İstanbul International Spring Film Festival (IISFF) is an annual film festival & film competition with a public screening event held in İstanbul.
We invite submissions of films from all around the world which demonstrate excellence in cinematography and other aspects of filmmaking. We urge filmmakers from all over the world to join us: We are OPEN FOR OPEN MINDS!
All submitted projects are evaluated by a team of experts from the film industry. First, a preliminary jury of 25 people from the film industry will asses the works applying for the competition, after the preliminary assessment, the finalist will be subjected to a second and final assesment by a 7 people main jury.
The main jury includes prominent names from cinema, theater, and literature to different branches of art in Türkiye.
Each year, IISFF will award the best projects through public screenings in İstanbul.
Each candidate can compete in multiple categories in order to increase their chances to receive an award.
Producers of all the ranked films will be invited to our closing ceremony and the winners will receive a trophy and a certificate of achievement in HQ format. They will also receive our official Laurel, will be listed on our website and will be able to upload their achievement on IMDb.
Our closing ceremony will be held in İstanbul with the participation of prominent names and domestic/international press.
Names of all the ranked films will be included in our press releases.
