GIFF 25 CCC (Christchurch Community Celebration)🎬 Community Celebration Event

Location: Ara Institute of Canterbury campus - Te Puna Wanaka event space. (Please note that the location is slightly different from last time)
Time: 6pm-8pm. We'll start the screening around 6:30pm. Friday 7th November.

What this is: GIFF stands for Geocaching International Film Festival. Any geocacher from anywhere in the world can make a short geocaching film (1-4mins) and submit it to be part of the GIFF finalists. All submissions are judged by GCHQ and selected volunteers, to pick out the best. Which then are assembled in the GIFF Reel to be shown worldwide at events like this one.

Who this is for: Everyone! Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned veteran, the film reel is guaranteed to be quite entertaining. By attending this event, you will also earn a digital GIFF 2025 souvenir for your geocaching profile.

What's a better way to celebrate the geocaching community, than enjoying some short films made by the members of said community from around the world!?

And this time, bring your popcorn 🍿, or other snacks🥪 if you want! We will be in the Wharekai, meaning that food and drink is allowed. (No alcohol 🚫)

As this is a Community Celebration event, we will celebrate GIFF by having a brief look at the history of it.

This year’s GIFF theme is “TFTC—Thanks For The Community!” and the color is silver, the traditional gift for a 25th anniversary.

More than 60 filmmakers from 21 countries submitted a film to the 11th GIFF and here are this year’s 20 GIFF finalists:

• Never a Straight Path – Justcarlo
• 2000 – Ipoded
• The Inheritance – Maxagri60 team
• The Best Finds Are Other Geocachers – Owlfly
• Hard Work – Harogs team
• If You Hide It… – Team Vlogger aka geocachingvlogger and Seemyshell
• Dogeza – _nokos_ team
• Tree-m Work – GeoBeeps
• The Island – Blackcoconut
• Flavors of Stealth – CheekyBrit team
• Return of the Cache Napper Trailer – ZippyZipperZoo team
• David CachinBro – First Lamp Post – DNF Hound
• Here’s My Card – Ptowngirl229
• The BisonBuddy5000 – Skimbosh
• Geocaching is a Journey – Defoz
• Little Apple Tree – Rassis on tour
• Gadget Cacher – PezGremlin team
• Super Cache Maintainer – Team Kuropi
• Orthoceras – Breizh Geocacheurs team
• GIFF Planning – Barucci

Those who can't wait to see some GIFF movies, you can rewatch last year's 2023 Reel, 2021 Reel or this "Best of GIFF" selection from Groundspeak (featuring Chch's own DNF Squad!).

Community Celebration Events - 2025

This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.