Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF)

What Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) does

Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2006 that operates an annual film festival serving the Caribbean region, the Caribbean Diaspora, and international filmmakers with Caribbean-relevant content. The festival screens films across multiple physical venues in Trinidad and Tobago — including MovieTowne (Port of Spain and Tobago's City Gulf Mall), StudioFilmClub, the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus, and Naparima Girls High School in San Fernando — and runs an ancillary program of filmmaker workshops, panel discussions, and Q&A sessions. Submissions are accepted in 35mm, NTSC DigiBeta, or NTSC MiniDV format, are free to submit, and are reviewed manually by Programme Director Annabelle Alcazar under Festival Director Bruce Paddington.

The festival is supported by a tiered pricing model for attendees — Screening Pass at $425, Festival Pass at $1,575, and VIP Pass at $2,000, each covering 20 screenings with varying levels of workshop, gala, and VIP access — alongside individual screening tickets priced at $25 general admission and $5 for children in school uniform. Corporate sponsorship is a separate revenue stream, anchored by the National Gas Company (sponsor of the $10,000US Best Film jury prize), the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company ($30,000TT Best Locally Made Film), and three additional People's Choice award sponsors contributing $5,000TT each. The organization is headquartered at 199 Belmont Circular Road, Belmont, Port of Spain, operates with a team of seven, and has been positioned by its leadership as the premier film festival of the Caribbean, celebrating expression and empowerment through film.

Name

Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF)

Legal name

Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

Website

https://trinidadandtobagofilmfestival.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nonprofit annual film festival founded in 2006 in Trinidad and Tobago, screening Caribbean, Caribbean Diaspora, and Caribbean-relevant international films across multiple island venues, with educational workshops and awards programs funded by ticket sales and corporate sponsorships.

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Product category

Film Festival Services

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPADAKAD

Film Festivals & Festival Organizers

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Film & Video Production/Distribution/Exhibition (Cinemas, Film Festivals, Screenings)

SECONDARYMPADAKAI

Campus & Educational Screenings (Universities, Schools)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Film & Video Production/Distribution/Exhibition (Cinemas, Film Festivals, Screenings)

SECONDARYMPAGAEAI

Community Theatre & Storytelling Festivals

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Cultural Festivals & Community Events

Keywords

• Caribbean film festival
• Film exhibition events
• Filmmaker workshops
• Film industry awards
• Cultural film screenings

Headquarters

HQ city

Port of Spain

HQ country

Trinidad & Tobago

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Festival Passes and Tickets: Revenue generated from sale of screening passes, festival passes, and VIP passes to attendees. Individual screening tickets also available at various price points.
2. Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors provide prize money for awards (Best Film $10,000US, Best Locally Made Film $30,000TT, People's Choice Awards $5,000TT each) and venue support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) curates and exhibits an annual program of films made by Caribbean people, persons of the Caribbean Diaspora, and international filmmakers with Caribbean-relevant content. Alongside film screenings held across cinemas, independent venues, schools, and university campuses in Trinidad and Tobago, TTFF runs educational workshops, filmmaker panels, Q&A sessions, networking receptions, and a jury and People's Choice awards program with cash prizes.

Product overview

The Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) is a single, unified annual film festival event that serves as the premier film festival of the Caribbean. The festival offers a portfolio of interconnected services: film screenings across multiple venues in Trinidad and Tobago, educational workshops on filmmaking techniques, filmmaker Q&A panels, and an awards program recognizing excellence in Caribbean cinema. The festival was founded in 2006 and expanded in 2007 to include Tobago screenings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Film Festival Screening Program
• Filmmaker Workshops
• Filmmaker Panels and Q&A Sessions
• Film Festival Awards Program
• Film Submission Program

Quantifiable outcome

• First Trinidad and Tobago film festival took place in 2006, expanded in 2007 with Tobago screenings

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MovieTownecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary venue partner for TTFF screenings in Port of Spain. Hosts opening reception, closing ceremony, and special screenings. Ticket sales conducted at this venue.
• StudioFilmClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partner for curated film screenings including special programming curated by guest critics such as Hilton Als. Provides free admission screenings on select evenings.
• University of the West Indies (UWI) Film ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner hosting filmmaker workshops, panel discussions, and student film screenings. Students from the Film Programme participate in festival events and submit films.
• Mexican Embassy in Trinidad and TobagominorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides Corona beer vouchers for Focus on Mexico special screening night, promoting cultural event and generating goodwill.
• Caribbean Tales Film FestivalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrances Anne Solomon, founder of Caribbean Tales Film Festival, participates as presenter in Alternative Marketing in Digital Era workshop.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Pan African Film Festival: Diaspora-focused film festival in Los Angeles with comparable mission of showcasing filmmakers of African and Caribbean descent; operates in a different geography but competes for diaspora filmmakers and audiences.
• Miami Film Festival (Miami Dade College): Major U.S.-based film festival with strong Caribbean diaspora audience focus, comparable in reaching Caribbean-content filmmakers and diaspora viewers though operating in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Toronto International Film Festival: Large established film festival where TTFF's opening film 'Rain' was an Official Selection in 2008; comparable as a film exhibition platform though vastly broader in scope and scale.
• Sundance Film Festival: Premier independent film festival in the U.S., comparable in function as an independent film exhibition and discovery platform for emerging filmmakers, though at vastly greater scale and broader geographic scope.
• SXSW Film Festival: Major multi-track festival featuring film alongside music and tech; comparable as a film exhibition and industry platform, though TTFF operates in a more focused Caribbean niche.

Direct peers

• Bahamas International Film Festival: Caribbean regional film festival with overlapping audience and content pool; TTFF's 2009 opening film 'Rain' had previously won the BIFS Audience Award, indicating direct content and audience overlap.
• Caribbean Tales Film Festival: Toronto-based Caribbean-focused film festival whose founder Frances Anne Solomon already participates in TTFF workshops. Directly comparable as a Caribbean-content film festival targeting Caribbean filmmakers and diaspora audiences.
• Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Havana Film Festival): Long-running Latin American and Caribbean film festival in Cuba with overlapping content focus on Caribbean Basin filmmakers and Latin American cinema, comparable in mission to TTFF's regional cinema showcase.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trinidad-tobago-film-festival

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