The Pigeon International Film Festival ( PIFF ) has the vision of being a world cinema festival, aimed at the participation of films from all continents, that reflect the different cultures and languages. Look for diversity first of all, that's why all the cinematographic expressions, from the conservative to the most experimental. It will take place in Ísafjördur, from 10th October to 13th of October, 2024. We will have screenings in Isafjordur and in sudavik village near ísafjördur. Then we will have screenings in the Haukadal in theater there. Every year we will have free for some countries and this year it will be Poland and Iran. Then it will be free to submit for Polish and Iran films and shorts.

Our first 3 year we had many good films and guests at the festival and I hope there will be more this year.

If your film gets into our festival we will get you accommodation here in our town and we will welcome you.

Awards & Prizes

The judges of the festival will carefully select the films to be nominated for awards, and create a selection of nominated films to be screened in front of the live audience. The fantastic event will give filmmakers opportunities to watch their film on the big screen.

Awards are given to the categories below:

Best Fiction Feature Film Award
Best Documentary Award
Best Fiction short film Award
Best Animation Short Film Award
Best Director Award
Best Cinematographer Award
Best Script Award
Best Actress/Actor Award
Best Children Film
Best Icelandic Student film
Best Icelandic Film

The winners will be announced at the event, on the last evening.

Rules & Terms

1. The deadline for entry is 21 of July, 2024. Entries that arrive after deadline will not be considered.
2. Feature films of all genres with a running time of over 50 minutes are accepted for consideration.
3. Short films of all genres with a running time of no more than 50 minutes are accepted for consideration.
4. Entries must have production year 2021 and newer.
5. Preview copies with other than English must come with embedded subtitles in English, or they will not be considered.
6. Entry must be made via FilmFreeway. Entry of a film on either platform is binding and implies acceptance of these regulations.
7. Decisions regarding the selection of films will be reached by 21 of July, 2023, at which time a full list of the selected films will be published on the website.
8. The festival office do not have the possibility to answer questions about status of entries or progress of selection.
9. In case of selection, the festival reserves the right to use stills and excerpts from the films for promotional purposes, not exceeding 10 % of the running time, or a maximum of 3 minutes.
10. Entrants are not entitled to claim screening or rental fees for the screenings of their films in competition.
11. Eligible formats for screening copies of selected films to be screened during the festival is DCP, But if that will be problem for you we can maybe do it for you.
12. Screening copies with language/commentary other than English should have English subtitles. The subtitles must be embedded in the screening file. Separate .srt files are not permitted.
13. Screening copies of selected films must arrive at the festival no later than 4th of September.
14. All awards are subject to change without prior notice.
15. The juries for PIFF are filmmakers from Iceland.
16. In the event of the live festival being unable to go ahead due to extreme circumstances such as the COVID-19 crisis, the festival will take place online. Films will be screened on a password-protected VoD hub, geo-blocked to Iceland for public access, but available for all accredited international industry attendees. Selected filmmakers will be informed in advance of this change, and will have the opportunity to withdraw their film from selection if they so wish. In the event of withdrawal, submission fees will not be refunded.

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  • Michał Piotrowski

    It is my second home! I love this place, these people, this wind of freedom you feel while participating in PIFF. You have to be there, this experience remains in you for the whole life. Dziękuję Fjolnir and all the festival crew!

    February 2024
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  • Tatsuaki Mizoi

    Thank you for screening my film "The Afterlife Photo".
    I feel very honored to have won the award for Best Cinematography.
    The other films screened were also excellent and I was very happy with the friendly people and the beautiful town.
    This film festival will definitely grow in the future.
    I hope to be able to attend again.

    October 2023
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  • Anastasia Lobkovski

    Wonderful festival!
    In a beautiful place.
    Thank you so much for selecting our film to take part in this year festival!

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Anastasia thanks for that, your film is a wonderful film, and we are looking forward to see more from you.

  • Ryan Keller

    Pound-for-pound I think PIFF is the best up and coming festival around. The selection of films was outstanding and it was obvious that the programmers care deeply about the films they select.

    Taking place in the small Icelandic town of Isafjordur, you won't find the crowds and markets of the bigger festivals. But that's kind of the point. The scenery and people are lovely. The food is delicious. And the filmmakers that made the trek to support their films were friendly and unpretentious. Look forward to watching this festival grow in the coming years.

    January 2023
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  • Dag-Erik Hansen

    Even though I was not able to attend the festival, all the communication with the staff regarding the screening of our film and other things was top notch. The programme looked very interesting and it's a shame I could not attend. Maybe in the future! Well worth to send your film here.

    October 2022
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