Award Ceremony

BIFF's Annual Awards Ceremony for Official Selections in Competition.

BIFF's Juried Award Categories Include:

Experimental Competition (Features + Shorts)

Animation Competition (Features + Shorts)

Narrative Feature Competition - Global

Narrative Feature Competition - Domestic

Documentary Feature Competition - Global

Documentary Feature Competition - Domestic

WNY Feature Competition (Narratives + Documentaries)

WNY Short Competition (Narratives + Documentaries)

Documentary Short - Global

Documentary Short - Domestic

Narrative Short - Global

Narrative Short - Domestic

WNY Student Film Competition

Additional Awards Include:

BIFF Audience Award – A balloted award voted on by BIFF audiences! Feature films only.

BIFF Boundary Breaker Award – Issued by the BIFF staff and awarded to a groundbreaking work.

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Thank You to BIFF's 2024 Jurors:

Sharon Cosimano (President, Rural Outreach Center), Mac Cappuccino (Producer), Kash Costner (Film Professional), Anthony DiGesare (Writer & Faculty, Canisius College), Becky Farnham (Filmmaker), Sally Jarzab (Corporate Communications, University at Buffalo), Roselyn Kasmire (Educator, Author and Actress), Bob Lingle (Owner, Good Neighbor Bookstore), Harry Lipsitz (Producer/Co-owner, Casting Buffalo), Micheal Montes (Film & TV Composer), Andy Morin (Cinematographer, Owner Avenir Cine), Tim Noble (Artist), Paul Papadeas (Filmmaker), Cheryl Quimba (Author), Ahmed Tarek Ragheb (Filmmaker), Lily Ekimian Ragheb (Filmmaker), Joel Resnkoff (Production Manager), Melissa Rivera (Actress), Bryan Patrick Styole (Actor), Lisa Vendever (Co-founder & Director Cinekink Film Festival), Jeff Wilber (Screenwriter), and Roy Wol (Producer, Co-president Hollywood Radio & TV Society New York).