March 2025 Recap
That's a Wrap on GIFF 2025!
We are so grateful to have spent the Gasparilla International Film Festival 2025 with you all. Thank you to all the filmmakers, panelists, volunteers, patrons, and community members who make this festival possible!
GIFF 2025 Award Winners
Filmmakers won big at the Gasparilla International Film Festival 2025 award ceremony. See the winners here:
GRAND JURY AWARDS
College Short - Where the Heart Lies
International Narrative Feature - Back to Life/Vuelve a La Vida
Emerging Filmmaker - Shane Brady for HACKED
Narrative Feature - To Kill a Wolf
Focus on Florida Feature - Off Rip
Documentary Short - Stronger than the Storm
Narrative Short - The Ice Cream Man
Focus on Florida Short - Silence is Golden
Best Performance Female - Judy Greer for Eric LaRue
Best Performance Male - Ivan Martin
Documentary Feature - Suburban Fury
HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Best Director - Impressions
Best Cinematography - Nearer My God to Thee
Best Performance - Impressions
Best Screenplay - Leave a Message
Best Picture - Purgatory
Audience Award - When I Was Younger
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
College Short - Pop the Trunk
International Narrative Feature - Home Free
Emerging Filmmaker -
Narrative Feature - Almost Popular
Focus on Florida Feature - HACKED
Documentary Short - Stronger than the Storm
Narrative Short - Medicine
Focus on Florida Short - Together Forever
Documentary Feature - Anxiety Club
Spotlight Award - Mississippi Scholar
University of Tampa Shorts Audience Award - Lift
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Sundance Film Festival Will Move to Boulder, Colorado
After a lengthy search, the Sundance Institute announced yesterday that they have found their new home.
Hats Off to Love Premiering on Hallmark in May
A film shot at the Tampa Bay Downs in February has announced a premiere date of May 3, 2025.
Second Screen Cult Cinema presents: Blood and Black Lace
Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.
