THANK YOU KIFF 2025

KIFF 2025 AWARD WINNERS


Congratulation to all our 2025 Winners and a huge thanks to everyone who submitted their film and who helped make the Festival a resounding success.
Rotunda Award
BEST U18 SHORT
Stefan | Adam Lindsay
New Day Pictures Award
PITCH TO SCREEN
Shutterspeed | Bethany White
Glo Lighting
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE PRIZE
1 Star Review | John Ferrer
247 Kit.TV Award
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Fallow Few | JR Rappaport
Verve Award
BEST STUDENT SHORT
Medea | Feifei Zhong
Liteworx Award
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Miles Beyond Remission | Christopher Nicholas
VMI.TV Award
BEST SHORT FILM
The Removed | Rebecca Rose
Panavision Award
BEST FEATURE
Reawakening | Virginia Gilbert

Kingston International Film Festival is a founding member of the Association of Independent Film Festivals (AIFF).
Reviews & Testimonials
We love feedback! We want to make KIFF a truly wonderful experience for filmmakers and film lovers alike. Here's just a taste of the feedback we've recieved from last years' festival.

James Card
KIFF is, without doubt, one of the best film festivals I have ever attended. Communication from the whole team was excellent throughout - both in the lead up to, and the festival itself. Everyone was so welcoming, enthusiastic, and supportive. My only regret is that I do not yet have another film ready to submit for next year... but I'm sure I'll go along anyway. Cannot recommend KIFF highly enough.

Dilesh Korya
Really lovely Festival. Staff and support exceptional. Thanks for screening my film! Really enjoyed being there and meeting the other filmmakers. All the thought and effort made to help emerging filmmakers.

Jenna Harder
Fantastic festival! Especially for being so young! It’s only going to get better. Wonderful programming, great venue, lovely people. As a Canadian filmmaker, a lot of the industry panels were pretty UK industry centered which is to be expected, I still learned a TON from the pitching panel. Q&A’s were great. Screening quality was fantastic and well attended.