SEMAG Meet & Greet #129 - GIFF Movie Night 2025

Come join the Southeastern Massachusetts Geocachers in our 129th monthly meet & greet as we watch the reel of films entered into the 2025 Geocaching International Film Festival contest. This event is generously coordinated and sponsored by the Swansea Free Public Library. 

What: The Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF) began as part of the 2013 Geocaching Block Party at Geocaching HQ in Seattle.  GIFF events havebeen held every year since, with the exception of 2020 and 2024.  The finalists for GIFF 2025 are:

• 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

Where: Swansea Community Center, 260 Ocean Grove Avenue, Swansea, MA 02777
(this is the former St. Michael's Church so yes, the Community Center looks like a church)

Date: Saturday, November 15th

Time: 5 - 8 P.M.

Additional Info: The event officially begins at 5:00, with the showing of the films beginning at 6, and the whole thing wrapping up at 8. You can stay for as long as you'd like, and you are not obligated to watch any of the films, nor is there any cost of admission.

If anyone would like to help set up, we'll be there around 4:00. Help with clean up after the event would also be greatly appreciated. As always, donations of prizes, snacks and drinks are also appreciated. 

Tentative schedule of events:
4:00 Set up
5:00 Welcome
6:00 GIFF Films
7:10 Voting
7:20 Film winners & last call for raffle tickets
7:30 Group Photo
7:40 Raffle drawings
7:45 Cleanup
8:00 Event conclusion

We are hoping to have a 50/50 Raffle (tickets - $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00) and a Penny Raffle (tickets - 5 for $1.00)  All proceeds to offset the cost of the event; donations of prizes greatly appreciated.

2025 Flashtags are in the works and will be $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00.  A limited supply of 88 tags were ordered so get 'em while you can!

Parking is available across from the Community Center on Sunnyslope Ave. Note that this is a one way street. There are handicap spots right next to the Community Center in the very small lot.