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For entry submissions click the above graphic / link for the BVFF 2013 Entry Form

Last Call for Entries Deadline June 15. 2013

Entries can be paid with above PayPal link

or at:

www.eastbaymediacenter.com

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Hotel for 2013 Filmmakers and Festival attendees:

2086 Allston Way - Downtown Berkeley - 510-845-7300

www.hotelshattuckplaza.com/

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http://himalayanfilmfest.com/sf2013/

May 18 Saturday – East Bay Media Center – Berkeley

 5:00 pm Saving Dolma

6:15 pm Beneath Everest

May 18 Saturday -East Bay Media Center – Berkeley

 12:00 pm Old Dog

2:00 pm Into the Current

4:00 pm The Desert Eats Us

above screenings at

1939 ADDISON STREET . DOWNTOWN BERKELEY ARTS DISTRICT . FOR TIX CALL 510.843.3699

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BVFF WELCOMES OUR NEW SPONSOR

REALITY FILMS

One of the 2013 BVFF Awards from REALITY FILMS will be an Epiphone Guitar - Rock On

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ANDREW YOUNG ( right ), former Ambassador to the United Nations, former Mayor of Atlanta and civil rights pioneer, accepts the Grand Festival Award for his documentary "CHANGE IN THE WIND", from BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL'S WIL HUBERT ( left ) in Atlanta, Georgia, April 8, 2013

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For those that missed these outstanding films in past years at the BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVALS, we screened the Best of the 2011 & 2012 selectionsin February. All Screenings and Advance Tickets available at: EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER PERFORMANCE SPACE - 1939 ADDISON STREET . DOWNTOWN BERKELEY ARTS DISTRICT . 510.843.3699 . Tickets: $5. each night . Advance Tickets on sale NOW!

 

DS+R  - Checkerboard Film Foundation - 54 minutes Documentary -
*BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY 2012 - Architecture and Design team – Diller Scofidio + Renfro - examined through the lens of two important urban projects: the High Line and Lincoln Center.
 

Space Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
by Laura Harrison and Elizabeth Federici - 78 minutes
GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY - BVFF 2011
Radical architects, video pioneers, and mordantly funny cultural commentators.

The Ant Farmers created a body of deeply subversive multidisciplinary artwork that questioned the boundaries of architecture and predicted much of the technology we now take for granted. 

at East Bay Media Center - Performance Space
1939 Addison Street - Berkeley Downtown Arts District  
Tickets: $5. Advance tickets available now
 

Click on the above graphic - link for the complete 2012 BVFF Schedule

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Hotel for Filmmakers and Festival attendees:

Hotel Shattuck Plaza

2086 Allston Way - Downtown Berkeley - 510-845-7300

www.hotelshattuckplaza.com/

 

http://www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org/BVFF%202011%20Selections.html

Click the above graphic for the BVFF 2011 Program and Films

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Click above pic for Official Selections

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Examiner Interview BVFF 2010 - by Jason-Louise Graham:

http://www.examiner.com/art-world-in-san-francisco/the-berkeley-video-and-film-festival-2010-interview-with-director-mel-vapour-review

Berkeley Daily Planet Preview of BVFF 2010 - by Justin De Freitas:

http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2010-09-21/article/36320?headline=Berkeley-Film-Festival-at-the-Shattuck-This-Weekend

San Francisco Sentinel - BVFF 2010by Justin De Freitas:

http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=89380

Ed Sharpe's Award from Glendale Arizona:

http://www.glendalestar.com/news/article_cbc8c37e-d6da-11df-a7cd-001cc4c03286.html

 

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In our cinematic memories -

Allen Willis 2011 . Roberts Blossom 2011 . Richard Randall 2011 . Todd Godwin 2011. Loni Ding - 2010

CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 2009

CLICK HERE FOR BV+FF 2009 PICS

BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL 2009
An Independent Cinematic Marathon

BV+FF’s two day event this year, features outstanding and challenging independent new cinema from Italy, Cuba, Germany, Venezuela, Great Britain, and the USA, as well as, 15 local San Francisco Bay Area Filmmakers being represented.

Since our previous BV+FF, we have witnessed a regime change in Washington, and a global economic collapse, however, the spirit of indie cinema prevails, as witnessed by this years remarkable filmmakers and their substantive creative endeavors.

Our screening selections in 2009, reflect the very best works of over one hundred and fifty submissions. Sit back, relax, and let these filmmakers inform, shock and entertain you. - Mel Vapour, Director BV+FF

“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.” - Jean-Luc Godard

2008 OPENING NIGHT MICHAEL McCLURE AWARD VIDEO

MORE BVFF 2008 McCLURE VIDEO

Click "2008 Official Selections Box" above for link

BVFF 07 AWARDS NIGHT

BVFF 07 PRESS REVIEWS

2007 PROGRAM

2007 AWARDS

THE 19th 2010 BERKELEY VIDEO + FILM FESTIVAL
Founded by award winning independent filmmakers who were involved with the "independent underground cinema revolution" in the early and mid-1960's, THE BERKELEY VIDEO + FILM FESTIVAL was created in 1990 to provide a venue for independent film and videomakers creating works that challenge and confront our notions of "Electronic Cinema."

BV&FF programs and screens original works, all which have been juried by a screening committee of professional media makers at mainstream film theaters in Berkeley, California, home of the free speech movement. The festival issues awards in each category and promotes the individual filmmakers by insuring that their works receive media attention, press reviews and screen presence.

The rapid growth of THE BERKELEY VIDEO + FILM FESTIVAL in the past decade reflects the increased interest in independent electronic cinematography, locally and globally. BV+FF continues to provide a context for everyone interested in independent media making today.

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