Toronto Beaches Film Festival (TBFF)

Short Film (Narrative) - Under 60 Minutes Your film must focus on at least one of these FILM GENRES that fit our "VIBE": Eco-Friendly Kid-Friendly Enviromentally-Friendly Bio-Friendly Green-Friendly Vegan and Vegetarian Friendly Animal-Friendly Urban Sustainability Social Justice 3rd World Issues Activism against Big Companies, Big Brother and the Government If your film has a "beach related" theme, even better! The Beach, the Boardwalk, Beach Culture, Surfing, Surf Music, Jazz, Blues, even better! And that theme can be literal or figurative.

Best Feature Film (Narrative) - Over 61 Minutes Your film must focus on at least one of these FILM GENRES that fit our "VIBE": Eco-Friendly Kid-Friendly Enviromentally-Friendly Bio-Friendly Green-Friendly Vegan and Vegetarian Friendly Animal-Friendly Urban Sustainability Social Justice 3rd World Issues Activism against Big Companies, Big Brother and the Government If your film has a "beach related" theme, even better! The Beach, the Boardwalk, Beach Culture, Surfing, Surf Music, Jazz, Blues, even better! And that theme can be literal or figurative.

Best Short Documentary - Under 60 Minutes Your film must focus on at least one of these FILM GENRES that fit our "VIBE": Eco-Friendly Kid-Friendly Enviromentally-Friendly Bio-Friendly Green-Friendly Vegan and Vegetarian Friendly Animal-Friendly Urban Sustainability Social Justice 3rd World Issues Activism against Big Companies, Big Brother and the Government If your film has a "beach related" theme, even better! The Beach, the Boardwalk, Beach Culture, Surfing, Surf Music, Jazz, Blues, even better! And that theme can be literal or figurative.

Best Feature Documentary - Over 61 Minutes Your film must focus on at least one of these FILM GENRES or Themes that fit our "VIBE": Eco-Friendly Kid-Friendly Enviromentally-Friendly Bio-Friendly Green-Friendly Vegan and Vegetarian Friendly Animal-Friendly Urban Sustainability Social Justice 3rd World Issues Activism against Big Companies, Big Brother and the Government If your film has a "beach related" theme, even better! The Beach, the Boardwalk, Beach Culture, Surfing, Surf Music, Jazz, Blues, even better! And that theme can be literal or figurative.

This category is open to any and all Activism Films and Activism Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country.

This category is open to any and all Bike Films and Bike Documentaries. Anything on TWO Wheels. Motorized or Pedal Bikes. Any length. Any year. Any Country. As long as its “Gnarly”.

This category is open to any and all Biography/Bio Pic Films and Biography/Bio Pic Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. Preferably your film highlights an amazing and historical or pioneering figure in Sports, Nature, anyone that influenced/influences Land, Sea or Air

This category is open to any and all Conservation Films and Conservation Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country.

Open to any Narrative or Documentary Film of Any Length that deals with any topic on our precious environment

This category is open to any and all Environmental Activism Films and Environmental Activism Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. As long as its “Gnarly”.

This category is open to any and all Extreme Adventure Films and Extreme Adventure Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. As long as its “Gnarly”.

This category is open to any and all First Nations Films and First Nations Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country.

This category is open to any and all Human Spirit Films and Human Spirit Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country.

Best Kid Friendly Film - Any Length The Toronto Beaches Film Festival is a festival like no other in the city of Toronto. We proved that the Beaches Community craves film culture and we deliver the Best in FILM GENRES that fit our "VIBE". Specifically for our "Kid Friendly" category we have learned that families go see our films together. We are looking for stuff that's fun, informative and highly entertaining. Nothing too scary, unless it's the good kind of scary like campfire stories and goofy goons and goblins. If your film craves that cool kid to learn something new or go on an adventure with you, then we think we've got your audience.

This category is open to any and all Nature Films and Nature Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country.

This category is open to any and all Social Issue Films and Social Issue Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country.

This category is open to any and all Sports Films and Sports Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. As long as its “Gnarly”.

This category is open to any and all Surf Films and Surf Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. As long as its “Gnarly”.

This category is open to any and all Sustainability Films and First Sustainability Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. Sustainability can be focused on Urban Centers, and any other Land, Sea or Air.

This category is open to any and all Travel or Road Trip Films and Travel or Road Trip Documentaries. Any length. Any year. Any Country. As long as its “Gnarly”.

Best Vintage Beach Film - Any Length Remaining with the themes of Beaches, Bikinis, BBQ, Surf, the Boardwalk, Beach Culture, Surfing, Surf Music, Jazz, Blues, Beach Culture, Beachcombers, Beach Bums, Surf Culture, Beach Fashion, Beach Art, etc. And vintage beach like stuff your parents took on that old Super 8mm camera on summer vacation. We're looking for cool home 8mm movies, garage films, Grinder films, Underground Films and stuff like high school training films in the "Vintage Beach" category. If your film is a contemporary but Vintage beach Film 'period piece' that's cool too. We don't care what year the film was made. The older, the better.