DaVinci International Film Festival

The DaVinci International Film Festival (DIFF) is held annually in Los Angeles, California and is produced by the non-profit DaVinci Film Society Inc. The festival hosts four signature programs including their screenwriting competition series, Storyline, presented by Final Draft, DaVinci Labs, which honors burgeoning filmmakers with screenings and scholarships formally held at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, a GENiUS program for ultra-short cinema, and documentaries at DIFFdocs.

DIFF qualifies and awards contemporary independent narrative, short, animation, documentary, and screenplay's, with their Official Selections. Filmmakers and screenwriters present in-competition for the festival's Leo Award at their annual event hosted at The Grove at Farmers Market. Competitive juried categories include Women In Film, Native American, military, and student film.

Special screenings for DIFF's VIP's have included the Consul (representative) of Azerbaijan, Monaco, India, and Russia.

The DaVinci Film Society, under the banner of the international film festival, hosted its inaugural DaVinci Masquerade on May 16, 2025 at Carlton Cannes Hotel during the Cannes Film Festival in support of the organizations global brand expansion into Europe and other countries, including the platform's FilmAfrica initiative in Nairobi, Kenya, 2026.