The 4th Greece International Film Festival is coming with screenings of the best films 🎥
The GIFF is a screening festival that will take place in a live audiences in Athens.
We are a team of filmmakers, producers and distributors and we have been professionally involved in cinema and theater for over 25 years.
The Best Short, Mid-Length and Feature Film of the Festival will win the Greek Trophy's and will be awarded to the directors at the closing ceremony.
The ultimate goal of the GIFFestival is to make it accessible to everyone.
Greece International Film Festival provides Laurels and Honorable Mentions to the best projects of the participants.

The International Film Festival of Greece opens its doors to the audience for the forth time to present domestic and international films, video clips and screenplays .
The first edition of the festival took place on 29 and 30 April at Art63 (2023), the second edition on 3d and 4th October at Cine Alimos (2023), the third edition on 27 and 28 January 2024 at Alimos Municipal Theatre "Karolos Koun", and hosted short and feature films from around the world. The festival screened fiction films, documentaries and animations by Greek and foreign directors with free entrance. A significant number of films had their world and European premiere in Greece. Also participating were selected cinematic-themed photographic works exhibited at the Festival on the days of the events.
The Greece International Film Festival aspires to function as a channel of communication between artists, directors, screenwriters and producers of the international and domestic film industry.
A special place in the activities of the GIFF is held by the Competition Department of Greek and International Short and Feature Films, Video Clips, Screenplays, Theatrical Plays, Photography, which supports new works of art to find their way and get to know their audience.

Το Greece International Film Festival άνοιξε για τρίτη φορά τις πόρτες του στο κοινό και παρουσιάσε ταινίες της εγχώριας και παγκόσμιας παραγωγής.
Το φεστιβάλ έλαβε χώρα την 27η και 28η Ιανουαρίου στο Δημοτικό Θέατρο Αλίμου "Κάρολος Κουν", και φιλοξένησε μικρού και μεγάλου μήκους ταινίες απ’ όλο τον κόσμο. Στο φεστιβάλ προβλήθηκαν ταινίες μυθοπλασίας, ντοκιμαντέρ και animation Ελλήνων και ξένων σκηνοθετών με δωρεάν είσοδο. Σημαντικός αριθμός των ταινιών έκαναν την παγκόσμια και ευρωπαϊκή πρεμιέρα τους στη χώρα μας. Επίσης, στο φεστιβάλ συμμετείχαν βίντεο κλιπ, κινηματογραφικά σενάρια, θεατρικά κείμενα και επιλεγμένα έργα φωτογραφίας με θέμα τον κινηματογράφο.

Το Greece International Film Festival φιλοδοξεί να λειτουργήσει ως δίαυλος επικοινωνίας μεταξύ των καλλιτεχνών, των σκηνοθετών, των σεναριογράφων και των παραγωγών της διεθνούς και εγχώριας κινηματογραφικής βιομηχανίας.
Μια ξεχωριστή θέση στις δράσεις του Greece International Film Festival καταλαμβάνει το Διαγωνιστικό Τμήμα Ελληνικών και Διεθνών Ταινιών Μικρού και Μεγάλου Μήκους, Βίντεο Κλιπ, Κινηματογραφικών Σεναρίων, Θεατρικών Κειμένων και Φωτογραφιών, το οποίο υποστηρίζει τα νέα καλλιτεχνήματα ώστε να βρουν τον δρόμο τους και να συναντήσουν το κοινό τους.

Winners

🏆 BEST SHORT FILM THE ONE NOTE MAN (Oscar Shortlist) GEORGE SIOUGAS 🏆 BEST MID-LENGTH FILM SFENDYLI MICHALIS BASTAKIS 🏆 BEST FEATURE FILM THE TROJAN WOMEN VASSILIS ECONOMOU, SOFIA STAVRAKAKI, DAVID CORREIA, KRZYSZTOF TUSIEWICZ BEST ACTOR JASON WATKINS (BAFTA Award Winner) THE ONE NOTE MAN BEST VOICE OVER IAN MCKELLEN (BAFTA Award Winner and Nominated for 2 Oscars) THE ONE NOTE MAN BEST ADAPTED THEATRICAL PLAY ELINA DARAKLITSA THE TROJAN WOMEN BEST DIRECTOR ONUR AKŞIT PLAYBACK BEST DIRECTOR (DEBUT) ZIYANG LIU AN UNOFFICIAL SPACE MISSION BEST DIRECTOR (STUDENT) LILY ANDREWS THE END BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER ALEXANDER KAKOURIS XÉNIA BEST ACTRESS DESPINA KOURTI WINGS BEST ANIMATION THE BOY AND THE OWL MÁRIO GAJO DE CARVALHO BEST MUSIC VIDEO OUR ROAD VALASIA DODULU BEST PRODUCTION THE ARMCHAIR ON THE PAVEMENT MARY KOLONIA BEST ART PRODUCTION LYUBIMA MAYA VITKOVA BEST D.O.P. A CHRISTMAS OF 1945 FABIO ROSI BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY MY FATHERS DAUGHTER DAMIEN MICHAEL AULSBERRY BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY A SAINT AND THE SINNER SIMON ILIOPOULOS BEST THEATRICAL PLAY THE SHOW MUST GO ON LAUREN FOLEY BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TRANSPORTING IN ELEGANCE CHRIS POULIOS

Honorable Mentions

Chrissi Wilkens By: Chrissi Wilkens Hiraeth By: Rianne Stremmelaar Deadline By: Mandula Hiimori A Portrait of Youth By: Zong Tai Li Mind The Gap By: Ciro Russo Trickster By: Rob York India By: Patty Papageorgiou OUT OF COMPETITION Romance of Wu Ge By: Ge Jin The Blue Penny By: Jon Rabaud The edge of time By: Andreas Zografos The Lethal Force : THE DREAM II By: Emmanouil Charalampos Tselidis Sleep Of The Crow By: Tunahan Kurt An Egypt Affair By: Marlin Darrah Boum By : Antoine Fromental Frogs - World's First Film in Ancient Greek By: Thibaut Lejeune Mia San Mia By: Sabahet Dzafica High Estate By: Rebecca Gallon and Yassine Aïssaoui The Victims of Sundarbans By: Dilip Ghosh The Colour By: Nekib Ahmed The death of Lazarus By: Olivier Chantreau The Hypnotizer By: Ignacio Marín Aedo Her Last Share By: Abhjit Dasgupta Safe Dreams By: Daria Pirich First Wednesday By: Jasmine Nadia Huggins Netsef 1 By: Eric Cayron The Woodland Threshold By: Giulia Grossmann Je te ferai un film By: Amani Jaafer Unexpected By: Jon Darcelien The End of the World By: Constantinos Dimitrakopoulos Fatman By: Raffaele Patti The White Horse By: Goran Mihailov The Phone Call By: Jim Georgosopoulos Zeibekiko in Beirut By: George Eid The Calendar By: Leo Donovan I Matter By: Chris Sato and Peter Lambrinatos The Necklace By: Katya Hazel Boirand Astro Gorilla By: Vasilis Kalemos Alchemy By: Brandon Polanco Prima By: Daria Vorobeva Amoris Imperium By: Natalie Pociask Next Please By: Rishav Kapoor Daughters of the Fatherland By: Catarina Almeida Fine By: Travis Emery Hackett THE SILENT SYNTHETIC SYMPHONY : A Human-AI Collaboration By: Giannakopoulos Efstathios Phobia By: YooSang Han Evros By: Kiriakos Anastasiou Throwing out all my fear By: Mattia Caroli and Simone Morini Sorry I'm Late By: Kat Sigalas Aya Strange “ne kerek?” By: Dana Alimjanova Fu Rong's Fashion Shop By: Xing Yvonne, The power of the words By: Silvia Muiña

Official Selections

Fragments (World Premiere) By: Daleya Marohn A Christmas of 1945 (World Premiere) By: Fabio Rosi A Unofficial Space Mission (World Premiere) By: Ziyang Liu The End (European Premiere) By: Lily Andrews Hiraeth (Greek Premiere) By: Rianne Stremmelaar Playback (Greek Premiere) Onur Akşit Atlas (Greek Premiere) By: Ioannis Katseris Deadline (Greek Premiere) By: Mandula Lyubima (Greek Premiere) By: Maya Vitkova Lord Godfrey - Shogun (Greek Premiere) By: Nathaniel Akin The One Note Man (Oscar Shortlist) By: George Siougas A Portrait of Youth By: Zong Tai Li Silent Days By: Chrissi Wilkens Hug Me By: Sophia Tsangaridou Lovely Rita By: Elena Madrid The Boy And The Owl By: Mário Gajo de Carvalho Journey To The Moon By: Justin Yuanma Gao Sfendyli By: Michalis Bastakis The Armchair On The Pavement By: Mary Kolonia Wings By: Fivos Imellos Xenia By: Alexandris Kakouris Our Road By: Valasia Dodulu The Trojan Women By: Vassilis Oikonomou, Sofia Stavrakaki, David Correia, Krzysztof Tusiewicz India By: Patty Papageorgiou The Show Must Go On By: Lauren Foley My Fathers Daughter By: Damien Michael Aulsberry Mind The Gap By: Ciro Russo A Saint and the Sinner By: Simon Iliopoulos Trickster By: Rob York Daughter Nature By: Vicky DePiore Transporting in Elegance By: Chris Poulios OUT OF COMPETITION Just Like Water (Award & BAFTA Qualified) By Manos Triantafillakis

  • Athens, Ελλάδα