Greenwich International Film Festival
| Location | Greenwich, Connecticut |
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| Language | International |
| Website | www |
The Greenwich International Film Festival (or GIFF) is a non-profit organization that celebrates the visual arts in Greenwich, CT, with an annual film festival in June and supporting events throughout the year. The Festival, located in downtown Greenwich, features film screenings, premieres, events and parties showcasing filmmakers, panel discussions, and an award ceremony. The Festival focuses on socially conscious films, acting in partnership with nonprofits.
The Festival’s mission is to provide filmmakers with the opportunity to showcase their work, with the goal of finding financing and distribution, and to harness the power of film to serve the greater good by supporting an important cause each year. The four-day Festival features 60+ domestic and international film premieres and screenings, an opening night party, educational panels and workshops, a VIP lounge, and the Changemaker Honoree Gala that honors an actor and actress who’ve used film to impact positive social change. Significant cash prizes including an award for the Best Social Impact Film are awarded to filmmakers each year.
The inaugural Festival took place from June 4–7, 2015, and multiple events were hosted prior to that date, beginning with a March 2, 2014 launch party covering the 86th Academy Awards. In addition to the annual Festival, GIFF hosts year-round screenings of socially conscious films.
The mission of the Greenwich International Film Festival is to provide filmmakers with an effective platform to showcase their work with the goal of finding financing and distribution. Additionally, GIFF harnesses the power of film to serve the greater good by highlighting an important cause each year. The 2016 Festival will focus on human rights issues.
The Greenwich International Film Festival was first envisioned by Wendy Stapleton Reyes, Carina Crain and Colleen deVeer, three friends and Greenwich locals involved in the area's non-profit industry. Planning for the festival began in early 2013, as according to Reyes, the founders "wanted about a two-and-a-half year cushion going in to the inaugural festival."
The Festival's first official event was an Oscar-viewing launch party in March 2014, which was followed by the June 2014 hometown premiere screening of Lucky Them in Stamford, Connecticut, hometown of the film's producer and co-writer Emily Wachtel. On October 22, 2014, GIFF hosted a screening of The Good Lie, in collaboration with and benefitting the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, a drama film on the subject of the Lost Boys of Sudan, orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
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