At a press conference in Nassau this morning, Festival Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool announced the final program details for the 4th edition of the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF). This year, the Festival will showcase 83 films from 26 different countries, including 54 features of which several are world or international premieres and nearly all Bahamian premieres. The four competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom: Dramatic; Spirit of Freedom: Documentary; New Vision; and Short Film.

BIFF 2007 takes place from Thursday December 6th, through Thursday, December 13th. Because of the enormous growth and support for the Festival in its first three years, The Festival has been extended to a full seven days beginning this year.

It was also announced that the Festival's Opening Night Film is ThinkFilm's acclaimed action/drama "Battle in Seattle" starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Michelle Rodriguez, Joshua Jackson and Andre Benjamin.  An audience favorite, the film is written and directed by Stuart Townsend and produced by Townsend along with Mary Aloe, Maxime Rémillard and Kirk Shaw.

In the film, activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.

The Festival's closing night film is "Juno" - the acclaimed coming-of-age comedy drama from Fox Searchlight Pictures, directed by Jason Reitman and starring Michael Cera, Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Rainn Wilson and J.K. Simmons.

Academy Award® winner Sir Sean Connery will again be lending his full support at BIFF, attending as the Festival's Patron. Connery will be on hand to present BIFF's Career Achievement Tribute Award on Saturday, December 8th.

The full BIFF programme is now available in print or online at www.bintlfilmfest.com Booking for the Bahamas International Film Festival 2007 is now open. Tickets can be booked online, over the telephone, or in person at BIFF box offices. Every year the Festival offers advance ticket deals from the date of Box opening to the first day of the Festival.