Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
1.8€
Fiction, Narative, Experimental, Documentary, Animation.
01 Apr 2025
Call for entries
27 Apr 2025
Early deadline
25 May 2025
Standard deadline
29 Jun 2025
Late deadline
31 Aug 2025
Extended deadline
3
mths
08 Sep 2025
Notification date
27 Sep 2025
28 Sep 2025
Festival start: 27 September 2025 Festival end: 28 September 2025
The 6th 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 audience 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 Trophys, Honorable Mentions and Laurels to the best projects of the participants.
Films
Music Videos - Dance Videos
Screenplays - Theatrical Plays
Laurel
The tradition of awarding a laurel wreath to the winner began in the Pythias at Delphi in Greece in, the 6th century BC.
They were organized in honor of the god Apollo, who usually appeared with a laurel wreath in memory of the nymph Daphne who transformed herself into a plant to escape his amorous moods. The plant was named "Daphne".
The International Film Festival of Greece opens its doors to the audience for the fifth time to present domestic and international films, videos and screenplays.
The last events of the festival took place in the center of Athens with screenings at the historic Cinema "Iris" (Cinema Sector - ΠΟΦΠΑ), 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, European and Greek premieres in Greece.
https://youtu.be/jb4s6fVTzdU
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, Mid-Length, Feature Films, Music Video, Dance Video, Screenplays, Theatrical Plays, which supports new works of art to find their way and get to know their audience.
Best Short Film (Trophy)
Best Mid-Length (Trophy)
Best Feature Film (Trophy)
Audience Award (Trophy)
Best Drama
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Music Video
Best Dance Video
Best Director Short
Best Director Feature
Best Director (Student)
Best First-time Filmaker
Best DOP
Best Cinematography
Best Soundtrack
Best Original Score
Best Production
Best Art Production
Best Actor (Short)
Best Actor (Feature)
Best Actress (Short)
Best Actress (Feature)
Best Supporting Actor (Short)
Best Supporting Actor (Feature)
Best Supporting Actress (Short)
Best Supporting Actress (Feature)
Best Short Screenplay
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Theatrical Play
1. YOU OWN ALL THE RIGHTS TO THE FILM.
2. No fee waiver. All entry fees are non-refundable.
3. GIFF can use parts of your film for promotional purpose only.
4. Organizers reserve rights change, cancel or re-schedule the dates, venue, awards & categories without consent.
5. You cannot withdraw your submission after the official selection announcement.
6. The festival does not pay screening fees.
7. When your film-video selected, you are obliged to send subtitles with your film-video. If your film-video is in English, you should send us Greek subtitles. If your film-video is in the Greek language, you should send us English subtitles. If your movie-video is in a foreign language, you should send us an srt file containing both English and Greek subtitles.
8. The trophies are given only to the directors who attend the Award Ceremony.
9. By registering you accept all the above rules.
We accept movies of all genes and from any language.
Short Films up to 30 minutes.
Mid-Length Films 30-60.
Feature Films more than 60 minutes.
Production Year: No limit.
We accept scripts & theatrical palys in English, Italian, French and Greek.
Note: If we do not receive the necessary files of the participants by 2 September 2025, their participation will be automatically cancelled.
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Fiction, Narative, Experimental, Documentary, Animation.
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Fiction, Narative, Experimental, Documentary, Animation.
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Fiction, Narative, Experimental, Documentary, Animation.
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
Best Short Film (Trophy),
Best Mid-Length Film (Trophy),
Best Feature Film (Trophy),
Best Drama Film,
Best Documentary Film,
Best Animation Film,
Best Experimental Film,
Best Director (Short),
Best Director (Feature),
Best Director (Student),
Best First-time Filmaker,
Best Music Video,
Best Dance Video,
Best Production,
Best Art Production,
Best Cinematographer,
Best D.O.P. ,
Best Coloring,
Best Editing,
Best Original Score,
Best Sound Design,
Best Costume Design,
Best Actor (Short & Feature),
Best Actress (Shoer & Feature),
Best Supporting Actor (Short & Feature),
Best Supporting Actress (Short & Feature),
Best Short Screenplay,
Best Feature Screenplay,
Best Theatrical Play.
Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25
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