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11 days jam-packed full of films from around the world.

Check out the latest and best in world cinema, documentaries, retrospectives, experimental work, late night thrillers, animation, children's films, a short film competition and much more!

BIFF provides a focus for film culture in Queensland by showcasing the best and most interesting cinema from around the world. Each year BIFF draws film enthusiasts to view an entertaining mix of local and international films, retrospectives and colourful events that embrace the vibrant art of filmmaking.

Since the first festival in 1992, more than 400,000 film-goers have immersed themselves in the BIFF experience. BIFF has become a well-renowned Australian festival, launching films like The Full Monty, The Usual Suspects, Doing Time for Patsy Cline, Feeling Sexy, Gettin' Square, In America, A Prairie Home Companion, Fay Grim, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? and An Education.

Past retrospectives have included tributes to Abel Ferrara, Agnes Varda, Dennis Hopper, Hiroshi Shimizu, Jackie Chan, Jacques Demy, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Losey, Larry Cohen, Roman Polanski, Seijun Suzuki, Stanley Kubrick, Tsui Hark, Yasujiro Ozu, Luis Bunuel, Olivier Assayas, Shoot Shoot Shoot - The First Decade of the London Film-Makers' Co-operative and A Lens on the Beat Generation.