Guam International Film Festival

International Film Festival.

Fiction Documentary Animation

About

GIFF proudly presents itself as an international cinema event exhibiting a new and dynamic source of cross-cultural artistic presence, bridging gaps among the U.S., Asia and the Pacific’s multi-cultural population and region. GIFF is the first and only annual U.S. film festival in the western pacific.

Only a few hours away from major international metropolitan cities such as Sydney, Manila, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, and Hong Kong, Guam has always served as the global gateway to an eclectic mix of professionals from the U.S., Asia and Pacific rim offering a platform to exchange opportunities in business and entertainment.

We encourage filmmakers of any level (student, amateur or professional) to submit works of any genre. We are especially interested in feature films, documentaries, short films, Pacific Asia themed films, family-themed films, animation and student films.

Awards

Grand Jury Awards: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short
Audience Choice Award: Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Made in the Marianas, Student Under 18
Best Made In The Marianas Award: Made in the Marianas
Best of Festival: Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Made in the Marianas, Student Under 18
Best Actor: Narrative, Made in the Marianas, Student Under 18

Rules

GIFF 2022 submissions must have been completed after January 1, 2021 and must not have been publicly exhibited on Guam prior to the Festival.
We are particularly interested in presenting Pacific Asian Premieres.
The Festival will not consider works-in-progress, films with temporary sound tracks but will consider work that did not originate from film.
To be eligible for Made in the Marianas section:
- Films must be produced in the Mariana Islands.
- Films must have at least 50% of principal photography shot in any of the Mariana Islands.
We accept only secure online screeners via FilmFreeway, Vimeo or YouTube instead of DVD’s.

Selection Media Type: online

Screening Media Type: MOV

Audio language: original

Subtitles language: english

Premiere Requirements

Regional premiere required.

Jury and Organizers

Don Muna (Executive Producer, Co-Founder); J.D. Iriarte (Festival Director); Kel Muna (Co-Founder, Festival Programmer).

Documents

FAQ

Filmfreeway submission

Place