FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

2023 Brooklyn Film Festival

The 26th BFF will run from June 2 through 11. The festival will present about 150 films in competition. On June 11, BFF will announce the award winners.

2023 Film Submissions. Deadlines.

To take advantage of the Early Bird low submission fee, act before November 30, 2022. Regular Deadline will be on January 5, 2023. Advance Deadline, January 31. Late Deadline, February 25. And Extended (final) Deadline will be on March 13. Click on this box to start the submission process.

10 Days of Local and International Films

Every year the festival presents about 150 projects over the course of ten days. The films play both at physical venues and online. Submissions come from all over the World. The selected films play in competition. The winners, besides the BFF Certificate, take at home collectively $50,000 in prizes (cash, products, services). Click for Awards Breakdown.

Press Releases and Media Coverage

Check BFF's Media Archival from 2010 onwards.

BFF ranks as a Top 100 Best Reviewed Festival on FilmFreeway

According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, BFF ranks in the top 1% out of more than 10,000 film festivals around the world.

MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee

Brooklyn Film Festival has been selected by MovieMaker as one of the "50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee".

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

Brooklyn Film Festival is a proud 2023 Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying Festival.

check fest pics

Archival Images on Display. Opening and Closing Nights. Filmmaker Parties from the 2010 festival onwards.

BFF ANNOUNCES 2022 AWARD WINNERS

On June 12, 2022, BFF awarded and assigned prizes to 30 filmmakers during the Award Ceremony at Windmill Studios. POUR L’AMOUR picked up the Grand Chameleon Award and won Best Narrative Feature. FROM THE HOOD TO THE HOLLER took home the award for Best Documentary Feature. Click here to check the full list of awards.