The Founding of BIFF
The Festival was founded in 2004 by two sisters, Kathy and Robin Beeck (pronounced Beck), who were at the time filmmakers themselves. Having travelled extensively to several festivals with their films, the Beeck sisters saw Boulder, CO as the perfect venue for a new festival which celebrated "the bold spirit of independent filmmaking". With BIFF, the sisters created what they perceived as a "filmmaker's film festival".
Festival co-creator Robin Beeck's secret to a great festival: “The theme of the festival is great storytelling. No matter what the budget, the mainstay has to be a wonderful, great story. We’ve got great stories that were expensive to make, and we have great stories that were made on a shoestring budget.”
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