Gasparilla International Film Festival

The Gasparilla Film Festival is run by the Tampa Film Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Founded in 2006, the Tampa Film Festival is dedicated to advancing film education and supporting filmmakers, along with community involvement in film in the Tampa Bay area.{{cite web|url=https://www.gasparillafilmfestival.com/|title=About GIFF|publisher=Gasparilla International Film Festival|access-date=June 16, 2020}}

The inaugural Gasparilla Film Festival was held in 2007. Films screened at the festival include Color Me Obsessed, screened in 2011;{{cite web|url=https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/the-replacements-approach-to-the-replacements/|title=The Replacements Approach to the Replacements|last=Ferguson|first=WM.|date=March 24, 2011|website=The 6th Floor|publisher=The New York Times Magazine|access-date=June 16, 2020}} The Iceman, screened in 2013; Enemy and Boys of Abu Ghraib, both screened in 2014; Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship, screened in 2016; François Ozon's Frantz, screened in 2017; Nia DaCosta's Little Woods, screened in 2019; and Potsy Ponciroli's Old Henry and Michael Glover Smith's Relative, both screened in 2022. Since 2015, the festival has been sponsored by Suncoast Credit Union.{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/movies/heres-the-lineup-for-tampas-gasparilla-international-film-festival/2313448/|title=Here's the lineup for Tampa's Gasparilla International Film Festival|last=Persall|first=Steve|date=February 16, 2017|work=The Tampa Bay Times|access-date=March 6, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://screenanarchy.com/2017/03/gasparilla-2017-what-to-anticipate-at-tampa-fest.html|title=Gasparilla 2017: What to Anticipate at Tampa Fest|last=Gorber|first=Jason|date=March 1, 2017|website=Screen Anarchy|access-date=March 6, 2017}}

In addition to the annual film festival, GIFF provides local residents with monthly screenings of the Global Lens series at the Tampa Museum of Art, and other special film and entertainment events year round. The festival also hosts a High School competition for local high school short films.

MovieMaker magazine named it one of the "Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" from 2013 to 2015{{Cite web|date=2015-04-08|title=50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2015|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/50-film-festivals-worth-the-entry-fee-2015/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=MovieMaker Magazine|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|date=2014-04-23|title=50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/50-film-festivals-worth-the-entry-fee-2014/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=MovieMaker Magazine|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|date=2013-04-10|title=Festivals: Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2013|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/top-50-festivals-worth-entry-fee-moviemaker-releases-annual-list/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=MovieMaker Magazine|language=en-us}} and summed up the festival's programming philosophy as "less is more" in a 2017 article, which noted that "GIFF focuses on treating every one of its curated screenings as a major event".{{Cite web|last=Aguilar|first=Carlos|date=2017-03-11|title=Festival Wrap: Small Discoveries Stand Out at the 11th Gasparilla International Film Festival|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/gasparilla-international-film-festival-2017-small-discoveries/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=MovieMaker Magazine|language=en-us}}

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