THE CIRCUIT
The Grand Prix CIFFT Circuit is the most prestigious awards and recognition initiative in Travel Video Marketing Industry. The exclusive competition brings together the World's Best Tourism Film Festivals from 4 continents and is an excellent opportunity to increase the participating brands' reach and notoriety.
From New York, Cannes, Berlin, Zagreb, Warsaw, Riga, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Serbia, Japan, Turkey, and South Africa to Vienna.
WHO CAN JOIN!
The GP CIFFT Circuit is open to all entities or persons who own or have produced a tourism film or travel video marketing. The competition is open to public and private entities such as:
Each festival in the circuit has its own set of rules, but only tourism films or travel videos produced or released within the last 2 years will be accepted in the competition.
HOW TO JOIN?
To compete for the Grand Prix CIFFT Circuit you have two options:
DO IT YOURSELF
by visiting the website of each of the Circuit's festivals to register and submit your film. Be sure to watch out for deadlines and avoid missing any of them.
OR
Do it with CIFFT. We do the hard work for you! How?
Simple, go to our entry tool, choose the right CIFFT Full Entry Service Package for your tourism film or travel video, fill in our entry form and we will register and distribute your film through the CIFFT Circuit Festivals.
After one single registration, you can relax and wait for our award notifications. You can also quickly check your private account to confirm your film's status and updates in the competition.
After signing up for your films, you are immediately running for the World's Best Tourism Film Awards of the year.
ONE ENTRY = 2 COMPETITIONS
1. Grand Prix CIFFT Circuit
A unique competition among the World's Best Tourism Film Festivals, from 4 continents.
2. CIFFT "People's Choice" Award
The films submitted through the CIFFT Full Entry Service Package for the GP CIFFT Circuit will run for an additional competition: the CIFFT “People´s Choice” Award, a online consumer-oriented campaign aimed to let people discover new tourism destinations through video and vote for their favourite.
THE COMPETITION!
CATEGORIES
Only tourism films produced or released within the last 2 years will be accepted.
The thematic categories accepted for the World’s Best Tourism Films competition are:
Tourism Destination
CITIES
Promotional videos dedicated to the exclusive promotion of a city.
Tourism Destination
REGIONS
Promotional videos dedicated to the exclusive promotion of a region.
Tourism Destination
COUNTRIES
Promotional videos dedicated to the exclusive promotion of a country.
Tourism
PRODUCTS
Promotional videos dedicated to the promotionof a tourism product: Cultural Tourism; Gastronomic Tourism; Sustainable Tourism; Shopping Tourism; Health and Wellness Tourism; MICE; Rural Tourism; etc ….
Tourism
SERVICES
Promotional videos dedicated to the promotion of a tourist service: Accomodation Companies; Restaurants; Tours operators; Transportation; Cruise; Rent-a-car; Airlines; Know How/Technology; Catering; etc ….
Independent
TRAVEL VIDEOS
Videos about Cities, Regions and Countries Produced by: Independent filmmakers, Video Bloggers and Travel Tv Reportages.
At the end of the year, in Vienna, the Top 3 films in each thematic ranking list will be awarded according to their rank (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) as the “World's Best Tourism Films” of the year.
Winning awards at the GP CIFFT Circuit member festivals give points to your film and position in the CIFFT Rank List, which will determine the TOP of the World’s Best Tourism Films in each category.
RANKING LISTS
Main Ranking Lists
- Top 5 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a City;
- Top 5 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Region;
- Top 5 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Country;
- Top 5 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Tourism Product;
- Top 5 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Tourism Service;
Special Ranking List
- Top 5 World’s Best Independent Travel Video;
AWARDS
Only the Top 3 films of each ranking list will receive trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place according to their rank position.
The exclusive World’s Best Tourism Film Awards honours the most creative and innovative Travel Videos of the year at a memorable award ceremony in Vienna, where the deserved winners will receive their respective awards:
- The 3 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a City;
- The 3 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Region;
- The 3 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Country;
- The 3 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Tourism Product;
- The 3 World’s Best Tourism Films & Travel video promoting a Tourism Service;
- The 3 World’s Best Independent Travel Video;
- The CIFFT “People’s Choice” Award;
