Submitting a Film
Yes, if you provide the password when submitting the film. If you change your submission’s screening password or link after submitting, you must email the Festival immediately at programming@tallahasseefilmfestival.com so your record can be updated. If the Festival is not notified of the change, and the link is inactive or the password incorrect, the submission may be deemed ineligible.
Films submitted to TFF in previous years are eligible to be resubmitted, provided they are eligible according to all of TFF’s current rules.
TFF prefers that selected films be Tallahassee premieres. Submitted films must not have been shown in Tallahassee in a theatrical setting to a public audience prior to September 1, 2023. This includes locally held special screenings or other festivals. TFF reserves the right to select films previously screened publicly in Tallahassee, but those films will not be eligible to compete for an award. The only exception: a film that has been shown in a classroom screening for an accredited university’s film program.
As a filmmaker-centric festival, TFF will accept a film submission that is a work-in-progress if it is expressly noted when submitted. Please also include general notes on what is yet to be completed in your cover letter. If the film is selected to exhibit during the Festival, the filmmaker must inform TFF of the availability of the final cut and supply the Festival with their most recent version.
Yes. We have three main award types. The Florida Filmmaker award, the Directors’ Choice Award, and the Audience Favorite awards, of which there are numerous subcategories. Award types and Audience Favorite subcategories are subject to change.
The Audience Favorite awards have no cash value. The TFF Directors’ Choice Award comes with a $500 cash prize. The Florida Filmmaker Award, presented by Flamingo Magazine (aka “The Flamingo Prize”), comes with a $1,000 cash prize. Films eligible for the Florida Filmmaker Award are directed by a current Florida resident and/or consist of a majority above-the-line crew who are current Florida residents and were shot in Florida. Please provide this information in your cover letter. Actual awards and/or cash prizes may be distributed within 60 days after the last day of the Festival. Read the Rules & Terms for complete details and information about eligibility. Award recipients will be announced on September 3, 2023, at the Festival, and filmmakers not present in person will be notified thereafter via email. The judges’ decisions are final.
Films must have been completed after January 1, 2022. TFF reserves the right to select submitted films completed outside the above-mentioned time frame, but those films will not be eligible to compete for an award. Selected films must be available for screening at the Tallahassee Film Festival dates, September 2-3, 2023.
Read our Rules & Terms (which you can also find on our FilmFreeway page).
Films must have been completed after January 1, 2022. TFF reserves the right to select submitted films completed outside the above-mentioned time frame, but those films will not be eligible to compete for an award. Selected films must be available for screening at the Tallahassee Film Festival dates, September 2-3, 2023.
Awards - Eligibility, Selection, & Notification
Yes. We have three main award types. The Florida Filmmaker award, the Directors’ Choice Award, and the Audience Favorite awards, of which there are numerous subcategories. Award types and Audience Favorite subcategories are subject to change.
The Audience Favorite awards have no cash value. The TFF Directors’ Choice Award comes with a $500 cash prize. The Florida Filmmaker Award, presented by Flamingo Magazine (aka “The Flamingo Prize”), comes with a $1,000 cash prize. Films eligible for the Florida Filmmaker Award are directed by a current Florida resident and/or consist of a majority above-the-line crew who are current Florida residents and were shot in Florida. Please provide this information in your cover letter. Actual awards and/or cash prizes may be distributed within 60 days after the last day of the Festival. Read the Rules & Terms for complete details and information about eligibility. Award recipients will be announced on September 3, 2023, at the Festival, and filmmakers not present in person will be notified thereafter via email. The judges’ decisions are final.