The International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion and Visionary (IFFSRV) was established by some individuals who care about human living in peace towards themselves, forming strong and healthy alliances with others in harmony, and having good communication with their Creator despite their sex, religion, race, and economic status.
The International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion and Visionary will act as a mean to sustain and promote the continuity of creativity and artworks produced and carved by filmmakers all over the world in following their dreams and pure calling to make betterment for humanity, as well as to participate in the film industry; to make a better live for each individual despite their differences in belief system.
IFFSRV festival day will be held at the end of November to celebrate the tolerance world day (16 November).
Through this festival, we hope to:
1. Give comfort and consolidation for the people in despair that he or she is never alone and that life is full of hope.
2. Encourage people when facing difficulties because of what they belief.
3. Inspire and enlighten people to find the purpose of their life regardless their belief, economic or cultural background.
4. Help people to have better acceptance towards themselves and enhance self-esteem because each are loved by God and they are special and unique in God’s eyes.
5. Inspire people to follow their dream and not easy to give up.
6. Encourage people to follow his and her own mission and path in life.
7. Inspire the young generation to have broader mindset and perspective, to think beyond the box, and to be able to accept differences among religions and belief system.
8. Inspire young people to have vision and goal in life and work hard to achieve them.
The festival event will be held in November 2019. During the Awards Ceremony, the Festival will give awards for best film, Awards of Excellence, and Award of Merit. Best film will be granted a winning statue during the Awards Night in Jakarta. Regardless of their winning status, winning filmmakers who can’t attend the Awards Night will only receive their laurels accordingly.
All winners and accepted filmmakers are honored at the Awards Ceremony.
The festival will be featuring screenings, film-making workshops and special guest appearances by filmmakers, mass media, and celebrities.
Winning films will be screened once at our partner institutions based on juries’ selection, censorship, and other technical requirements.