Submit Your Film

The Tallahassee Film Festival is accepting submissions for our 2021 film festival! Feature films, short films, documentary films, or television work – it’s all eligible as long as it is completed before January 1, 2019! Selected filmmakers will be notified on or before August 16, 2021. Read the Terms and Rules.

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TFF Virtual Cinema Series

2020 was a rough for year for everyone, including us, but we’re working to make 2021 a little more palatable with the launch of the Tallahassee Film Festival Virtual Cinema Series. Over at our new TFF Virtual Cinema you can register and watch specially curated film titles, many of which will be available before wide on-demand viewing. From repertory screenings to films fresh off the circuit, we’re excited to offer our Tallahassee audience this unique film-watching opportunity.

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TFF 2020 Cancelled; Looking Ahead to 2021

After much deliberation, our team has decided to no longer postpone, and instead cancel the Festival for the 2020 season. As much as we’re disappointed by this, we feel there’s too much at stake in our community to create a risk of exposure through having a Festival this year. We had a pretty great lineup planned for you this year, if we do say so ourselves. Check out the full roster of films that were scheduled to screen, including Official Selections, from the 2020 Tallahassee Film Festival.

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2020 Films

From Oscar winners Bong Joon-Ho and Barry Jenkins to indie mavericks Kat Candler and Zoe Lister-Jones to cinematic auteurs Jem Cohen and Josephine Decker, the Tallahassee Film Festival has been selecting and curating the best independent cinema flying under the radar since 2008. Here’s the lineup for the 2020 Tallahassee Film Festival.

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TFF 2020 – Second Wave of Films Announced!

The 12th annual Tallahassee Film Festival happens April 15-19 at multiple venues around Tallahassee, including CMX Cinemas Fallschase 14, All Saints Cinema, Cap City Video Lounge, 621 Gallery and FSU’s Fine Arts Building. With over 80 films to choose from during the 5-day festival, there’s something for every movie lover! We’re excited to announce our second wave of films, including our Opening Night film presentation!

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TFF-Alum Bong Joon-Ho Wins Big at the Oscars; Marnie Hertzler Makes Her TFF Debut in April

In 2009 we were still a fledgling film festival, but we knew how to find good cinema and bring it to the Tallahassee region, a region which otherwise may not have seen many of the films we’ve curated and presented over the years. Take for example, TOKYO!, an anthology film featuring three filmmakers’ views centered around the titular city. The segment “Shaking Tokyo” was directed by Bong Joon-Ho. If you didn’t know him before, you probably know Bong now thanks to his latest film, Parasite, which swept and shocked this weekend’s Academy Awards ceremony. We at the TFF saw that spark in Bong many years ago and we’re excited to see his work honored on such an international stage.

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TFF 2020 – Our First Film Selections Announced!

The 2020 edition of the Tallahassee Film Festival happens April 15-19!

The festival returns with a head-spinning array of bold new American independent cinema and international work, including documentary and fictional features and short films of every style and description. We’ll have parties and panels and Q&As, and special events that expand the festival beyond the screen, with live music and literary interludes. And, as always, dozens of filmmakers and their teams, as well as special guests, on hand to socialize and engage audiences about their work.

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2019 TFF Award Winners Announced!

The Tallahassee Film Festival is just coming off another incredibly strong weekend packed with 80 films and more than 30 filmmakers and industry talent in attendance at the festival. We want to take a moment to thank and congratulate all the filmmakers who contributed selections this year, and share with you the winners at the 2019 Tallahassee Film Festival.

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How To Festival – Sept 18-19, 2021

The 2021 Tallahassee Film Festival takes place September 18-19, 2021 at various locations around Tallahassee and with select screenings online. Each year the Festival brings the latest remarkable films in independent cinema along with many attending filmmakers, actors, and other industry professionals. Past years have included Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Zoe Lister-Jones (The Craft Legacy), and Kat Candler (Queen Sugar).

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Hotels

Whether you’re traveling into Tallahassee from abroad or visiting from within our own backyard, be sure to take advantage of our special guest rate at one of our 2021  host hotels of the Tallahassee Film Festival, the Hyatt House Tallahassee Capitol-University and the Residence Inn by Marriott Tallahassee Universities at the Captiol!

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TFF Virtual Cinema Series

2020 was a rough for year for everyone, including us, but we’re working to make 2021 a little more palatable with the launch of the Tallahassee Film Festival Virtual Cinema Series. Over at our new TFF Virtual Cinema you can register and watch specially curated film titles, many of which will be available before wide on-demand viewing. From repertory screenings to films fresh off the circuit, we’re excited to offer our Tallahassee audience this unique film-watching opportunity.

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Testimonials

This festival benefits from a great and knowledgeable team. Despite it being fairly new, their programming was really good and we enjoyed all of the Q&As with some top documentary filmmakers. Definitely worth the submission fee!

Malia Bruker, Festival-goer

Unfortunately I didn't get to attend TFF 2019 but the line-up looked amazing! They kept us in the loop about our screening and RT our posts to promote the fest. Seems like a great group of movie lovers who appreciate edgy content that promotes new voices. Would definitely submit again.

Patrick Green, Filmmaker

Simply a great festival! Communication was timely and personal and we received a kind welcome.

Diego Barraza, Filmmaker

Although I couldn’t make it to the festival because of crazy work schedule, I enjoyed the way this festival supports independent films and encourages Cinema as art rather than nonsense agenda which is very common among festivals these days.

Mehdi Omidvari, Filmmaker

We absolutely LOVED having our clients selected here, their social media is superb meaning that each film gets a great spotlight. We were so pleased to have our clients screen there, and will continue to spread the good word. Got a film? Definitely consider submitting here!

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