Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
Summer Films In The Square, this week - Friday, July 22: Little Blue and Soul Surfer - Jul 21, 2011 - 11:41:38 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
BIFF Film in The Square Presented by Via Cafe & Nassau Downtown Partnership FREE Films for the Family.
Little Blue (Short Film) And
SOUL SURFER
(Feature Film) Friday,
July 22, 2011 at 8:00pm.
SOUL SURFER:
Bethany
Hamilton, a 13-year-old girl destined for a successful surfing career,
lost her arm to a 14-foot tiger shark on Oct. 31, 2003. The attack
didn’t lead this determined Soul Surfer to give up.Instead, it
compelled her to discover her purpose in life as she overcame the loss
of her arm and got back on the board just three weeks later. Heart of a
Soul Surfer digs deep into the heart of Bethany’s abiding faith in God
...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
Summer Films In The Square - How I Ended this Summer, July 15th - Jul 15, 2011 - 7:24:07 AM
Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamas International Film Festival Film in The Square will feature,
How I Ended this Summer
presented by Via Cafe & Nassau Downtown Partnership on
Friday,
July 15, 2011 8:00pm.
FREE Movie Nights in Rawson Square. Free of Charge. Bring a folding Chair for your comfort.
Majestic drama... a
terrific exploration of human fragility... Popogrebsky is shaping up
into one of Russia's most talented, distinctive and potentially
exportable directors! --
Leslie Felperin, Variety
...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
(Trailer) BIFF Monthly Film Series to feature, Bouncing Cats, July 7th - Jun 27, 2011 - 11:35:29 AM
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is
proud to once again host the
BIFF Monthly Film Series with First
Caribbean Bank International and Via Cafe.
Starting: April 7th - November 3rd, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
at Galleria Cinema JFK.
Thursday, July 7th see
Bouncing Cats
Uganda
has been called one of the worst places on earth to be a child. In the
South, children face the threat of poverty and disease. In the North,
these threats are enflamed by a brutal, mindless war inflicted by the
Lord's Resistance Army (L.R.A.) that has divided families, displaced
millions...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
“Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) Day” in Philadelphia as part of Urban Suburban Film Festival - Jun 26, 2011 - 3:16:41 PM
PHILADELPHIA, PA –
While most people think of escaping to the Caribbean, filmmakers and
fans will flock to Philadelphia this June for the first-ever
“Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) Day” on
Sunday, June 26, 2011, during the 2011 edition of the
Urban Suburban Film Festival (USFF).
The unique collaboration between the two international film
festivals will feature select USFF screenings of outstanding film
selections from Bahamian Film Makers in addition to the chance to
discover and discuss more about the films, and the craft of
international film production with the some of the artists, and
producers from the Caribbean Island. Fans who are inspired by the
special selection of film...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
Bahamas International Film Festival 2011 Call for Entries - Jun 25, 2011 - 11:29:06 AM
 Nassau, Bahamas -
8th Annual Bahamas International Film Festival has released a Call For Entries for the upcoming festival from December 1 - 4, 2011.
The Festival is seeking Narratives; Documentaries; Features; Short Films; and Scripts.
Entry Deadline is July 18th, 2011.
Eighty degree weather in December and crystal clear water are two pluses
when thinking about submitting your film to the Bahamas International
Film Festival (BIFF)...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
BIFF Monthly Film Series to feature Waiting for Superman, June 17th - Jun 17, 2011 - 8:32:56 AM
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is
proud to once again host the
BIFF Monthly Film Series with First
Caribbean Bank International and Via Cafe.
Starting: April 7th - November 3rd, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
at Galleria Cinema JFK.
Thursday, June 17th see
Waiting for Superman.
Every morning, in big cities, suburbs and small towns across America,
parents send their children off to school with the highest of hopes.
But a shocking number of students in the United States attend schools
where they have virtually no chance of learning--failure factories
likelier to produce drop-outs than college graduates. And despite
decades of well-intended reforms and huge sums of money spent on the
problem, our public schools haven't improved markedly since...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
BIFF Monthly Film Series to feature Hello Lonesome, May 5th - May 4, 2011 - 3:33:18 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is
proud to once again host the
BIFF Monthly Film Series with First
Caribbean Bank International.
Starting: April 7th - November 3rd, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
at Galleria Cinema JFK.
Thursday, May 5th see Hello Lonesome, Winner of the 2010 BIFF Grand Jury Award.
With
an enchanting mixture of laughter and longing, the worlds of six flawed
yet endearing individuals are woven together as they explore those
age-old human desires: to love and be loved...
Community
Visionaries Business Show Features Leading Women In Business - May 4, 2011 - 9:37:40 AM
Leading female
entrepreneurs are taking the bull by the horns and are doing whatever
it takes to improve their economic development through entrepreneurship.
This month Visionaries Wealth Management and Business Show, the country’s
leading business show which is dedicated specifically to highlighting
the successes of entrepreneurs and organizations that positively impact
The Bahamas will feature special interviews with two leading female
entrepreneurs, Leslie Vanderpool, Executive Director of the Bahamas
International Film Festival (BIFF) along with Letisha Paul, Founder
and President of Spa La La Party for Girls.
Visionaries
airs tonight this
Thursday, May 5 at 8:30 p.m. on ZNS TV 13 and
this
Sunday, May 8 at 9:30 p.m. on JCN Channel 14.
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
BIFF Monthly Film Series to open with The Athlete, April 7th - Apr 7, 2011 - 1:45:30 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is
proud to once again host the
BIFF Monthly Film Series with First
Caribbean Bank International.
Starting: April 7th - November 3rd, 8:00pm - 9:30pm at Galleria Cinema JFK.
April 7th see
THE ATHLETE - Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefoot
Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon.
Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country
and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal
and, four years later in Tokyo, the first person in history to win
consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
(VIDEO) Red carpet interviews at BIFF Awards Night 2010 - Dec 31, 2010 - 11:07:01 AM
Paradise
Island, Bahamas - The Bahamas Weekly News Team takes you to the red
carpet on December 5th at the 7th annual Bahamas International Film Festival with
interviews with the Bahamas Film Commissioner, Craig Woods.
Then hear from Rasselas Lakew the co-director and star of The Athlete,
the double winner of BIFF;
director Adam Reid of winner Hello Lonesome;
Bahamian film director, Gustavius Smith, short film winner;
Filmmakers Residency Program winner, Sara Van Acker;
short film director (Bahamian) Travon Patton; and
final words from Leslie Vanderpool...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
The Little Film Festival That Could... - Dec 31, 2010 - 10:23:47 AM
Nassau, Bahamas - The
Bahamas Weekly News Team were pleased to once again attend and support
the Bahamas International Film Festival now ending its seventh year.
The Festival has become a shining example of teamwork between
organizers, sponsors, and participants and is now noted to be one of the
best in the Caribbean.
Although the length of the festival was reduced this year due to economic reasons...
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
(VIDEO) BIFF 2010 red carpet interviews with Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin - Dec 17, 2010 - 12:54:30 PM
Paradise Island,
Bahamas - The Bahamas Weekly News Team takes you to the red carpet of
the 7th annual Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) outside of the
Atlantis Theatre before the Academy Award winning actor, Alan Arkin's
Career Tribute on December 4th, 2010.
In this video you will
also hear from Leslie Vanderpool, Founder of BIFF; and young Academy
Award nominee, Abigail Breslin, who had the honour of presenting the
Career Tribute Award to Alan Arkin, her co-star of
Little Miss Sunshine...
News :
Ministry of Tourism Updates
(VIDEO) Tourism Today on the red carpet at BIFF - Dec 10, 2010 - 2:11:49 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Tourism Today takes you on the red carpet at opening night of the 7th
annual Bahamas International Film Festival held at Atlantis in Paradise
Island which took place from December 1st to 5th.
In this video
you will hear from the Director General of the Bahamas Ministry of
Tourism, David Johnson; the Bahamas Film Commissioner, Craig Woods; and
visiting American actor, Arthur Braddy III.
Entertainment :
Bahamas International Film Festival
Amigo the Potcake Music video presented at BIFF 2010 - Dec 10, 2010 - 1:47:27 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Saturday
December 4th,
'Amigo the Potcake
‘and his music video, produced and directed by the team that brought
“Who Let the Dogs Out” set to “Amigo’s Song” sung by Bahamian legends
Ronnie Butler and ‘Sweet Emily Austin,’ produced by Dave Mackey was
represented in The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) 2010. The
lavish, entertaining video with its strong ‘pro potcake’ (and all
animals) message was part of the presentations, (but not the
competitions) receiving wonderful acclaim.
Frances
Singer-Hayward, AMIGO’S ‘human’ profusely thanked Leslie Vanderpool,
whose vision and love for AMIGO and all that he represents made this
possible. Ms. Singer-Hayward stressed that it is the very last line in
“Amigo’s Song” that ‘says it all…’ “Amigo, Amigo we gotta
understand…it’s only up to US to give our potcake friends a hand.”
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