Competitions

Submissions for the 2026 Tampere Film Festival Competitions Will Open on 1 May!

The rules and instructions will be updated on this page soon. The 56th Tampere Film Festival will take place 4–8 March 2026.

This year Tampere Film Festival’s competitions received a total of 7 678 submissions, of which 123, representing 60 different countries, were chosen to participate. Thank you to all who submitted their work and congratulations to competition winners!

 

Suudelma-patsaita.

Rules and Regulations 2026

International Competition:

Available on 1 May

National Competition:

Available on 1 May

Generation XYZ Competition:

Available on 1 May

Palkintoseremonia. Lavalla esitellään vuoden 2025 Grand Prix -palkinnon voittajaa.

Awarded Films 2025

Tampere Film Festival’s competition winners were awarded at the Award Ceremony on Saturday, 8 March.

The Grand Prix in the International Competition went to Martín Seeger’s El canon (The Canon, 2024). Veera Lamminpää’s Mereneläviä (Fish River Anthology, 2024) took home a total of five prizes, including the Sustainability Award Verso as well as the Risto Jarva Prize.

See all awarded films through the link below. Congratulations to all TFF25 winners!

Awarded Films 2025
Yleisöä elokuvateatterisalissa. Valkokankaalla elokuvajuhlien vuoden 2025 visuaalinen ilme.

Competition Selections 2025

International Competition:
Selections: International Competition 2025

National Competition:
Selections: National Competition 2025

Generation XYZ Competition:
Selections: Generation XYZ 2025

 

 

Awards 2025