The second annual Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF) takes place in Gas Works Park, Seattle on 15 August and will showcase creative works from the Geocaching community.
Geocaching is a treasure hunting game where participants use a GPS to hide and seek containers with other people involved in the activity. Only members of of Geocaching.com are invited to submit an entry.
The deadline for submissions is 1 July2014 and there is no submission fee.
Entry guidelines
Films can be in any family-friendly genre: narrative, documentary, music video, animation, experimental, etc…
Filmmakers spoiling a geocache in any way in their films, must have geocache owner permission.
Films’ length must not exceed four minutes (including credits).
Only two submissions per person will be accepted. A separate submission form is required for each entry.
Non-English language films are encouraged, but must be subtitled in English.
Finalists will be selected to screen films at the second annual Geocaching International Film Festival from 20h00 to 22h00 on 15 August 15 2014.
Awards will be announced directly following the screening. Filmmakers don’t need to be present to win an award. A single film can win more than one award.
Finalists will tour Geocaching Mega-Events worldwide, which are annual gatherings for geocachers all over the world, involving planned activities.
Visit the Geocaching Block Party website for more information on how to enter.
View the entry video on the Geocaching YouTube channel.
