T&T Film Festival: Call for Submissions

The annual Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival returns this September 16-29 at MovieTowne and select venues across the islands, and is now inviting submissions for the fourth edition of the festival.

TTFF 2009 seeks to highlight excellence in filmmaking and to expose Trinidad & Tobago audiences to films made anywhere in the Caribbean region, by Caribbean people in the diaspora and by international filmmakers whose films are in the Caribbean spirit. In addition, in keeping with Trinidad & Tobago’s rich ethnic mix, in 2009 the submission criteria is being expanded to include films from and about Latin America, India and Africa.

FLOW and the Trinidad & Tobago Film Company (TTFC) are presenting sponsors of the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival with supporting sponsorship from the Tourism Development Company (TDC) and Atlantic LNG.

The Festival will screen films in 35mm, NTSC Digi beta or NTSC mini DV formats. Entries of various lengths will be accepted. All initial submissions should be in NTSC DVD and must be in English or with English subtitles.

All the films screened at the Festival will be eligible for a People’s Choice Award and in addition TTFF 2009 will introduce three Jury Prizes for Best Dramatic Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Short Film (under 30 minutes), with a cash prize awarded in each category.

All submissions must be accompanied by:

• Synopsis
• Running time
• Year of production
• Country of origin
• Language and if subtitled
• Genre
• Producer, Director and cast if appropriate
• Short biography of director
• Festivals/Awards (if any)
• Contact information

The deadline for the submissions is 15th May 2009. There is no submission fee. Please submit your entries to:

Annabelle Alcazar
Programme Director
Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
3 Pelham Street
Belmont, Port of Spain
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Visit www.withoutabox.com, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, in order to submit online.

For inquiries, email annabelle@trinidadandtobagofilmfestival.com.