BIFF features documentaries from local production companies and films from all over the world.
Time to Heal
Jeri Hall sent a message to her daughter one evening stating, "I'm going on the vent, I Love you." As of July 2020 there have been four million cases of Covid in the United States. Time to Heal tells the story of just one of those cases. Monroe Hospital is a small hospital with a big heart that serves the Bloomington community and surrounding rural area.
Instrument Of Peace
The story of the skateboarding monk.
Blossers Park
This mini-doc shines a light on the park that once made its home on the island in the middle of the Goshen Dam Pond. After it opened in 1909, Blosser’s Park drew people in from across northern Indiana.
Snowstorm
On the frozen shores of Lake Michigan, a snowstorm creates violent waves, powerful wind gusts, and heavy snow. As access to the shoreline becomes dangerous for humans, two groups of birds gather in the air and water along the shore.
Kahuli
Hawai‘i’s native snail species face an emergent threat and are rapidly disappearing. Kāhuli: Hawai‘i’s Last Forest Snails is a cinéma vérité documentary that offers a glimpse into this largely unknown and complex world through the eyes of cultural and scientific experts, each of whom guide us through what stands to be lost if Hawai‘i’s snails go extinct.
Frozen In fear
A contemplative documentary about the social and environmental impacts of the pandemic, in addition to the psychological, emotional and spiritual effects of long-term lockdowns.
Art Of Libations
The pursuit of exemplifying the importance of the hospitality industry.