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More Than 600
Films
Thank you BIPOC Filmmakers from Canada and beyong for all your interest in the inaugural BIPOC International Film Festival. We're almost done scoring the films and our shortlist will be released on Tuesday, December 13, 2021. Do visit the website to learn more about the final shortlisted films.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors, vendors and volunteers without whom this would not have been possible
Special thanks to our volunteer judges for donating their valuable time in scoring these films.
Khalid Sayed, Sandra Creighton, Paris Roger, Robynne Eaton, Melody Shang, Linda Carter, Satie narain-simon, Zainab Yusufzai, Peyman Khosravi, Marlon L. McCombie, Ligia groza, Hillary Leblanc, Chelsea Jackman, Shien Victoria Zutshi, Sonia Dolar
2021 Winners
With nearly 600 submissions from across the globe, with over 60% coming from outside of North America, we would like to express our gratitude to our sponsors and congratulations to the 2021 winners!
WINNERS CANADIAN
Best feature: Rebirth
Best short: The English Teacher
WINNERS INTERNATIONAL
Best feature: Pusha Pressa Phanda (South Africa)
Best short: Caillou (Martinique).
BIFF 2021
With nearly 600 submissions from across the globe, with over 60% coming from outside of North America, we would like to express our gratitude to our sponsors and congratulations to the 2021 Winners!