Belfast Film Festival

[7] In 2022, the festival launched an International Competition for first or second features, sponsored by several organizations, notably Greg Darby's Yellow Moon.

[13][7] BFF's patrons are: Terry George, David Holmes, Pat Murphy, William Crawley, and Stephen Rea.

[17] They have screened films in used and disused swimming pools, on a boat in the River Lagan, with live piano accompaniment in St Anne's Cathedral (16mm original version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

[18] BFF hosted screenings at unique architectural sites, including the US political drama The West Wing at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Oh, Mr Porter!

at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, The Warriors in a dystopian landscape beneath a city center motorway flyover, and Stanley Kubrick's cult sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey in the historic dry dock in the city's old shipyards where the RMS Titanic last sat on dry ground.

[19][20] The 2017 screenings of The Exorcist and The Omen were made in the former Holy Rosary Church on the Ormeau Road in south Belfast, which was deconsecrated for almost 40 years.

[3] The festival's industry section, the marketplace, spans for two days and offers filmmakers the possibility to pitch their projects, meet sponsors, distributors and exhibitors.