The Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) will be screening both world and North American premiere films during BIFF week which kicks off next week.

Within its Competition Features category BIFF will show 'NONAMES,' a world premiere feature by American director, Kate Lindboe.

Shot in Wisconsin and inspired by true events, 'NONAMES' focuses on a group of friends growing up within the confines of a small town.

Characters grapple with topical issues such as job loss and what's at stake if they don't change their direction in life.

This is film is reported to be a beautiful coming of age drama about family, friends and the definition of home.

Another film premier will be the 'The Belgrade Phantom' is a North American premiere within the Competition Documentary category.

In 1979, in the former Yugoslavia, a mysterious Porsche driver challenges the police and ultimately the stability of the country, with his catch me-if- you-can stunts through the city. Over the radio the driver challenges the police as 10,000 citizens take to the streets in support of him.

Such open opposition was unheard of at the time and soon Police and their quarry head for a massive showdown. Archive footage, radio interviews and original dramatised material are spliced together to tell this compelling story.

Programming director, David O'Beirne said: "This year's competition films make fascinating viewing. Kate Lindboe achieves something especially insightful as a first time director, and "The Belgrade Phantom" packs a real adrenalin punch."

These 12 films are in contention for the Audience Choice Award, the BIFF Awards for Best Narrative Features and Best Documentary.

The Fresh Visions Competition Features are: 'Black' by Pierre Laffargue France / 2009 / 115 minutes / Colour French with English subtitles.

'Black', played by French rapper MC Gab'1, is the essence of cool and the leader of a gang of bank robbers in Paris.

But after a heist goes spectacularly wrong, he takes off to another job in Dakar, where he is confident that he and his mob can rob the unsophisticated Senegalese and be back in Paris quickly.

But soon the plan is complicated by Russian mercenaries, wrestlers with machetes and a beautiful woman called Pamela.

'Mañana' by Manuel Concha Sweden/2009/84 minutes / Colour Swedish and Spanish with English subtitles.

'Mañana', set in Sweden, is more than just another coming-of-age story. It's an entertaining comedy, loaded with heart and humour.

Twenty-two-year-old optimist, Marco (Francisco Sobrado) has never had a girlfriend, and he still shares a small flat with his Chilean immigrant parents. But none of that bothers him — because there's always tomorrow.

When romance looms, Marco learns things are rarely simple. His love interest comes into his life with looks and charm but also with complications. In order to win her, he realises he must grow up and be a man — his personal version of manana.

'Music on Hold' by Hernán Goldfrid Argentina / 2008 / 98 minutes / Colour / Spanish with English subtitles.

In this entertaining romantic comedy, Ezequiel must compose a movie soundtrack but has writer's block.

When he calls his bank and is put on hold, the recorded music he hears provides instant inspiration to complete his work.

If only he had simply hung up the phone! What transpires is an entertaining series of events, as Ezequiel agrees to help a recently abandoned pregnant bank employee, by pretending to be the father of her baby.

Disagreements and peculiar situations arise as he plays his part in order to search the bank's phone system for the fleeting melody. 'Music on Hold' is an amusing tale of fake identity and false assumptions. It was a number one box office hit in Argentina.

'Shirley Adams' by Oliver Hermanus South Africa-USA / 2009 / 92 minutes / Colour / English and Afrikaans with English subtitles Shirley Adams is an extraordinary and deeply affecting portrait of one family's life in a Cape Town slum.

Shirley is the sole caregiver for her quadriplegic son Donovan, who was paralysed by a stray bullet in a shoot-out.

Emotional healing seems possible when four men are arrested for the shooting but cruel and heart-wrenching twists are in store.

Director Oliver Hermanus works with a spare script which, combined with masterful performances, results in an exceptional film that is essential viewing.

'Station of the Forgotten' by Christian Molina and Sandra Serna Spain / 2009 / 90 minutes / Colour Catalan with English subtitles Station of the Forgotten chronicles the relationship between an old sailor stranded away from sea and a teenager who finds difficult to fit in society.

Their paths cross at the old people's home where the old man lives, and where the boy is serving a community service sentence. They find each other at a key point in their respective lives.

New Realities: Competition Documentaries are: 'Do It Again' by Robert Patton-Spruill USA/ 2009/ 88 minutes / Colour Geoff Edgers, an American journalist, dreading the approach of his 40th birthday, decides to take a most improbable leap.

He sets out to find the still-surviving members of the long dormant British rock band, 'The Kinks', to convince them to reunite. Crossing countries and oceans in his dogged quest, he finally ends up in room with Kinks fans that include Sting, Zooey Deschanel and REM's Peter Buck.

When Edgers gets to London, he's ready to confront his heroes. Are they ready for him?

'Girls on the Wall' by Heather Ross USA / 2010 / 62 minutes / Colour English The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison are not your average delinquents.

Having "graduated" from 'juvie' to prison, these are the kids most likely to remain in the correctional system for the rest of their lives.

They are also sharp and irrepressible young women. When the girls are given the chance to write and stage a musical based on their lives, they must relive their crimes and come to terms with her own darkest moments.

As the performance unfolds, their stories give us a visceral understanding of how and why a girl becomes a criminal.

'Picture Me: A Model's Diary' by Ole Schell and Sara Ziff USA / 2009 / 82 minutes / Colour English.

In this film, Ole Schell follows model, Sara Ziff, for several years documenting her rise from a fresh face to one that adorns billboards and magazines around the world.

In the process, Ole and Sara go behind the scenes and chronicle the glitzy world of high fashion modelling, from photo shoots with celebrated photographers to runway shows in New York, Milan, and Paris.

This intimate account features in-depth interviews with noted photographers and designers, but also relies on footage shot by the models themselves.

'Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian' by Neil Diamond Canada / 2009 / 85 minutes / Colour. Being a sub-Arctic Cree, filmmaker Neil Diamond was flummoxed by people in the south asking whether Natives still lived in teepees and rode horses. So he set out to examine the stereotype of the Hollywood "Injun."

With hundreds of film clips from classic and recent films, Diamond uncovers misrepresentations of Indians that are unwrapped in candid interviews with people like Clint Eastwood and Graham Greene.

These are balanced by commentary from scholars and activists. On the journey, Diamond reveals people still struggling to find their own voices and shape their individual images.

'White Bear' by Christian Suau, Ramiro Millan Puerto Rico / 2009 / 80 minutes / Colour Spanish with English Subtitles.

Oso Blanco is the largest, most dangerous prison in the Caribbean. César Flores has been its governor for over twenty years, and is connected to influential inmate, El Jíbaro, by a very special bond. A unique film document shot before the prison's imminent shutdown.

BIFF is scheduled for March 19 to 25. Tickets go on sale online and at the physical box office centres on March 10 at 10 a.m. The physical box office centres are: BIFF, 15 Front Street and iStore, 46 Reid Street, both in Hamilton, and Fabulous Fashions at Heron Bay Plaza, Southampton.