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A response to Denny Alsop’s Letter to the Editor

Sadly, this is just the latest example of the lies and distortions that the small group of opponents of a well-planned project that will benefit every single taxpayer in Stockbridge will go to with their opposition.

LEONARD QUART: Martin Scorsese honored at Berkshire International Film Festival

As he always has done, Scorsese spoke about film with passion, encyclopedic knowledge and a belief in the greatness of the medium.

2019 Berkshire International Film Festival ‘the best year yet’

Great Barrington -- “This will be the best year yet,” Kelley Vickery, founder and artistic director of the Berkshire International Film Festival, stated during her...

ON FILM: BIFF bears witness to truth, opens with ‘American Animals’

The film was complicated but enriched by actually showing the real students,14 years later, after serving prison time for the consequences of their crime.

PREVIEW: Berkshire International Film Festival 2018 — 80 films from 27 countries in 4 days

I am still interested in the documentaries from war-torn areas of our globe and dramas of family strife, but there also needs to be some relief — some comic relief — and I think this festival successfully provides both.

BIFF founder Kelley Vickery explains how to BIFF

Start with something that intrigues you, and go from there. You can always go back to the box office.

At Louisa Ellis and Jane Iredale, getting camera ready for BIFF

“I love the ability (of BIFF) to bring all different types of film to Great Barrington; it enriches the culture of the town and enriches our experience of the world.” -- Jane Iredale

PREVIEW: The Berkshire International Film Festival opens this week: 80 films from 23 countries in 4 days

These films will open up your world to places and situations that you have never encountered before. That is what is great about this delicious banquet of films and talks with so many different perspectives on life.

Nasty Women art exhibit; March for Science; Cornell Williams Brooks at Simon’s Rock; Unity in Diversity; refugee crisis film, talk; BIO Spring Action

Since assuming the role of president in 2014, Cornell Williams Brooks has led the association in its fight for equality for all American citizens.

Berkshire-based writer’s script to come to BIFF this week

Both screenwriter Maria Nation and BIFF executive director Kelley Vickery saw the timeliness and relevance of the film here in the Berkshires, where opioid addiction rates are skyrocketing.

BIFF HIGHLIGHTS: Transcendent opening night with Yo-Yo Ma

"By trying to kill the human spirit, the answer of the human spirit is to revenge with beauty.” — Composer Osvaldo Golijov

The ninth BIFF cinema celebration: 75 films from 18 countries

Kate Geis, director/producer of "Paul Taylor/Creative Domain," says her dream came true making and recording the most extensive documentation of one of the world's greatest artists. Her film is screening on the stage of the Mahaiwe Theatre where the dance that is the focus of the film had its premiere a few years ago.
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