The Beaufort Film Society is pleased to present the 18th annual Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF).

Schedule of Events:

February 20, 2024:

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Opening Night Reception and Special Concert/ Ticketed Event
$60 (BFS Members) $75 (Non Members)

8pm – 9pm: Special Concert: “Bubba’s Mama Sings the Blues”
(Performances by Dr. Marlena Smalls and the Hallelujah Singers)

February 21, 2024:

9am - 7:00pm: Film Screenings (last film block starts)

9:00 AM: Block 1

The Star and the Scribe (5min) - - Animation
Slobopoly (9min) - - Student
In Search Of (13min) - - Short
Cash Only (17min) - Student
David Again (18min) - Doc (Short)

Break

11:00 AM: Block 2

Return (3min) - Animation
Hit Man: Secrets of Lies (19min) - Short
Fundamental Shapes (15min) - Short
Dear Owner (9min) - Short
The Volunteer (35min) - Doc Short

Break

1:20 PM: Block 3

Because I Love You (14min) - Short
Filling In the Blanks (1hr 34 min) - Doc (Feature)

Break

3:50 PM: Block 4

Our Males and Females (11min) - Short
Final Score (13min) - Short
Sister (16min) - Short

Break

7:00 PM: Block 5

Long December (1hr 18min) - Feature
Blood Star (1hr 37min) - Feature

February 22, 2024:

9am - 7:30pm: Film Screenings (last film block starts)

9:00 AM: Block 1

Dandelion (4min) - Animation
Iris (18min) - Student
Safe (10min) - Short
The Collector (16min) - Doc Short
Estela, Is It You? (22min) - Short

Break

11:00 AM: Block 2

Nisei (22min) - Short
Night Voices (22min) - Short
Common As Red Hair (15min) - Short

Break

1:00 PM: Block 3

A Shattering (20min) - Short
An Open Door: Temple Grandin (1hr) - Doc (Feature)

Break

3:00 PM: Block 4

I Can’t Keep Quiet (27min) - Doc Short
Hedgehog (18min) - Short
Rough Draft (4min) - Short
That’s Not My Mother (16min) - Short

Break

7:30 PM: Block 5

Purgy’s (17min) - Short
Scrap (1hr 45min) - Feature

5:00pm – 6:00pm: Screenwriters Workshop (Free)

February 23, 2024:

9am - 7:30pm: Film Screenings (last film block starts)

9:00 AM: Block 1

KnightTime Story (3min) - Animation
Hog-Tied (15min) - Student
August (12min) - Student
Prisoner By Choice: The Frankie San Story (1hr 6min) - Doc (Feature)

Break

11:30 AM: Block 2

Split Ticket (20min) - Short
Spray Away (20min) - Short
Not the Same Clarence (15min) - Short
Infraction (22 min) - Short

Break

2:00 PM: Block 3

Back to Bridgewood (1hr 25min) - Feature

Break

4:00 PM: Block 4

Rosenwald: Toward a More Perfect Union (10min) - Doc Short
Blood is Thicker (14min) - Short
Us. Together. Alone (12min) - Short

Break

7:30 PM: Block 5

Ivy’s Dream (18min) - Short
The Final Run (1hr 30min) - Feature

February 24, 2024:

9am - 4:00pm: Film Screenings (last film block starts)

9:00 AM: Block 1

Reagan/Quigley ‘85 (12min)) - Student
Stalking the Bogeyman (10min) - Short
Talia (11min) - Short
The Birthday Butterfly (25min) - Short

Break

11:00 AM: Block 2

Emerald Sanctuary (12min) - Doc Short
The Magic Ticket (16min) - Short
Chipper (21min) - Short

12:45 PM: Block 3

SC Film Commission Indie Grants Special

1:45 PM: Block 4

The Martini Shot (1hr 40min) - Feature

Break

4:00 PM: Block 5

The Spirit of Beaufort: Remembering Forrest Gump (1hr 30min) - Special

Break

7:30 PM: Block 6

An Evening with Gary Sinise/Lifetime Award Presentation (2hrs) - Special

12:45pm - 1:45pm: South Carolina Film Commission (Indie Grants Program) Special Presentation (Free)

7:30pm: “An Evening with Gary Sinise”/Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award, $25

February 25, 2024:

2:00pm: Awards Ceremony Cocktail Hour

3:00pm: Awards Presentations

Single Ticket $60 (BFS Members)
$70 (Non Members) (included in All Events Pass)
Catering by Debbi Covington (Champagne included)

Dates: February 20 - 25, 2024

Location:

USCB Center for the Arts,
805 Carteret Street,
Beaufort, SC 29902.

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