Genesis
International
Film
Festival
Season:
2025
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EVENT DESCRIPTION
Genesis international film festival (GIFF) is an international short film festival. To promote talented authors, we connect them with film screening platforms, streaming services and TV channels. We invite the best participants to the festival jury to create a logical continuity between seasons of the festival, as well as to develop and promote the festival on the world stage.

Also we (organizers) want to show that each human being is a unique person with his own special outlook on life and art, and with the help of works from all over the world, we want to show how art can be diverse.
The missions of the festival are tо:
- create a platform for demonstrating participants' unique view on art
- reward the best works with well-deserved attention
- build a community for exchanging useful contacts between creative people


TIME-LINE
1
Opening Date
May 1, 2024
2
Deadline
February 28, 2025
3
Preparation
March, 2025
4
Event Date
April, 2025
Who can participate?
People over the age of 21 from all over the world
Short Films
02
Drama short films under 30 minutes.
Drama
03
Comedy short films under 30 minutes.
Comedy
Animation
Experimental
01
Short films of any genre under 30 minutes.
Grand prix
04
Animation films under 30 minutes.
05
Experimental or arthouse films under 30 minutes.
08
Science fiction short films under 30 minutes.
Sci-fi
Arthouse / Indie film
Fantasy
06
Arthouse or indie films under 30 minutes.
07
Fantasy short films under 30 minutes.
AWARDS
Please, read the rules before you apply the work
THIS SEASON'S JURY
  • Rod Sáez Chávez
    Co-founder of a film studio Cintámani Films
  • Eve Zhao
    Award winning actress, filmmaker
  • Alexey Derevyanko
    🎬GIFF.Docu headliner. Editing director and post-production producer

  • Björn Boström
    Award-winning screenwriter, playwright and script consultant
  • Vaccaro Abel ZarbeL
    Film Maker, producer
  • Alexandra Novokreshchina
    🎬 GIFF headliner. Executive producer
  • Andrei Litvinenko
    Director, DOP, Producer, FIlm Institute Senior Teacher
  • Timur Ramazanov
    🎬GIFF headliner. Director, entrepreneur
  • Lauren Ransan
    Filmmaker
  • Konstantin Sotskov
    Chief editor of a TV channel
  • Arina Vinogorodskaya
    🎬GIFF.Debuts headliner. Film critic, filmmaker, photographer
  • Alexander Laukhin
    Producer, owner of a digital agency, head of an IT company
  • Victoria Skorokhodova
    🎬GIFF headliner. Filmmaker, producer
  • Dmitry Romakhin
    Director, producer
  • Egor Chichkanov
    Director, screenwriter
  • Lex Rodnov
    Director, producer, virtual and augmented reality artist
  • Kirill Leonov
    Producer, co-owner & CEO of an IT-company
  • Zafer Yaşlı
    Director
  • Kasra Tirsahar
    Producer, Director
  • Nadezhda Popova
    Co-owner of an IT company
  • Valeriy Akimov
    Film critic
  • Viacheslav Alekseev
    Filmmaker
PARTNERS
Winners will receive diplomas, laurels, customized statuettes or other prizes (depending on the nomination).
MEDIA ABOUT US
"Film and media industry experts from around the world came together to evaluate hundreds of projects from all over the world"
The first Russian TV channel of short films
"GIFF is a unique platform for creative people interested in the world of cinema"
Australian film magazine
"With this festival, we want to support independent authors from all over the world and let them know that their opinion is important, and their talent will definitely find its audience"
Portal for young filmmakers
LATEST NEWS
    The best films are shown at the festival's out-of-competition screenings.
    - St. Denis, Reunion
    - Santiago, Chile
    - Beijing, China
    - Moscow, Russia
    - Samara, Russia
    Special screenings
    CONTACT US
    Festival organizers
    giff@genesisfilmfestival.com

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