Brooklyn Film Festival

BFF has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of September! According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, our festival ranks in the top 1% of more than 10,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world.

"Tango Shalom", the comedy dance fable that was picked up at the 24th Brooklyn Film Festival by Vision Films last June has broken a box office record for an independent film's opening weekend! The film opened in 4 theaters (2 in NY and 2 in LA), but the list of theaters is growing and soon Tango Shalom will be playing in a theater near you. Check the current list of theaters: https://www.tangoshalommovie.com/

BFF has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of August! According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 1% of more than 10,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world.

Tango Shalom, Best screenplay at the 2021 Brooklyn Film Festival, is coming to LA+NYC theaters Friday, September 3rd! The multi- awarded Tango Shalom feature film is a comedy dance fable with a message of peace, tolerance, and understanding. @tangoshalom

No Rest for the Weekend Episode 921: Brooklyn Film Festival 2021 Recap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iks4xm-eAcE&t=148s

BFF's "late" deadline is coming up: February 17. Use the link below to submit via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/BrooklynFilmFestival

BFF has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of January! According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 1.5% of more than 10,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. https://filmfreeway.com/BrooklynFilmFestival

Sarah Pirozek, Best Producer winner at BFF 2019 for the Feature Film #LIKE, is debuting on Apple TV, Amazon Prime and more! Here is an opportunity to check the film, if you have missed it at the festival Apple TV Hashtag # Like - the feature film

upcoming deadline alert! "regular" deadline expires on Jan 27. submit before the fee increase...

Best New Director and Spirit Award winner at the 2020 BFF, HIGHER LOVE by director Hasan Oswald gets picked up by Gravitas Ventures. The project will be released on all VOD platforms on November 3rd, 2020! Currently is available for pre-sales on iTunes & Apple TV in the U.S and Canada. https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/film-detail?fid=2209

Vanessa Perdriau, writer/director of "The Widow's Last" [ 2018 BFF Lineup ] is releasing the film online free of charge. The project is available on Omeleto’s YouTube platform

BFF has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of September! According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, BFF ranks in the top 1.5% out of 9,000 film festivals around the world. https://filmfreeway.com/BrooklynFilmFestival

23rd BFF Chameleon - ready to ship to Adam Brown

early submissions for BFF 2021 are now open. https://filmfreeway.com/BrooklynFilmFestival

Huge thank you to all of our #bff2020 sponsors - we truly couldn't have done it without you: AbelCine, ALL ARTS, Be Electric Studios, Big Screen Plaza, Brooklyn Film Society, Chasing Tailor, Final Draft, Gouvernement du Québec, Lifevine Wine, MPE, Noble Jewelry, Papapietro Perry Winery, Pod Brooklyn Hotel, SobreVista Resort, TBWA, Thirteen WNET New York, Windmill Studios, Xeno Lights, & Yelp

The Brooklyn Film Festival is almost over. Don’t miss your chance to relearn how to be human through 149 amazing films. Head to brooklynfilmfestival.org to stream for free.

Our final #bff2020 award announcement is here: THE GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD goes to INTO THE STORM by Adam Brown Last chance - you have until 7p EST to catch this award-winning film, along with 148 others!

The #bff2020 AUDIENCE AWARDS have been announced! Congratulations to all of our winners: EXPERIMENTAL: INHUMAN LOVE by Adam Hayes and Nick Hayes ANIMATION: WADE by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya and Kalp Sanghvi KIDSFILMFEST: CRAMMING by Dan Perlman SHORT NARRATIVE: THE PRESENT by Farah Nabulsi... SHORT DOC: THEY by Louisa Rechenbach FEATURE DOC: INTO THE STORM by Adam Brown FEATURE NARRATIVE: MACABRE by Marcos Prado See more

Voting for the Audience Awards on the BFF website has terminated. Soon, we'll announce the 6 + 1 (KidsFilmFest) Audience Award winners. Stay Tuned!

Award night round 2: people’s choice edition. Voting ends at 12pm EST, with award announcements to follow. Go to brooklynfilmfestival.org to watch the audience favorites of this year. #BFF2020

It’s the last day of #bff2020 and the last day of our IG live filmmaker interviews! Today we’re looking at films about entertainers, athletes, and politicians: public figures. Tune in one more time starting at 1pm EST!

REMEMBER: at noon (EST), the voting counter will stop. Audience Award winners, including KidsFilmFest's, will be announced right after. The Grand Chameleon Award is scheduled to be announced early afternoon-today, And REMEMBER: all 2020 BFF films will be available until 7pm (EST). Enjoy the last few hours of this historical Turning Point aka 23rd Brooklyn Film Festival.