The 8th Greece International Film Festival (Open Air) is coming with screenings of the best films and take place in a live audience in Athens (Cine Alimos).

We are a team of filmmakers, producers and distributors and we have been professionally involved in cinema and theater for over 25 years.
Greece International Film Festival provides Trophies, Certificates, Honorable Mentions and Laurels to the best projects of the participants.

The ultimate goal of festival is to make it accessible to everyone.

🎥 Film 🎥
Music Video - Dance Video
Screenplay - Theatrical Play

🌿 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 Greece International Film Festival opens its doors to the audience for the 8th 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.

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.

The next screenings will take place at open-air "Cine Alimos" (by the sea).

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Το Greece International Film Festival θα ανοίξει για 8η φορά τις πόρτες του στο κοινό και θα παρουσιάσει ταινίες της εγχώριας και παγκόσμιας παραγωγής. Οι τελευταίες εκδηλώσεις του φεστιβάλ έλαβαν χώρα στον Κινηματογραφικό Τομέα Π.Ο.Φ.Π.Α. στo ιστορικό και νεοκλασικό κινηματοθέατρο "ΙΡΙΔΑ", και φιλοξένησε μικρού, μεσαίου και μεγάλου μήκους ταινίες απ’ όλο τον κόσμο. Στο φεστιβάλ προβλήθηκαν ταινίες μυθοπλασίας, ντοκιμαντέρ και animation Ελλήνων και ξένων σκηνοθετών με δωρεάν είσοδο. Σημαντικός αριθμός των ταινιών έκαναν την παγκόσμια, την ευρωπαϊκή και την ελληνική πρεμιέρα τους στη χώρα μας. Επίσης, στο φεστιβάλ συμμετείχαν Music Video, Dance Video, Κινηματογραφικά Σενάρια και Θεατρικά Κείμενα.

Το Greece International Film Festival φιλοδοξεί να λειτουργήσει ως δίαυλος επικοινωνίας μεταξύ των καλλιτεχνών, των σκηνοθετών, των σεναριογράφων και των παραγωγών της διεθνούς και εγχώριας κινηματογραφικής βιομηχανίας.

Μια ξεχωριστή θέση στις δράσεις του Greece International Film Festival καταλαμβάνει το Διαγωνιστικό Τμήμα Ελληνικών και Διεθνών Ταινιών Μικρού, Μεσαίου και Μεγάλου Μήκους, Κινηματογραφικών Σεναρίων και Θεατρικών Κειμένων, το οποίο υποστηρίζει τα νέα καλλιτεχνήματα ώστε να βρουν τον δρόμο τους και να συναντήσουν το κοινό τους.

Best Short Film
Best Mid-Length
Best Feature Film

Best Animation
Best Music Video
Best Dance Video
Best Documentary

Best Director Short
Best Director Feature
Best Director (Student)
Best First-time Filmmaker

Best Production
Best Cinematography

Best Song
Best Soundtrack

Best Actor
Best Actress

Best Short Screenplay
Best Feature Screenplay

Best Theatrical Play

* Read the rule 4 and all the rules and terms that follow...

1. You own all the rights to the film.
2. No fee waivers. All entry fees are non-refundable.
3. GIFF can use parts of your film for promotional purpose only.
4. The organizers reserve the right to change, cancel or reschedule the dates, venue, prizes, categories and notifications 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. If the Jury decides to award honorary distinctions to films that are not officially selected, the festival is not obligated to publicize them.
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 min.
Feature Films more than 60 minutes.
Production Year: No limit.
We accept Screenplays & Theatrical-plays in English, Italian, French and Greek.

Note:
If we not receive "all" the necessary files of the participants by the end of August 2026, their participation will be automatically cancelled.

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  • Tania Gentidou

    It has been an amazing experience at the Greece IFF! The Programm was very nice, had a variety of different movies and an interesting location. It was a pleasure, would recommend!

    May 2026
  • Thank you for my Honorable Mention for my short screenplay, DURNING ROAD. The team and festival are fantastic! Very professional.

    April 2026
  • Super happy with the overall process. Very good and close communication.

    April 2026
  • Jessica Pappas

    Pleased to receive an honorable mention from such an esteemed festival. Thank you Greece International Film Festival.

    April 2026
  • Mark Holden

    The GreeceIFF was a wonderful film festival for the World Premiere of our short film "Darkly Bright". It was very apt because we shot 80% of the film in Greece. Our director Doug Rollins, Executive Producer Simon Image and one of our 3 leads actors Kostas Tekkis attended the festival, and had a fabulous time watching many films and networking. A very worthwhile film festival to attend.

    April 2026