh
VALSE FAVORITE (France) Director: Deborah Helpert
VICTOR (Philippines) Director: Jarell M. Serencio
