SPONSORS
In the effort of consolidating its international presence, BiFF has been developing solid ties with major overseas film festivals and distribution companies as well as successfully pursuing international sponsorship. Locally, it is strongly connected to corporate entities such as Time Warner Cable; film companies such as Panavision, NY and Technicolor; as well as over one hundred small businesses. BiFF is supported in by the New York State Council on the Arts. + sponsorship opportunities

VENUES
BiFF's films have been showcased at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Steiner Studios, Cobble Hill Cinema, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Commodore Theater, Anthology Film Archives, Kodak Theater, Limelight Gallery, Pioneer Theater, Queens Museum of Art, Remote Lounge, Lunatarium, BRIC-Brooklyn Information & Culture, JCC Manhattan, Black & White Gallery, Yabby's Lounge, Lansky Lounge, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, MicroMuseum, Havana Film Festival (Cuba), and n[ever]land at Palazzo delle Esposizioni and Museo Arte Contemporanea (Rome, Italy). + view current venues

AWARDS & REFERENCES
At the festival, through the resources of film sponsors such as Avid and Kodak among many others, BiFF will awards the winners with prizes totaling over $100,000 in film services. And through the resources of organizations such as Independent Feature Project and International Film Seminar, BiFF keeps connecting filmmakers to the motion picture's corporate world. + awards

MEDIA
Festival winners have been broadcast on Channel Thirteen WNET. BiFF has been covered locally by countless publications, including The New York Times, Time Out New York, The Daily News, The New York Post, The New York Magazine, The New York Press, and Shout; as well as Mexican, Spanish, Italian, German, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean newspapers; and by Spanish (TV1, Antenna 3, TeleCinco) and Italian (RAI 3, RAI Int'l) television stations. Locally, the festival has been featured on NY1 News and BCAT TV; WNYC, Bloomberg, and WBAI radios; and massively advertised on all the Time Warner Cable stations. + press room

WEB
BiFF's Internet associations and partnerships are endless. Launch in February 1999, the festival's web site currently receives over 80,000 unique viewers each month. BiFF manages an email list of 10,000 people, which includes distributors, celebrities, and film industry professionals. The festival is broadcast live over the Internet at www.wbff.org, and international awareness is established via our office through embassies and consulates of the participating countries.