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GIFF Weekend is on it’s way! From November 5-8, the\u00a0reel of 16 finalist films from this year’s Geocaching International Film Festival will be played in living rooms, community halls, and even movie theaters around the world.<\/p>\n
How to host your own GIFF Event<\/a><\/p>\n Find a GIFF Event near You<\/a><\/p>\n If your GIFF Weekend event has been published on Geocaching.com<\/strong> and you’ve submitted this form<\/a><\/strong>, it will be listed in this bookmark list<\/a><\/strong> if it’s been approved to receive the GIFF film reel. Once that’s\u00a0done, check out these 6 tips on hosting a great GIFF movie night!<\/p>\n 1. Test Your Equipment! 2. Engage Your Attendees! 3. To Announce (Or Not To Announce)? 4.\u00a0Make Yourselves Comfortable 5. Let There Be Snacks 6. Know\u00a0The Films Saturday Travel Bug Story<\/strong> GeocahINg Xisto<\/strong> THE BEST GEOCACHING FILM OF ALL TIME EVER!<\/strong> 12 Tips on Geocaching<\/strong> Why We Geocache<\/strong> Geocaching Infomercial<\/strong> GCTransAlps – Aint No Mountain High Enough<\/strong> Geo-Caching Freak<\/strong> Geocaching Adventure in Hakodate<\/strong> The Future of Geocaching<\/strong> Adventure<\/strong> Signal<\/strong> Geoman<\/strong> Geolove<\/strong> How to Geocache like a Ballerina<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GIFF Weekend is on it’s way! From November 5-8, the\u00a0reel of 16 finalist films from this year’s Geocaching International Film Festival will be played in living rooms, community halls, and even movie theaters around the world. How to host your own GIFF Event Find a GIFF Event near You If your GIFF Weekend event has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,99,103,137],"tags":[151],"series":[],"class_list":["post-30610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-events","category-giff","category-news","tag-events"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"
\n<\/b>The Official 2015 GIFF Reel will become available on Monday, Nov. 2nd<\/span><\/span>. If possible, test out the file on the equipment you will be using at your event. Nobody has fun at parties where there are technical difficulties.<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Geocachers go to events to meet other geocachers, share stories, and learn about the game. The GIFF films will certainly achieve these goals, but what is going to make your event special to those in attendance? Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>“Welcome to this GIFF Weekend event! We’ve got 16 great films to watch today, but first, a joke: An ammo can, a bison tube, and a lock-n-lock walk into a bar…” Announcers or emcees can make or break an event. Know someone with the right voice, charisma, and quick-footed-thinking to pull it off? If so, send them a care package and a nicely-written note asking them to be a part of your event. If not, no worries. The GIFF reel includes slides with the title of each upcoming film, as well as a quick intro and outro animation.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>You could be hosting your GIFF Weekend event in the Colosseum (seriously, tell us if you are), but the guests who end up watching the show standing in the back for a whole hour aren’t going to care too much about the view. Make sure you provide adequate seating at your event or ask your guests to bring their own. Don’t be afraid to get creative. Bean bags, yoga mats, and mattresses are all good options. Large, fluffy, amiable dogs make for good backrests.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Research indicates that eating popcorn stimulates the part of the body that makes you want to eat more popcorn. As every completely objective third-party outsider would agree, popcorn is\u00a0basically the best way a person can consume corn. It’s fairly healthy (sans globules of butter) and lends itself to being coated with herbs and spices. Want to make things interesting? Try sprinkling nutritional yeast on your popcorn for a cheesy yet surprisingly dairy-free flavor.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Here is the list of finalist films, geocacher names and countries they’re from, and order they screen in:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>HurricaneJuan<\/a>
\n<\/span>Florida, United States<\/span><\/p>\n
\nChiliconsushi<\/a>
\nQu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n
\nNatty_Z\u00e9<\/a>
\nAveiro, Portugal<\/p>\n
\nCarboKnightLuke<\/a>
\nCornwall, United Kingdom<\/p>\n
\nG.I.C.<\/a>
\nHanoi, Vietnam<\/p>\n
\nZaise<\/a>
\nCalifornia, United States<\/p>\n
\ngasgoose<\/a>
\nWyoming, United States<\/p>\n
\nMudMen_GER<\/a>
\nNordrhein-Westfalen, Germany<\/p>\n
\nTeam Motherfarmer<\/a>
\nBritish Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n
\nmoramora1<\/a>
\nOsaka, Japan<\/p>\n
\nChrishutchy<\/a>
\nTyne and Wear, United Kingdom<\/p>\n
\nTheNinjaTJ<\/a>
\nNorthampton, United Kingdom<\/p>\n
\niepu09<\/a>
\nBucharest, Romania<\/p>\n
\nLat&Long Junkie<\/a> and PigWig2<\/a>
\nQueensland, Australia<\/p>\n
\nHoochie Coochie Man<\/a>
\nMaltepe, Turkey<\/p>\n
\nstingrayabbray<\/a>
\nCalifornia, United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat other tips do you have for GIFF Weekend event hosts? Share yours and we’ll add them to the list!<\/h2>\n
6 Tips for Hosting a GIFF Weekend Event<\/a><\/blockquote>