SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO TTFF/2026

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.

Submissions to the TTFF 2026 is open to Caribbean filmmakers in the region and the diaspora, and international filmmakers with films from or about the Caribbean or its diaspora. 

TTFF selects films under a range of programmes:

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

Submissions Guidelines

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 hello@ttfilmfestival.com.

All submissions must be made online, via FilmFreeway.