Davis International Film Festival (DIFF)

We are excited to announce the Davis international Film Festival 2020 winning films!
1) Short Fiction (English)
An Angel Whispers by Ben Allison, USA

2) Animation
My Tagalong by Jerry (Ruijie) Wang, Canada

3) Feature Documentary (English)
Veterans Journey Home: Leaving it on the Land by Frederick Marx, USA

4) Feature Documentary (English)
Veterans Journey Home: Leaving it on the Land by Frederick Marx, USA

5) Fiction (Other Language)
Walnut by Mohammad Reza Haji Gholami and Mohammad Ghane Fard, Iran

6) Fiction (Chinese)
Sonata by Guanxi Shen, USA

7) Short Fiction (Chinese)
First, Last by Ruiyin Ouyang, China

8) Short Documentary (English)
Confessions of a Runner by Bachar Khattar, Lebanon

Congratulations to the winning filmmakers! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a DIFF Awards Ceremony this year. We invite the winning filmmakers to join us at our next Awards Ceremony for recognition in person.
Thank you to everyone who submitted a film to the 2020 festival! We eagerly anticipate seeing more of your work in 2021 and future years. Your participation helps to make DIFF an outstanding venue for talented artists worldwide, and a unique opportunity for enhanced cultural understanding.
Best regards,
DIFF Organizing Committee
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Dear All,
Due to the Covet 19 virus and the 2020 presidential election, we will postpone the film festival event to December 19, 2020. The notification date to November 15, 2020.
Thanks for your understanding.
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2020 Davis International Film Festival open for submission
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Let the film be an inspiration during this solemn time. We advocate for a Pandemic of the Heart, a Pandemic of Strength, a Pandemic of Passion, a Pandemic of Love. We can win this battle together by making a truly positive impact with our spirits through the film. This year, we have added TikTok mini films and photo graph contest. Davis International Film Festival is looking for your submission.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Davis International Film Festival is going to have the Award ceremony online.
All films needs to have English subtitle.

For more information on the Davis International Film Festival, please visit www.davisiff.org or email davisfilmfestival@gmail.com.

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Achieve for 2019

2019 Karma - Davis International Film Festival

The 2019 Karma-Davis International Film Festival will take place from 10/25-10/27. This year, we are excited to be showing seven films produced by local filmmakers in Northern California, from cities such as Woodland, Sacramento and San Francisco. The film screening will occur on Friday, October 25 at the Veterans Memorial Theater. Finally, we will celebrate the work of the filmmakers who contributed to our festival with opening and award ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento, followed by an exhibit by Karma Automotive at Hyatt Downtown Sacramento.

For more information on the Davis International Film Festival, please visit davisiff.org or email davisfilmfestival@gmail.com.

Schedule of events:
Film screenings: 10/25 1:30 pm at the Veterans Memorial Theater
Film forum: 10/25 2:00 pm at the UC Davis Conference Center
Opening and Award ceremonies: 10/27 1:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento.
Karma night: 10/27 6:00pm at Hyatt Downtown Sacramento

Film Screenings
Friday, October 25 from 1:30 - 9:30 pm at the Veterans Memorial Theater, 203 E 14th St, Davis, California
Schedule:
1:30 - 2:30 pm Remember Isobel
2:20 - 2:30 pm Tik Tok
2:30 - 3:30 pm Cuba, Libre?
3:30 - 4:45 pm By No Means
4:45 - 6:10 pm When All That’s Left is Love
6:10 - 7:30 pm Day One
7:30 - 8:45 pm The Wrong Rock
8:45 - 8:50 pm Star in the East
8:50 - 9:10 pm Dog Eat Dog

In addition to supporting local filmmakers, the DIFF received submissions to our 2019 contest from local and international filmmakers. Awards will be given at the Award Ceremony in eight categories. The 2019 finalists are listed as follows:

Animation:
- "A Storybook for Adults and Other Children: For Mental Health Professionals, Teachers and the Families" by Jerri Curry (United States)
- "The Wrong Rock" by Michael Cawood (United States)
- "Star in the East" by Katie Garibaldi and Marc Morgan (United States)
- "Different Threads of Fate" by Nazar Germanov (Czech Republic)

Best Foreign Documentary:
- "Stories of their lives" by Qizhen Wang (United States)
- "Le tombeau des épuisés" by Marion Fernandez (France)
- "The inhabitant" by Diego Mandelman (Argentina)
- "Dehsalm" by Mohammad Abdollahi (Iran)
- "North Korea world 2019" by Guyuan Tian (China)

Best Foreign Feature Film:
- "A Home" by Huang Xiaodong (China)
- "Phoenix Romance" by Youxue Chen and Yuan Chen (China)
- "Feast" by Yunxing Nie (China)
- "Colours Of Conscience" by Vaibhav Ambast (India)
- "Abode" by Jaya Jose Raj C L (India)

Best Foreign Short Film:
- "The Fragrant Alley" by Zhiyi Duan (China)
- "A Farewell to the Old Me" by Kento Mochida (China)
- "Pink Lady" by Ashwin Madasu (India)
- "KARMA" by Arshia Zeinali (Iran)
- "Fika & Fidan's story" by Delvar Doustanian (Iran)

Best English Feature Documentary:
- "Day One" by Lori Miller (United States)
- "When All That's Left is Love" by Eric Gordon (United States)

Best English Short Documentary":
- "Becoming Singapore" by Tom St. John Gray (Singapore)
- "Grow-Up" by Hanwei Zhang (United States)
- "Cuba, Libre?" by Dick Jordan (United States)

Best English Feature Film:
- "Kayla" by Kate Bohan (United States)
- "By No Means" by Aleksandr Korolko (United States)
- "Remember Isobel" by Sarah Barbulesco-Lamb (United States)

Best English Short Film:
- "Dog Eat Dog" by Jianan Ma (United States)
- "Running Between the Crack of Time" by Yicheng Xue (United States)
- "Dream Date" by Phillip Lindsey (United States)
- "Tik Tok" by R.J. Blake (United States)
- "Three Hundred Days" by Zeyu Zhang (United States)