UPDATE: TRFF 2021 will be returning as Trí Rivers At Home due to the ongoing pandemic.
The 2021 Trí Rivers Film Festival will take place from Saturday 20th to Sunday 21st November online.
Trí Rivers are looking for filmmakers who champion innovative and inspirational work, whether you're an established or an emerging filmmaker - we want to hear from you. We aim to showcase work across all genres, produced and directed by filmmakers from Ireland alongside those from around the globe.
After the success of our launch in 2020, albeit digital due to COVID-19, we are thrilled to be returning for the second edition of our festival. We hope to celebrate the fantastic talent we have locally and further afield, with film screenings, networking events, Q&A’s with selected filmmakers, and an Award Ceremony to wrap up an amazing weekend.
Our previous judging panel has included BAFTA-winning and nominated filmmakers, academics, up-and-coming stars, and leaders in education. These include Ben Mallaby, Cheri Darbon, Eavan King, and Mustapha Kseibati.
At the core, TRFF encourages collaboration and diversity across the border and the wider filmmaker community. We hope to see submissions from a diverse range of filmmakers on a vast array of topics. We are keen to receive submissions from LGBTQ+ and black filmmakers and their stories for 2021.
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Trí Rivers Film Festival is a not-for-profit organisation based in Strabane in Northern Ireland and was founded in January 2020. We created Trí Rivers with the initial key aim to bring the arts to the local community of Strabane, an area that is somewhat lacking in opportunities for those who want a career in film and TV. We are so passionate about this as Ethan, the Festival Director, grew up in Strabane and saw first hand how little opportunities there were, and has taken it upon himself to fill that space for others moving forward.
The name of our festival, Trí Rivers, was chosen as a link to the local community describing the three rivers which bring the town of Strabane together, with the ‘three’ written in Gaelic, to symbolise us linking the local community, and embracing Irish culture.
Our main aim when starting Trí Rivers was, and still is, that we could encourage the film industry in an area that was somewhat deprived of it and to show the local community that becoming a filmmaker is, in fact, an achievable goal. We are also insistent on being non-for-profit because we want to put our all into supporting uprising talent and the bigger our festival becomes, the more we will be able to put back into the industry and its rising new talent.
-Best Animation
-Best Comedy
-Best Documentary
-Best Drama
-Best Experimental
-Best Family Friendly
-Best Horror
-Best Thriller
-Trí Minute Quickie Award
-Trí Rivers Award (Local Filmmaker) + £500*
-People’s Choice Award
-Rogha na Féile (Best of the Festival)
