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ttff/23 | Celebrating films from and about the Caribbean + its diaspora, and world cinema, through an annual festival + year-round screenings.

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MEET ttff/23 PROGRAMMERS - PATRICE ROBINSON ✅Film programmer + writer based in London ✅Worked at Leeds International Film Festival, Leytonstone Loves Film + Norwich International More on Patrice here -ttfilmfestival.com/news/ttff-news…

MEET ttff/23 PROGRAMMERS - PATRICE ROBINSON 

✅Film programmer + writer based in London  ✅Worked at  Leeds International Film Festival, Leytonstone Loves Film + Norwich International   

More on Patrice here -ttfilmfestival.com/news/ttff-news…
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Where is home when home doesn't want you? 🍿Directed by Kareem Mortimer & Jonathan P. Morris, 'Float' is a story about finding your authentic self. Catch 'Float' bundled with 'Shan' and "Kinto' our pay-per-view streaming platform, ttff+ (via plus.ttfilmfestival.com) 🙌

Where is home when home doesn't want you?   

🍿Directed by Kareem Mortimer & Jonathan P. Morris, 'Float' is a story about finding your authentic self.   

Catch 'Float' bundled with 'Shan' and "Kinto' our pay-per-view streaming platform, ttff+ (via plus.ttfilmfestival.com) 🙌
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Follow Trinidadian Limbo dancer, Shan Fernandez, as she pursues her dream of performing in front of international audiences as a member of the Universal circus. 🍿Catch it bundled with 'Float'' + "Kinto' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

Follow Trinidadian Limbo dancer, Shan Fernandez, as she pursues her dream of performing in front of international audiences as a member of the Universal circus. 

🍿Catch it bundled with 'Float'' + "Kinto' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com
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Have you signed up to volunteer at ttff/23 as yet? ✅Volunteers receive a daily stipend, a ttff/23 t-shirt, and the opportunity to mingle with the who's who in the filmmaking industry! ✅Sign-up here: ttfilmfestival.com/volunteer #GrowWithUs #BACKinPERSON

Have you signed up to volunteer at ttff/23 as yet? 

✅Volunteers receive a daily stipend, a ttff/23 t-shirt, and the opportunity to mingle with the who's who in the filmmaking industry!  
✅Sign-up here: ttfilmfestival.com/volunteer  

#GrowWithUs #BACKinPERSON
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Experience the hopes and fears of a young woman pursuing her dream of becoming an international dancer. 🍿Catch it bundled with 'Float'' + "Kinto' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

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🍿Kinto lives on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Ambushed & beaten by a group of other street boys, a desolate Kinto embraces his identity when he makes an unexpected act of kindness. Catch 'Kinto' bundled with 'Float' + 'Shan' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

🍿Kinto lives on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica.  Ambushed & beaten by a group of other street boys, a desolate Kinto embraces his identity when he makes an unexpected act of kindness.    

Catch 'Kinto' bundled with 'Float' + 'Shan' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com
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Kinto, a homeless Jamaican boy, struggling to find his identity, encounters a life-changing crash incident. 🍿Catch 'Kinto' bundled with 'Float' + "Shan' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com 🙌

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A Trinidadian restaurant owner in Seattle battles mounting mental health struggles, racial tension and financial insolvency to try and keep her community-oriented restaurant alive during Covid’s rise 🍿Catch 'Pam's Kitchen' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

A Trinidadian restaurant owner in Seattle battles mounting mental health struggles, racial tension and financial insolvency to try and keep her community-oriented restaurant alive during Covid’s rise

 🍿Catch 'Pam's Kitchen' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com
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An expat detective turns to his previous partner Monique for help in solving a kidnapping case. But this leads them into the past to an old rift between them regarding the disappearance of Monique's brother. 🍿Catch 'Knockabout' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

An expat detective turns to his previous partner Monique for help in solving a kidnapping case. But this leads them into the past to an old rift between them regarding the disappearance of Monique's brother.

🍿Catch 'Knockabout' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com
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Directed by Emilie Upczak, the city streets of Port of Spain and its varied cast of characters are the perfect backdrop for this Trini-style-neo noir. 🍿Catch 'Knockabout' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

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A group of Haitians locked in the hold of a fishing vessel being smuggled through the Bahamas into the USA. On the vessel communicable diseases, like dysentery are deadly. If individuals get sick they are thrown overboard. 🍿Catch 'Passage' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

A group of Haitians locked in the hold of a fishing vessel being smuggled through the Bahamas into the USA.  On the vessel communicable diseases, like dysentery are deadly. If individuals get sick they are thrown overboard. 

🍿Catch 'Passage' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com
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17-year old Sandrine must hide her brother's illness in order to save his life on-board a fishing vessel that that is being smuggled through the Bahamas into the USA. 🍿Catch 'Passage' on ttff+ via plus.ttfilmfestival.com

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The #1990CoupAttempt is explored in detail in documentary films "Siege" + "Kaiso for July 27". 🎬“Siege” recounts the terror & courage of TTT employees. 🎬"Kaiso for July 27th" looks at the aftermath of the surprise attempted coup. Watch them both on-demand on ttff+

The #1990CoupAttempt is explored in detail in documentary films "Siege" + "Kaiso for July 27".  

🎬“Siege” recounts the terror & courage of TTT employees.
🎬"Kaiso for July 27th" looks at the aftermath of the surprise attempted coup. 

 Watch them both on-demand on ttff+
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⏰ Filmmakers! There are only three days to our extended (and FINAL) deadline!! No film submissions will be accepted after 12 May! ALL submissions must be made via Film Freeway here: filmfreeway.com/trinidadtobago… You can read our submissions rules here: ttfilmfestival.com/ttffsubmission…

⏰ Filmmakers! There are only three days to our extended (and FINAL) deadline!! No film submissions will be accepted after 12 May!

ALL submissions must be made via Film Freeway here: filmfreeway.com/trinidadtobago…

You can read our submissions rules here:
ttfilmfestival.com/ttffsubmission…
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After a year-long hiatus, the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival is returning in 2025 under new leadership, inviting Caribbean filmmakers to submit their work for this year’s showcase. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entert… #GLNREnt

After a year-long hiatus, the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival is returning in 2025 under new leadership, inviting Caribbean filmmakers to submit their work for this year’s showcase.

Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entert… #GLNREnt
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⏰🚨 Filmmakers! TODAY IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS TO TTFF/25!! No film submissions will be accepted after MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT! 📮ALL submissions must be made via Film Freeway here: 📷 filmfreeway.com/trinidadtobago… #forward #ttfilmfestival #TTFF25

⏰🚨 Filmmakers! TODAY IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS TO TTFF/25!! No film submissions will be accepted after MIDNIGHT AST TONIGHT!

📮ALL submissions must be made via Film Freeway here:
📷 filmfreeway.com/trinidadtobago…
#forward #ttfilmfestival #TTFF25
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“There’s something deeply powerful about seeing – and hearing ourselves, our language, our music – our lives portrayed in authentic ways. “That’s what TTFF has always championed: telling our stories to our community, for our community.” newsday.co.tt/2025/05/10/tri… T&T Newsday

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'“It feels like there is genuine excitement and energy around this year’s festival,” Brown said, remarking that supporters have been reaching out to her and the TTFF Advisory Group to express their excitement at the festival’s presence.' Jamaica Gleaner jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entert…

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Wow! We couldn't be happier with the number of submissions we received this year! 📈396 film submissions in total = a 65% increase in submissions over 2023 🇹🇹 72 submissions from Trinidad & Tobago ✅ Filmmakers from 25 Caribbean countries submitted films! THANK YOU! #Forward🤜

Wow! We couldn't be happier with the number of submissions we received this year!

📈396 film submissions in total = a 65% increase in submissions over 2023
🇹🇹 72 submissions from Trinidad & Tobago
✅ Filmmakers from 25 Caribbean countries submitted films!

THANK YOU! #Forward🤜