BeFilm the Underground Film Festival

BeFilm the Underground Film Festival, also known as BTUFF and originally known as the Tribeca Underground Film Festival (TUFF), was an annual New York-based film festival begun in 2004 and featuring short films in categories such as animation, documentary, experimental, narrative, and, as of 2009, 3-D stereoscopic.[1] It was the first U.S. short film festival to feature a category for 3-D steroscopic films.[2] It focused on a belief that "shorter is better"[3] with films distinguished by genre rather than country and having panels of judges from the within the entertainment industry.[3] It changed its name from the Tribeca Underground Film Festival to BeFilm at the request of the Tribeca Film Festival.[4] Some of its films have gone on to receive further recognition, such as West Bank Story which in 2007 won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film[5]

As of 2017 the festival appeared to be defunct.

References

  1. ^ Tony Shea (2012). "BeFILM Opens with Amazing Slate of Films". Shea Magazine.
  2. ^ Tim Molloy (2012). "25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee: 2012". Movie Maker Magazine.
  3. ^ a b "Befilm: The Underground Film festival". OffScreen. 1 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Be Film The Underground Film Festival - BTUFF". ProductionHUB. 2014.
  5. ^ "NYC's 8th BeFilm The Underground Film Festival". Film Festival Today. 24 February 2011.
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