BIFF 2020 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
JAN. 14, 2020, 5:30 PM
Venue: Walled Garden Theatre, BM&HS
Red Carpet Gala and Caribbean premiere of JOSEPH (Drama, Barbados, Jamaica, Ghana)
Special Guests: Marcia Weekes (director); Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Kevoy Burton and Christopher McFarlaine
JAN. 15, 2020, 5:30 PM
Venue: Copacabana Beach Club
Cinecuisine by Slowfoods Barbados & One Tree for Every Bajan
Short Film: DE FISHERIES by Clish Gittens
Feature Film: WOMAN AT WAR (Comedy, Iceland, Icelandic with English subtitles)
Special Guest: Director Benedikt Erlingsson
JAN. 15, 2020, 6:00 PM
Venue: Limegrove Cinemas
Film: THE TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE (Documentary, English)
Guest: Director Roger Nygard
JAN. 15, 2020, 8 PM
Venue: Limegrove Cinemas
Film: DESRANCES (Drama, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, French with English subtitles)
Special Guest: Director, Apolline Traore
JAN. 15, 2020, 7 PM
Venue: Walled Garden Theatre
Film short: THE REPUBLICAN by Jon Navarro
Feature Film: RED, WHITE & WASTED (Documentary, USA)
Special Guest: Director Sam Jones
JAN. 16, 2020, 2:00 PM
Venue: Copacabana Beach Club
Short Film: THE MAN OF THE TREES
Feature Film: WOMAN AT WAR (Comedy, Iceland, Icelandic with English subtitles)
BIFF Beachside Matinee
Sponsored by Copacabana Beach Club
Tickets BD$15
Sold at the door
JAN. 16, 2020, 6 PM (double feature)
Venue: Copacabana Beach Club
Short Film: THINGS TOUGH by Damien Pinder
Feature Film: REGGAE BOYZ (Documentary, Jamaica, US)
Special Guest: Director Till Schauder
JAN. 16, 2020, 8 PM
Venue: Copacabana Beach Club
Short Film: QUEEN OF DE’ BAND by Aerin Prescod
Feature: CABARETE (Drama, Dominican Republic, Spanish with English Subtitles)
Special Guest: Director Ivan Bordas
JAN. 16, 2020, 7:00 PM
Venue: Walled Garden Theatre, BM&HS
Film Event: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (Drama, UK)
Special Guests: BIFF ICON AWARD Recipient & Director Gurinder Chadha & screenwriter Paul Mayeda Berges
JAN. 17, 2020, 7 PM
Venue: Walled Garden Theatre, BM&HS
Caribbean premiere of A KID FROM CONEY ISLAND (Documentary, USA)
Special Guests: Directors Coodie Simmons & Chike Ozah
JAN. 18, 2020, 10 AM – NOON
Venue: Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination
A screening of the English language documentary MY FOOTSTEPS IN BARAGUA – followed by a conversation with legendary, Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando.
JAN. 18, 2020, NOON
Venue: Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination
BAXU & THE GIANTS & WILDLIFE EXTRAVAGANZA – A Block of family-friendly, nature documentaries from around the world
JAN. 18, 2020, 2 PM
Venue: Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination
Short Film: FIRST KILL (Drama, USA)
UNCIVILIZED (Documentary, Dominica)
Special Guest: Michael Lees
JAN. 18, 2020, 2:00 PM
Venue: Copacabana Beach Club
Short Film: NO PLACE
Feature Film: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (Drama, UK)
BIFF Beachside Matinee
Sponsored by Copacabana Beach Club
Tickets: BD$15
Sold at the door
JAN. 18, 2020, 7:00 PM
Venue: Walled Garden Theatre, BM&HS
A Musical Review of favorite Hollywood Songs
Special Guests: World renown singer Melinda Hughes, violinist Lizzie Hill, pianist David Shenton
JAN. 19, 2020, 5:30 PM
Venue: Southern Palms Hotel Beach
BIFF Awards, SHORTS ON THE BEACH & final festival film TOO LICKRISH (Comedy, Barbados)
Special Guest: Director Tolga Akcayli