Filmmakers! We are delighted to announce that the call for submissions for TTFF/26 – our 20th anniversary edition – is open!

Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) seeks to highlight excellence in filmmaking through the exhibition of fiction and documentary films and New Media works made in T&T, the Caribbean and its diaspora.

• We therefore accept submissions from Caribbean filmmakers in the region and the diaspora, and international filmmakers with films from or about the Caribbean or its diaspora. 
• We also accept films from filmmakers in West Africa and South Asia (selected films form part of our non-competitive Origins programme) .
• Submissions must have been completed after 01 January 2023.
• Films screened in competition are eligible for one or more jury prizes.
• Films must be Caribbean or Trinidad and Tobago Premieres (Note: preference will be given to the former). Occasionally, however, the Festival considers films that have already been shown publicly in T+T. Please contact us directly if you have a film that falls into this category, or if you have any other queries, at [email protected].
• All submissions must be made online, via FilmFreeway.

OUR PROGRAMMING
TTFF selects films under a range of programmes as follows:

The Caribbean programme (competitive) comprises feature-length films (60 minutes +) from the Caribbean, the diaspora, and films by international filmmakers made in and about the region.

The Origins programme (curated) is non-competitive, and consists of short and feature-length films from South Asia and West Africa.

Short + mid-length films: This competitive programme comprises films under 30 minutes in length (shorts) and films between 30 and 59 minutes in length (mid-length) from the Caribbean and its diaspora.

The New Media programme (curated/ non-competitive) comprises avant garde and experimental film and video works from artists and filmmakers in the Caribbean and its diaspora.

The Student films programme (competitive) spotlights narrative and documentary films with a Caribbean focus made by student filmmakers (whether secondary or tertiary) in the Caribbean.

AWARDS + PRIZES

Best documentary film
• Feature-length
• Mid-length
• Short

Best fiction film
• Feature-length
• Mid-length
• Short

Best film made in T+T

Paddington Prize for best student film

Audience award for best T+T film

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