The Bahamas International Film Festival has announced their lineup and competition programs for their 12th year, which will run from December 1-12. More than 130 films are represented in the lineup, which includes competition categories for Spirit of Freedom: Narrative, Spirit of Freedom: Documentary, New Visions, Carribean Spotlight Narrative, Carribean Spotlight Documentary, Comedy and non-Jury Short Films.
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Below is the list of films.
| SPIRIT OF FREEDOM (NARRATIVE) |
| “Eadward” (Canada) / Director: Kyle Rideout |
| “Showing Roots” (USA) / Director: Michael Wilson |
| “Sin and Illy” (Germany) / Director: Maria Hengge |
| “The Sleeping Tree” (Bahrain) / Director: Mohammed Rashed BuAli |
| “UnIndian” (Australia) Director: Anupam SHarma |
| “Wildlike” (USA) / Director: Frank Hall Green |
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM (DOCUMENTARY) |
| “All Eyes All Ears” (China, USA) / Director: Vanessa Hope |
| “Gazelle” – THE LOVE ISSUE (Brazil) / Director: Cesar Terranova |
| “I Am Thalente” (South Africa) / Director: Natalie Johns |
| “India’s Daughter” (India) Director: Leslee Udwin |
| “My Life in China” (USA) Director: Kenneth Eng |
| “Queen Mimi” (USA) Director: Yaniv Rokah |
| “Speed Sisters” (Iran) Director: Amber Fares |
| “Madina’s Dream” (Sudan) Director: Andrew Berends |
| “Crocodile Gennadiy” (Ukraine) Director: Steve Hoover |
NEW VISIONS (Sponsored by JetBlue Airways) |
| “A Beautiful Now” (USA) / Director: Daniela Amavia |
| “After the Wedding” (USA) / Director: Claudia Cifuentes |
| “Bad Moon Rising” (Japan) / Director: Hiritaka Asano |
| “Empirica” (USA) / Director: Patrick Shanahan |
| “Golden Kingdom” (Myanmar) / Director: Brian Perkins |
| “Jackrabbit” (USA) / Director: Carleton Ranney |
| “Johnny Walker” (USA) / Director: Kris De Meester |
| “The Preppie Connection” (USA) / Director: Joseph Castelo |
| “Somewhere in the Middle” (USA) / Director: Lanre Olabisi |
| “The Ambassador to Bern” (Hungary) / Director” Attila Szasz |
| “The Center” (USA) / Director” Charlie Graik |
| “Singapore Sling” (Brazil,USA) / Director: Marcus Sigrist |
| “La Extrana” (Dominican Republic) / Director: César Rodríguez |
| WORLD CINEMA NARRATIVE (Sponsored by CornèrTrader) |
| “Anti Social” (UK) / Director: Reg Traviss |
| “Ombre” (Bulgaria) / Director: Zachary Iliev Paunov |
| “Jasmine” (Hong Kong, USA), / Director: Dax Phelan |
| “Meet Pursuit Delange” (UK) / Director: Howard Webster |
| “North vs South” (UK) / Director: Steven Nesbit |
| “Remittance” (Singapore, USA) / Director: Joel Fendelman |
| “Weepah Way For Now Sound” (USA) / Director: Stephen Ringer |
| “Why Do You Smell the Ocean” (USA) / Director: Kevin Baggott |
| “Let’s Dance to the Rhythm” (India) / Director: Bardroy Barretto |
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY (Sponsored by CornèrTrader)
| “Gored” (USA, Spain) / Director: Ido Mizrahy |
| “Hydro” (USA) / Directors: Rafa G. Sánchez, Xavi Tello |
| “New Cambodian” (Cambodia) / Director: Isabella Astengo |
| “When Voices Meet” (South Africa) / Director: Nancy Sutton Smith |
| “Every Child Counts” (Canada) / Director: Wendy Loten |
| CARIBBEAN SPOTLIGHT NARRATIVE |
| “Battle Dreams Chronicles” (Martinique) / Director: Alain Bidard |
| “Bazodee” (Trinidad & Tobago) / Director: Todd Kessler |
| “Stone Shacks” (Bahamas) / Director: Tyrone Burrows |
| “Trafficked” (Trinidad & Tobago) / Director: Sean Hodgkinson |
| CARIBBEAN SPOTLIGHT DOCUMENTARY |
| “Congo Beats the Drum” (Israel, Jamaica) / Director: Ariel Tagar |
| “Dreadlocks Story” (Jamaica) / Director: Linda Aïnouche |
| “Exuma” (Bahamas) / Director: Colin Ruggiero |
| “Vanishing Sail” (The Grenadines) / Director: Alexis Andrews |
| COMEDY |
| “Art Ache” (USA) / Director: Berty Cadilhac |
| “Dependent’s Day” (USA) / Director: Michael David Lynch |
| “Driving While Black” (USA) / Director: Paul Sapiano |
| “It Had to Be You” (USA) / Director: Sasha Gordon |
| “The Funeral Guest” (USA) / Director: Matthew Kohnen |
| “The Right Juice” (UK, Portugal) / Director: Kristjan Knigge |
A complete list of the short films screening at BIFF is available here.
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