8th Edition of BIFF - 2024
BIFF celebrates resilience and its capacity to overcome adversity. We welcome narrative, documentary and short films to our annual festival.
BIFF provides a platform for the pressing issues of our time from sociocultural to environmental issues by listening to those most affected, and building a community of inclusivity and regeneration. The festival also celebrates subaltern and indigenous narratives from local and regional filmmakers. Through stories on a local level, BIFF provides the space to question the global currents of our time.
Filmmakers will compete for a series of jury, festival honours and audience awards. Each night films are paired with thematic events like our cine-cuisine night, a very special night which brings together farmers, chefs and film.
The Walled Garden-Barbados Film Festival Trust (WGBFFT) was formed in tandem with the Walled Garden Theatre Trust –whose mission is to support the conservation and restoration of the Barbados Museum and Garrison District (UNESCO world heritage sites) and invigorate them through the arts.
Best Feature Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Short Film (films of up to 50 mins)
Carmichael Award for Exceptional Storytelling- up to $5000 award for stories of any length on the theme of the human condition.
McNeel Impact Award – up to $5000 award for films of any length on the environment
BIFF & Parachute Film Studios collaboration grant for Barbadian filmmakers to a value $10,000.00 award (applicants must be age 18+ and resident of Barbados) for short films 10 minutes and under.
** All films that meet the thematic criteria for the McNeel and Carmichael awards will be considered by the selection committee**