Florida Film Festival

Florida Film Festival

Also known as: FFF
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The Florida Film Festival is the annual festival of Enzian, the non-profit independent cinema in Maitland near Orlando founded in 1985, and runs for ten days at the Enzian Theater. First held in 1992, it pairs an American Independent Competition for narrative and documentary features, narrative, documentary and animated shorts with an International Showcase, Spotlight films that already have distribution, Midnight Movies, Music Films, Florida Films, Secret Screenings, tributes, panels and forums.

The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Grand Jury winners for best narrative, animated and documentary short qualify for the Academy Awards. Films competing for Grand Jury Awards must be at least Florida premieres. The dates of the 36th edition are 9–18 April 2027.

Country

United States (USA)

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short

Dates

9 April 2027 — 18 April 2027

Awards and prizes

Grand Jury Awards: Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animated Short. The Grand Jury winners for best narrative, animated and documentary short qualify for the following year's Academy Awards in the live action, animated and documentary short categories. Special Jury Awards in narrative feature, documentary feature and short film. Audience Awards: Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Short Film, Best Midnight Short, Best International Feature, Best International Short, Best Florida Film, Best Florida Short.

Festival rules

American Independent Competition: features need at least 51% U.S. funding and must not be financed, produced or initiated by a major studio; films bought by a studio after completion remain eligible. Films competing for Grand Jury Awards must be at least Florida premieres. For the 2027 edition, films may not have been completed or publicly screened in the United States before January 1, 2026, and features may not be streaming or commercially released before April 2027. Short films are exhibited only from ProRes 422, ProRes 4444 or DNxHD files; features can be screened from DCP. The festival pays one-way regular shipping within the U.S. for accepted films and does not accept C.O.D. shipments.

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