Bloomington Indiana Film Festival

04/04/2026

What a night on Friday. We are deeply moved by the films and the filmmakers who attended The Bishop for our 2026 Friday program. BUT we aren’t even close to done yet.

Here is a montage of our programming showing TONIGHT at The Bishop. Come watch these amazing miracles (every film is a tiny miracle) of cinema from our local, regional, and international filmmakers.

Byron Jordan Wolter might even have a drink 🥃 token for you! Maybs… 🤔 👀
Tickets at www.biff.love

04/03/2026

Tonight is the night to !

Here at BIFF, we love a good montage, and here is a montage cut of the films we are screening tonight at The Bishop beginning at 5:00 pm.

Doors open at 5:00 pm, where we will be greeting everyone with food and beer/wine while playing some of our selections that couldn't be programmed into our blocks this year.

At 6:30 pm, we will begin the GRAND BIFF showcase for BIFF V 2026, followed by the 2026 GRAND BIFF awards.

We will also award a few of the GRAND BIFFs on Saturday, when certain filmmakers are in attendance.

Come experience local, regional, and international cinema with us at BIFF 2026!

https://youtu.be/qcFJHPIdKNE?si=_SKXPoYSry_X-wG6

Tickets are available at www.biff.love

A montage of the films we are screening tonight at The Bishop Bar beginning at 5:00 pm. Doors open at 5pm where we will be greeting everyone with food and be...

04/01/2026

Astronomancy plays The Bishop at 6:30 pm on this Saturday, April 4th. This film represents what we are all about at BIFF; putting local and regional films on a world stage. This film was locally produced and directed by Geoff George.

Come on out on Saturday and see some beautifully made local cinema like this gem 🎈 of a film.

Tickets at www.biff.love

https://youtu.be/DRmSJlDp270

Astromancy plays at the Bishop Bar on April 4th, 2026. For the BIFF program and tickets visit, www.biff.loveDirected by Geoffrey GeorgeAstronomancyThe stars ...

04/01/2026

Cannot wait to show Rock, Paper, Destiny produced by local filmmaker Emelie Flower and Constellation Stage & Screen.

Get your tickets for Saturday, April 4th at https://filmfreeway.com/BloomingtonIndianaFilmFestival/tickets

Program at www.biff.love

https://youtu.be/DrblgTUNDO0

Matt Rice sat down with filmmaker Emelie Flower and her process in producing Rock, Paper, Destiny. Rock, Paper, Destiny plays Saturday, April 4th at the Bish...

03/29/2026

BIFF's filmmaking director, Matt Rice, spoke with writer/director Frank Tovar about his short film Huck and Jim from Chicago. The film follows a modern, unhoused version of Huck Fin and his journey down a river with Jim, a Somali undocumented immigrant who becomes his best friend. This film exemplifies BIFF's mission to showcase regional films on our global stage.

Come catch this film this Friday, April 3rd at The Bishop in Bloomington.

Doors open at 5 pm for food and drinks. Lights go down at 6:30 pm.

Tickets at www.biff.love

Frank Tovar
Huck & Jim
An unhoused teenager and an undocumented migrant drift down the Mississippi River together on a makeshift raft in pursuit of freedom in this contemporary retelling of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
https://youtu.be/_lcgqmMTR9U

Huck and Jim plays at BIFF 2026 on Friday, April 3RD at The Bishop Bar following a BIFF meet and greet with drinks and food beginning at 5:00 pm.Get tickets ...

03/28/2026

Kevin Weaver, filmmaker and one of the BIFF directors went on WFIU Public Radio to share about what makes BIFF so special and unique. We can’t wait to show off the collection of films we received this year!

03/26/2026

Moments From Motherhood plays at the The Bishop on Saturday, April 4. Tickets available at www.biff.love

Krystyn Sayre
Moments From Motherhood
Moments from Motherhood captures the raw, quiet beauty of early postpartum life. The joy, the ache and the transformation. A poetic glimpse into the moments that shape us, made for mothers and the village that surrounds them.

https://youtu.be/BYASbmUlk_A

The Bloomington Indiana Film Festival is from April 2-4 in Bloomington. Tickets available at www.biff.love. Krystyn SayreMoments From MotherhoodMoments from ...

03/26/2026

Big Steps by Oliver William Staton plays on Friday Night after our attendee meet and greet that begins at 5:00 pm. Tickets are available at www.biff.love

https://youtu.be/GFlinxsdt4E

A disillusioned office worker endures a lonely and mundane existence until he starts seeing visions of Bigfoot. He tries to rid himself of these hallucinations, until he realizes that Bigfoot might actually be a sign of something missing from his life.

The Bloomington Indiana Film Festival is from April 2-4 in 2026. Big Steps plays on our Friday Night showcase after free drinks and food from 5-6:30 at The B...

03/25/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5sIQKXxdIw

It all begins next week on Thursday! Come out and support local and regional cinema 🎥 on BIFF's 🦬 international stage. Meet our filmmakers and the BIFF crew on Friday (April 3rd) at 5pm for drinks and food at The Bishop.

Visit our 2026 program on our website. https://biff.love/program

We are so excited to bring you BIFF V in 2026. Here is a teaser full of the programmed films that will screen in Bloomington, Indiana, over 3 days in April. ...

03/24/2026

Our Filmmaking Director Matt Rice sat down with Ben Kurstin, Director and Everyman on the short film Beyond the Void with Captain Dalton Mattix. This film plays on Friday, April 3rd at The Bishop. Come get drinks and food beforehand AT our first filmmaker meet-and-greet mixer at 5:00 pm.

Get tickets and the program at www.biff.love

After Captain Dalton Mattix’s spaceship implodes, he ends up stranded on an unknown planet with one other surviving crewmate. Things are not as they seem, and spies and danger are found around every corner in the universe. They are hounded by the monsters on the planet and by the robotic terrorist EQ Prime, who will destroy human life...at any cost.

https://youtu.be/PHx35BqgSlQ?si=ed5pt_tYM7iMRLcy

Beyond the Void with Captain Dalton MattixAfter Captain Dalton Mattix’s spaceship implodes, he ends up stranded on an unknown planet with one other surviving...