The 16th edition of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival started on Wednesday 22nd september 2021 and organises the ttff/21 virtual awards. It is a streaming Live, from 6.00pm EST, Monday 27 September 2021, on the Facebook page of the TTFF. You can find out which films will win at ttff/21.

Here are the films in competition for:

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM

Akilla’s Escape, directed by Charles Officer

Bantú mama, directed by Ivan Herrera

Candela, directed by Andrés Farías

Liborio, directed by Nino Martínez Sosa

Perfume de gardenias (Perfume of Gardenias), directed by Macha Colón

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

Atardi: The life of Curaçao’s musical genius Rudy Plaate, directed by Selwyn de Wind

Dentro da minha pele (In My Skin), directed by Toni Venturi + Val Gomes

El último out (The Last Out), directed by Sami Khan + Michael Gassert

Entre perro y lobo (Between Dog and Wolf), directed by Irene Gutiérrez

Negra, directed by Medhin Tewolde Serrano

Option Zero, directed by Marcel Beltran

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

Dorlis, directed by Enricka Moutou

Lovena, directed by Olivier Sagne

Mano Santa, directed by Stephanie Camacho Casillas

Projet H (Project H), directed by Maharaki

Rafameia (Riff-Raff), directed by Mariah Teixeira + Nanda Félix

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

407 Jou (407 days), directed by Éléonore Coyette

Becky, directed by Nicola Cross

Écoutez le battement de nos images (Listen To the Beat of Our Images), directed by Audrey Jean-Baptiste + Maxime Jean-Baptiste

The Forgotten Boys, directed by Alexandra Warner

IntranQu’îllités, directed by Edward Owles

Madame Pipi, directed by Rachelle Salnave

BEST TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FILM

Becky, directed by Nicola Cross

The Forgotten Boys, directed by Alexandra Warner

The Interview, directed by Ayana Harper

BEST NEW MEDIA WORK

Back in the Island, by Amanda Valle

Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be

Moved, by Alicia DiazErrantry, by Simon Benjamin

Fouyé Zétwal (Plowing the Stars), by Wally Fall

Rhythms of Trinidad, by Andreas Antonopoulos

BEST STUDENT FILM

The Interview, directed by Ayana Harper

Juana, directed by José Antonio Martínez

Musgo (Moss), directed by Alexandra Guimarães + Gonçalo L. Almeida

BEST FILM AS DECIDED BY A YOUTH JURY

Beguiling Visions, directed by Emile A. Mena

Dorlis, directed by Enricka Moutou

The Forgotten Boys, directed by Alexandra Warner

Lovena, directed by Olivier Sagne

Mano Santa, directed by Stephanie Camacho Casillas

Recoger el Viento (Pick Up The Wind), directed by Amir Aether Valen

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