Throughout years GAIFF has been organising Master Classes by the guest filmmakers for international and local audiences of the festival. During the two-hour sessions professionals share their experience, give crucial advices on how to build a successful filmmaking career.

Master Classes had been held by the film industry international key players such as: 

Abbas Kiarostami, Agnieszka Holland, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Alexander Sokurov, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Anna Mouglalis, Artavazd Peleshyan, Atom Egoyan, Béla Tarr, Boris Khlebnikov, Bruno Dumont, Catherine Breillat, Christian Berger, Ciro Guerra, Claire Denis, David D’Arcy, Eugene Corr, Fred Kelemen, Godfrey Reggio, Homayoun Ershadi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ildikó Enyedi, Istvan Szabo, Jafar Panahi, Jia Zhangke, Jos Stelling, Klaus Eder, Krzysztof Zanussi, Leos Carax, Margarethe von Trotta, Marina Razbezhkina, Marko Bellocchio, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Peter van Bueren, Peter Wintonick, Petros Markaris, Pietro Marcello, Richard Pena, Rob Nilsson, Robert Guédiguian, Roger Koza, Roman Balayan, Rustam Khamdamov, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tom Fassaert, Tom McSorley, Tonino Guerra, Ulrich Seidl, Valerie Massadian, Valery Balayan, Víctor Erice, Vitaly Mansky, Wim Wenders, Želimir Žilnik and etc.