This is the SEVENTH year of the exciting national and international film festival in the beautiful City of Glendale, California.  The mission of the Glendale International Film Festival (GIFF) is to integrate the film makers and screenwriting arts into the identity, growth and economic vitality of the City of Glendale by presenting an annual film festival which benefits student film makers and screenwriters as well as helps independent filmmakers, artists and musicians showcase their work and get exposure from major studios and industry professionals.  We have been awarded many honors from the 43rd Assembly District California State Legislature Assemblymember Laura Friedman and California State Senate Senator Anthony J. Portantino as well as former Mayor Vartan Gharpetian. 

​The Glendale International Film Festival is a California non-profit organization operating as a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt corporation.

AWARD-WINNERS

BEST IN FEST (Feature Film - any genre 1 hour or more) 
Cricket’s Dance - winner
A Feral World
F20 
Love Is Not Love
Wisper

BEST DIRECTOR
Veronica Robledo (Cricket’s Dance)
David Liban (A Feral World) - winner
Arsen Anton Ostojic (F20)
Stephen Keep Mills (Love Is Not Love)
Adrian Rodriguez (Ariadne)                                   

BEST ACTOR
Caleb Liban in A Feral World
Filip Mayer in F20 - winner
Christian Barber in Wisper
Stephen Keep Mills in Love Is Not Love
Matt Morrison in The Show Can’t Go On

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Yasuda (Like Love) - winner
Romina Tonkout (F20)
Kristen Renton (The Crickets Dance)
Alejandra Gollas (Love Is Not Love)
Louise Martin (Love Is Not Love)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (International Feature Film - any genre 1 hour or more)
F20 Croatia - winner

BEST SHORT FILM (Short Film - any genre under 40 minutes) 
Lost Treasure of the Valley - winner
Amazing Gace
Breakfast At The Sunset Saloon 
Sundown Trail
Gaia                          

BEST DIRECTOR (Short Film)
Luke Guidici Sundown Trail - winner
Robert Husted  Lost Treasure of The Valley
Joey Coalter   Breakfast At The Sunset Saloon
Nina Brissey   Amazing Gace
Tanxuan Shi  Lip Reader: Game of Detective 

BEST ACTOR(SHORT FILM) 
Greg Lee Lost Treasure Of The Valley - winner
Matthew Clark Gaia
Robert Craighead Amazing Grace
Mason Wells Piece Of Me
John Carr Breakfast At The Sunset Saloon

BEST ACTRESS (SHORT FILM) 
Roberta Sloan (Piece of Me) - winner
Nina Brissey (Amazing Grace)
Jenny McAgee (The Unnecessary Salvation Of Mary Mcdaniel)
Patricia Montes (In Your Arms Tonight)
Ke Zijing (Lip Reader: Game Of Detective)

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Roses - winner
In Your Arms Tonight 
Lip Reader: Game Of Detective

STUDENT FILM - any genre any length 
Daemon
In your arms tonight - winner
The Last Note
Lip Reader Detective
Breakfast At The Sunset Saloon

BEST SHORT SHORT (under 10 minutes)
Color by windows - winner
PHX 
A Tango To Remember
Routine
Daemon

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
THE DEVIL’S ROAD: A Baja Adventure - winner
Last Call For Tomorrow
Born Just Now
It’s In The Blood

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
In The Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial - winner
A Voice For Whales
Too Good To Be Forgotten 
Swipe Left: The Age Of Disposable Relationships

BEST ANIMATION SHORT 
Journey - winner
Planet Blue: Journey To Eco
Matter Of Time
The Abandoned Block                                              

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Highland Home - winner
Star in the East
A Tango For Two

BEST SCI-FI FANTASY 
Sundown Trail - winner
Sami 
Gaia                                         

BEST HORROR/THRILLER   
All I See - winner
Daemon
Smiley Death Face

BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM
Wisper - winner

BEST EDITING - SHORT FILM
Lip Reader: Game of Detective - winner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM
Love Is Not Love - winner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT FILM
Lost Treasure Of The Valley - winner