Award Categories
- Josh Burton Award for Excellence
- Ken Hendricks People’s Choice Award
- Power of Film Award
- Best Animation
- Best Documentary
- Best Feature
- Best Screenplay
- Best Short
- Best Soundtrack
- Best Student
- Best Wisconsin
Film Awards
All Films Accepted into the 2012 BIFF Competition are Eligible for the following Awards:
- Ken Hendricks People’s Choice Award – $1,000
- The Josh Burton Award for Excellence – $1,000 – The Josh Burton award is given to a filmmaker who shows artistic integrity, intuition, and dedication.
- Power of Film Award – $1,000 A film that has the power to change our way of life. The Power of Film Award recognizes emotional, inspirational films that have the potential to change people’s life view.
Film Selection
Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF) films are drawn from a variety of sources including Withoutabox, film competitions, other film festivals, staff research, the film selection committee, and suggestions to committee members and to the website. BIFF makes every effort to broadly announce the festival and submission guidelines and deadlines through film and festival media. Non-competition films are chosen in order to offer variety and opportunities to see international, vintage, classic, and unusual films otherwise unavailable in the region. Wherever possible, industry ratings of films are publicized as a guideline for viewers.
Selection and presentation of films are not representative of viewpoints or endorsements by sponsors, organizers, advertisers, volunteers or the owners of the venues in which they are presented. BIFF does not shy away from controversy and makes every effort to present a balanced program offering a broad variety of viewpoints. BIFF sincerely appreciates the support of all of its sponsors and underwriters, which allows the festival to maintain an independent selection process.
