Bird Watching International is a yearly three-day festival of in-person screenings and after parties dedicated to bringing indie shorts, documentaries, music videos and feature films to the Kansas City area. Our goal is to connect the Kansas City film scene and Kansas City audiences with each other as well as connecting them with amazing indie filmmakers from all over the globe.

Bird Watching International Film Festival is for filmmakers, and run by filmmakers, with an emphasis on giving opportunities to independent films made with passion (and small budgets!). Our festival directors have been making films in the Mid-West for over 10 years and have attended many festivals in that time and we are hoping to create a festival that we know other filmmakers will enjoy, with opportunities to connect with both audiences and other filmmakers.