FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

2023 Brooklyn Film Festival

The 2023 festival will run from June 2 through 11.

Film Submissions for the 2023 Festival are Now Open

To take advantage of the Early Bird Submission Fee, act before November 30. Click on this box to start the submission process.

10 Days of Local and International Films

Every year the festival presents 150 projects over the course of ten days. The films play both at physical venues and online via our website. 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).

Press Releases and Media Coverage

Check Press Releases and Media Coverage of the last few years...

BFF ranks as a Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway

BFF has been ranking as a Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway on the months of June and July! 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".

BFF is a Qualifying Festival

Brooklyn Film Festival is a proud Canadian Screen Award Qualifying Festival

Check the festival's pics

Pics from Opening and Closing Night. Also from the Filmmaker Party.

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.