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Brooklyn International Film Festival Receives Over 1,600 Films For 7th Edition of Festival

"We are thrilled by the response to our call for entries this year," said Marco Ursino, BIFF's director. "We look forward to discovering the best of these and sharing them with our festival audience."

For the 7th year, while acknowledging the infinite ways to observe, understand, and connect to reality, the festival announces the "Stretch" edition. With Stretch, the festival widens its range. According to Marco Ursino, festival director, "Stretch is our own research about creative freedom, deception, ambiguity, distortion, and tolerance. Stretch is intended to promote both social and individual analysis, create an opportunity to evaluate ideals and models, and narrow the gap between who we are and who we would like to be".

At the Festival, all the film directors are invited and recommended to be present. After the screening of their projects, each is invited to engage in a Q&A with the audience.

Through tremendous community support, long-term corporate sponsorship, flawless productions, and impressive programming, BIFF has built upon each year's successes. BIFF exposes and promotes local and international filmmakers while feeding its audiences with the best independent films the world has to offer. "We are a truly independent film festival and it shows both in the programming and all our operations," says Ursino.

Pre-Festival promotional showcases include:
Best of Fest @ Anthology Film Archives - April 5 - "The Other Final"
Best of Fest @ Brooklyn Historical Society - April 9 - "Black Picket Fence"
Best of Fest @ BMA "1st Saturdays"- April 17 - Collection of short films
Best of Fest @ BMA "1st Saturdays" - May 1 - "Brooklyn Stories"
Best of Fest @ Brooklyn Historical Society - May 28 - "Black Picket Fence"

BIFF is a festival for and by independent filmmakers. BIFF's mission is to discover, expose, and promote independent filmmakers while drawing worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for the arts. BIFF is a non-profit organization.