The Greenwich International Film Festival was thrilled to present BENDING THE ARC as our 2017 Opening Night Film, sponsored by WMC Health Network. This empowering documentary represents everything the Festival believes in and demonstrates how to Make An Impact in small communities to solve a much bigger problem. Directed by Kief Davidson & Pedro Kos, this...Read More
For our third annual festival, we were honored to host four exceptional panel discussions that covered a variety of topics. Thank you to all of our panel participants and attendees. Special thanks to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. for sponsoring the Women Driving ROI Panel, to First Republic for sponsoring the Live From Connecticut panel....Read More
After months of preparation and anticipation, the Greenwich International Film Festival celebrated the 2017 Opening Night Party on Friday, June 2nd at the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich. After the Opening Night Film Premiere of BENDING THE ARC, and enlightening discussion about the status of Global Health, festival guests arrived at the party via...Read More
On June 1st, the Greenwich International Film Festival hosted the Third Annual Changemaker Honoree Gala. This year, we were honored to present humanitarians Renée Zellweger and Christy Turlington Burns with the Changemaker Award, as well as the first ever Community Changemaker Award to Andrew Niblock, local community hero and Head of the Greenwich Country Day...Read More
Check out the awesome products that are featured in our 2017 gift bags! From gift cards to jewelry, our VIP Passholder gift bags have a lot of spectacular items. Thank you to our 2017 Festival Sponsor Hospital for Special Surgery for providing beautiful tote bags to hold all of these items. An extra special thank...Read More
Quinn Shephard can do it all – director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and actress. In her directorial debut BLAME, Quinn Shephard has proved that she belongs in the film world. Fresh off making a splash at the Tribeca Film Festival, we asked her what inspires her passion and what it was like making BLAME. Did we...Read More
The Greenwich International Film Festival is very excited to be returning to The Avon Theatre for three events during the 2017 Festival. GIFF will be kicking off our 4 days of parties, panels and film screenings on Wednesday, May 31st with a screening of HELL ON EARTH: THE FALL OF SYRIA AND FALL OF ISIS...Read More
The 2017 Festival line-up features 54 documentary and narrative films, both short and feature length, from 16 countries. We are so proud to share with you this incredible schedule of films, that highlights everything from the global health crisis to gender rights to animal conservation. Learn more about some of these incredible films below, or...Read More
We’re excited to announce that the 2017 Festival Box Office is officially open! This year the GIFF Box Office is located just a couple stores down from the Bow Tie Cinemas Theater and the Greenwich Train Station at 22 Railroad Avenue. Located near the Bow Tie Cinemas Theater, we are ready to take care of...Read More
Months of hard work have finally paid off. Last week, GIFF announced our entire lineup of films and events for the 2017 Festival during the Greenwich Arts Council’s Art to the Avenue on Thursday, May 4th. Less than a month out from the festival, GIFF was proud to announce the 2017 Program in front of...Read More
