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BIFF 2011 Presents: The Haymaker
  • Genre : Drama, Short
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An uninspired youth joins a gym to prove his mother wrong but doubts himself after he realizes who the trainer is.

Principal Cast
Trevor Morgan, Tim Covington, Susan Floyd


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BIFF 2011 Presents: The Rum Diary [Opening Night Film]
  • Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

Principal Cast:
Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giov...


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Thief
  • Genre : Drama
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THIEF tells the haunting story of Mehdi, an Iraqi boy who unwittingly befriends the young Saddam Hussein in 1959. Over forty years later, in 2003, the two men come face-to-face a second time, and Mehdi must weigh his desire for revenge against his need to make peace with the past.

Principal Cast:
Maz Siam, Muneer Katchi, Yousif Alshekh, Ayman Samman, Sana Étoile, Mohamad Tamimi


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Five Bones
  • Genre : Short
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With little money and few resources available, a group of children from an under privileged community, create their own entertainment by building kites out of the most basic materials.


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Give Up Tomorrow
  • Genre : Documentary
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Give Up Tomorrow exposes a Kafkaesque world of corruption and injustice. In a murder case that ends a country's use of capital punishment, but fails to free an innocent man, two grieving mothers personify the chasms that divide the Philippines.


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Good Morning Beautiful
  • Genre : Drama, Horror, Short
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After the death of his newborn daughter, Dave drifts through the world unable to see any- thing but ugliness. He struggles to keep his grip on reality as his very existence becomes a nightmarish world filled with surreal characters. He doesn’t know what to believe is real and what is in his mind.

Principal Cast:
David Tufford, Catherine Campion


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Homecoming
  • Genre : Comedy, Drama
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When trying to convince her traditional parents to let her attend Homecoming, Nina Patel discovers her father cheating with his secretary. To buy her silence, he lets her attend, but no beautiful crown can make a fairytale of her shattered reality.

Principal Cast
Ravi Kapoor, Meera Simhan, Jasmine Jade


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Incest! The Musical
  • Genre : Musical, Short
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Alex Harris has it all: he's popular, he's class president, and the ladies can't get enough of him (in particular, fellow student council member Jenny Clark). There's just one problem... he's in love with his twin sister, Katie. Meanwhile, Katie has been feeling that something's missing from her relationship with her long-term boyfriend, Mark. With their senior prom looming, the two siblings must ...


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Islands of Life
  • Genre : Documentary
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More than 50 years ago the islands of the Bahamas were being sold to wealthy individuals, coral reefs were dying, and the islands' flamingos were nearly extinct. Pressure from citizens helped create an organization to preserve the nation's natural marine and terrestrial wonders. As a result, there are now 1 million acres of protected land and sea parks, helping fish, turtles, parrots, iguanas, fla...


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BIFF 2011 Presents: Jaybird
  • Genre : Drama, Family, Short
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Jake dreams about being a great painter by joining a world renowned art school but struggles with the demands and wishes of his alcoholic father, Ryan. In the way he meets Ally, a young struggling singer who he fells in love and pushes her to follow her dreams. Will he stand against his father and fulfill his dream of becoming the greatest artist he can be?

Principal Cast:
Patrick Thompson, Br...