Présidente du Jury : Jasna Kohoutova

Communiqué de presse : https://avignoninternationalfilmfestival.com/fr/actualites/7-Communique-de-presse-aiff-2023

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AVIGNON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - (AIFF)

Festival de cinéma international

Bénéficiant d’une aura culturelle nationale et internationale, Avignon se dote de son festival de cinéma grâce à une programmation prestigieuse. Pour cette édition, le cinéma fantastique et asiatique sont à l'honneur.

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AVIGNON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - (AIFF)

International Film Festival

Benefiting from a national and international cultural aura, Avignon has its own film festival thanks to a prestigious program. For this edition, fantasy and Asian cinema are in the spotlight.

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EN : WAIVER CODES: The festival is organized with the help of volunteers AND on the organizers' own funds. We have to pay service providers. Unfortunately, it is impossible for us to respond favorably to the very high demand for codes.

FR : WAIVER CODES : Le festival est organisé grâce à l'aide de bénévoles ET sur les fonds propres des organisateurs. Nous devons payer des prestataires de services. Il nous est malheureusement impossible de répondre favorablement à la très grande demande de codes.

Nouveau : Marché du film => Inscription du film offerte l'année de l'édition, pas de reconduction.
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New : Film market => Registration free.

Formats: SHORT (under 40') AND FEATURE (over 40') - CLIP - Very Short

Categories (Short & Feature)

Best Film

New : Super Short ! (max 5min)

Best Director (M/F)

Best Documentary
(Cinema quality is expected.)

Best Action / Adventure

Best Animation

Best Comedy

Best Drama

Best Experimental

Best Fantasy

Best Thriller

Best Horror

Best Sc-fi

Best Editing

Best Score / OST / Composer / Soundtrack

Best Cast

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Screenwriter

Best Poster Contest

FILM SELECTION PROCESS

Once you submit your project, it will be reviewed by our screeners team.

Film rating will be based on originality and creativity, direction, writing, cinematography, performances, production value, pacing, structure, sound & music.

Films with the highest scores will be part of the Official Selection and will receive an email notification with the corresponding laurel.
Non-Selected films will also receive an email from FilmFreeway on the notification date.

All Official Selection movies will be watched and reviewed by our Jury who will select the winners.

At the end of the online screening, the winners of each category will be announced. All the main category winners will be automatically selected for our annual event in the wonderful city of Avignon.

Each winner will be notified via email from FilmFreeway or AIFF.
Ofiicial laurels and certificates to download to your personal space.

Winners will be announced on our website in the "Palmarés" section and promoted on our social media!

Rules & Terms

Films must have been completed in the past 3 years.
The applicant holds the sole responsibility of copyright clearance of any copyrighted material in the film.
The festival has the right to use a trailer, stills, pics and posters for promotional purposes in various film magazines, social media, websites, etc.

Entry fees are non-refundable since our programmers need to evaluate each project twice.
English or French subtitles are required for foreign language films.
Shorts must be less than 40 minutes. All projects over 40 minutes should submit to the feature category.
The festival will only communicate with the submitter of the film project.

Will not be accepted: Production by artificial intelligence. Concerning documentaries, cinema quality is expected.

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Merci beaucoup pour la selection de notre film John's Monologue dans AIFF et pour le prix pour Meilleur Actor court métrage pour Jakob.

    March 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Merci à vous, c'était un plaisir. Nos félicitations encore à vous ainsi qu'à monsieur Jakob Maximilian et toute votre équipe.

  • Mersiha Husagic

    Merci beaucoup pour avoir considéré notre film Cherry Juice, nous sommes touché que notre projet ait retenu votre sensibilité et obtenu plusieurs récompenses pour la seconde edition de votre festival.

    December 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Merci pour votre message en français. Votre film à fait l’unanimité. Sincères félicitations à toute votre équipe. Nous espérons pouvoir suivre votre travail et nous vous souhaitons une nouvelle fois le meilleur pour "Cherry Juice"...

  • patrick baucelin

    Very happy to have won a prize and thanks to the whole team and members of the festival jury.

    December 2023
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    Response from festival:

    C'était un plaisir. Nous avons été très touchés par votre documentaire. Nous vous souhaitons un bel avenir pour vous et votre film.