BBFF2014 will run from February 28th to March 9th. As entries have only just opened filmmakers Filmmakers are able to access our Early Bird deadline prices. BBFF encourages filmmakers and audiences to ‘Open Their Aperture’ – to open their eyes, minds and hearts to new possibilities and experiences. The range of films we screen is diverse [...]
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees and a big thanks to all our filmmakers, festival goers, sponsors and special folks who’ve made BBFF2013 such an amazing festival. The Owners Club at Linnaeus Best Film, Byron Bay Coffee Company Best Dramatic Feature & Tavarus Best Surf Film Otelo Burning The Echo Best Byron Film Pharaoh vs [...]
BBFF is giving Byron a taste of what’s to come when our free, beachside screening returns on Monday, February 25. Beneath the full moon, the community will gather on the grass above main beach to witness some of the many fantastic films the festival has to offer.
Uplift is the first event of its kind to be held at the new Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex and will feature International New Thought leaders, scientists, visionary activists, indigenous elders, artists, and poets – as well as an amazing array of musicians and performers. BBFF is proud to bring 3 sessions of ‘Conscious [...]
The full online programme is live and our free 48 page programme is out in this week’s issue of the Echo with full details of all the films and events happening at BBFF2012. BBFF 2012 features a staggering 200+ films from 39 countries including 132 World, Australian and NSW Premieres as well as 45 films [...]
How Hawaiian Surf Culture conquered the World. Master surf filmmaker Jack McCoy ventures into a new realm with his latest feature. This is not a surf movie, it is a film about surfing’s deepest roots; in the subconscious; in ancient lore; in the craft of surfboard building; in man’s perpetual quest for a joyful relationship [...]
A Day at the Pool is a documentary-style film that attempts to uncover the true origins of modern skateboarding. Interviews with Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams and the rest of the Dogtown Crew reveal that an anonymous local kid may have been largely responsible for the skateboarding revolution that lead to their success in [...]
An Australian premiere, this debut feature documentary is being hailed as an intrieging masterpiece. With a compelling sound track by Bob Dylan and Beirut, Bombay Beach is a film about one of the poorest communities in southern California. Located on the shores of the Salton Sea a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the [...]
Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, ‘the bad boy of Buddhism,’ shattered Westerners’ notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave, yet he is recognized as being the pivotal person to bring Buddhism to the west. Raised in the rigorous Tibetan monastic tradition, Trungpa fled his homeland during the Chinese Communist invasion of 1959. In Britain, seeing his [...]
In a richly re-imagined Venice of the early 1920s, young composer Hero Wasabi must compete against the unscrupulous Count Telefino in the prestigious Abacus Scroll musical competition. UPDATE: Recent Winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Best Animation Short Film. Click through for Trailer
