| Byron Bay International Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | Late Australian Summer |
| Location(s) | Byron Bay, Australia |
| Years active | 2006 - present |
| Genre | All |
| Website | www.bbff.com.au |
The Byron Bay Film Festival is an awards-based film event usually held in the late Australian Summer at the Byron Community & Cultural Centre, in the coastal town of Byron Bay.
The festival was established in 2005 by the then Byron Community & Cultural Centre Venue Manager Greg Aitken and local Byron Bay documentary filmmaker David Warth. In late 2008 the festival changed its name to the Byron Bay International Film Festival but still intends to continue to use the acronym BBFF as it has done previously.
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Awards are given to the winners of the following categories.
Categories added in 2009/2010
The first festival ran in early 2006 and screened 55 Australian films from 18–25 January.
The 2007 Byron Bay Film Festival was the first to allow international entries and ran from 9–17 February, during which 100 films from 24 countries were screened.
The 2008 Byron Bay Film Festival also ran for nine days from 29 February to 8 March 2008 during which 152 films from 34 countries were screened. The Indian-Malaysian entry Laya Project won the Best Film award on the final night of the 2008 festival. It was directed by Harold Monfils.
The next nine-day festival will not be held during 2009. A series of Satellite Sessions are planned throughout that year but only one has been announced, that being in Brisbane 5 July 2009 at Greenfest 09. The next festival proper is scheduled to run 5–13 March 2010.