The call for sub­mis­sions for the 2013 edi­tion of the T&T Film Fes­ti­val (ttff), which takes place from Sep­tem­ber 18 to Oc­to­ber 1, will close on May 31 and film­mak­ers who wish to sub­mit a film should do so no lat­er than that date.

A re­lease from the Film Fes­ti­val or­gan­is­ers said the ttff seeks to high­light ex­cel­lence in film­mak­ing through the ex­hi­bi­tion of dra­mat­ic, doc­u­men­tary and ex­per­i­men­tal fea­ture and short films made in T&T, the Caribbean and its di­as­po­ra.

The fes­ti­val ac­cepts sub­mis­sions from Caribbean film­mak­ers, Caribbean film­mak­ers in the di­as­po­ra, and in­ter­na­tion­al film­mak­ers with films from or about the Caribbean or its di­as­po­ra.

Sub­mis­sions must have been pro­duced af­ter Jan­u­ary 1, 2011.

The fes­ti­val screens short films (un­der 60 min­utes) and fea­tures (60 min­utes and over) in dig­i­tal, Blu-ray and 35mm for­mats. The fes­ti­val al­so screens mu­sic videos of any length.

Films screened in com­pe­ti­tion are el­i­gi­ble for one or sev­er­al of the fol­low­ing ju­ry prizes: Best Nar­ra­tive Fea­ture Film (US$4,000); Best Doc­u­men­tary Fea­ture Film (US$4,000); Best Nar­ra­tive Short Film (US$1,000); Best Doc­u­men­tary Short Film (US$1,000); Best T&T Nar­ra­tive Fea­ture Film (TT$10,000); Best T&T Doc­u­men­tary Fea­ture Film (TT$10,000); Best T&T Nar­ra­tive Short Film (TT$5,000); Best T&T Doc­u­men­tary Short Film (TT$5,000); and Best Caribbean Film by an in­ter­na­tion­al film­mak­er (US$1,000).

There are al­so four peo­ple's choice awards, for Best Dra­mat­ic Fea­ture, Best Doc­u­men­tary Fea­ture, Best Short Film and Best Mu­sic Video, each worth TT$5,000.

In ad­di­tion to screen­ing Caribbean and di­as­po­ra films in com­pe­ti­tion, the ttff al­so has a panora­ma (non-com­pet­i­tive) sec­tion fea­tur­ing films from around the world. How­ev­er, the fes­ti­val on­ly ac­cepts sub­mis­sions from Caribbean film­mak­ers, Caribbean film­mak­ers in the di­as­po­ra, and in­ter­na­tion­al film­mak­ers with films from or about the Caribbean or its di­as­po­ra.

The ttff seeks to make all screen­ings at the fes­ti­val T&T pre­mieres. Oc­ca­sion­al­ly, how­ev­er, the fes­ti­val con­sid­ers films that have al­ready been shown pub­licly in T&T. Film­mak­ers can con­tact the or­gan­is­ers di­rect­ly if they have a film that falls in­to this cat­e­go­ry at hel­lo@ttfilm­fes­ti­val.com or 621-0709.

All sub­mis­sions must be made on­line, via www.with­outabox.com, trinidad+to­ba­go film fes­ti­val.

There is no sub­mis­sion fee.

The ttff re­serves the right to de­ter­mine the el­i­gi­bil­i­ty of the sub­mis­sions to be screened at the fes­ti­val, the ap­pro­pri­ate venues and time slots for the screen­ing of films, and to use ex­cerpts of the films for pub­lic­i­ty pur­pos­es, ac­cord­ing to a re­lease from fes­ti­val or­gan­is­ers.

All films sub­mit­ted must have ap­plic­a­ble clear­ances and the fes­ti­val will not be held li­able, the re­lease said.

The ttff, which is in its eighth year, is pre­sent­ed by Flow and re­ceives lead­ing spon­sor­ship from RBC Roy­al Bank, bpTT and the Trinidad and To­ba­go Film Com­pa­ny Ltd.

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