art • i • vism
Social Justice + Art = Social Change
ART. FILM. CULTURE. IMPACT
A global platform for storytelling that challenges systems, elevates voices, and inspires change.
More Than a Festival. A Cultural Movement.
The Pembroke Taparelli Arts & Film Festival (PTAFF) is an international platform at the intersection of storytelling, culture, and social impact.
Through film, live experiences, and year-round programming, PTAFF brings together artists, audiences, and thought leaders to explore the most urgent issues of our time from mental health and identity to labor, justice, and liberation.
We don’t just showcase stories. We create space for them to be felt, discussed, and transformed into action.
OUR IMPACT
500+
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FILM SCREENED
20 +
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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
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500 +
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ATTENDEES ENGAGED​
50+
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PANELS AND EXPERIENCES
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A Festival designed to Move, challenge and inspire
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Call For Entry Now Open
The Pembroke Taparelli Arts & Film Festival is now accepting submissions for PTAFF 2026, a milestone year celebrating ten years of bold, justice-driven storytelling. PTAFF champions filmmakers who use cinema to challenge systems, heal communities, and illuminate the human experience. Our 2026 program invites work that is fearless, emotionally resonant, and socially urgent. 2026 Theme Mental Health • Labor • Liberation We are seeking films that explore emotional resilience, caregiving and burnout, wage equity, worker justice, identity, freedom, and collective liberation—stories that speak to the realities shaping our world today. NEW FOR 2026: DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITY PTAFF is proud to partner with IndieMe, launching a Phase I Distribution Pilot that creates pathways beyond the festival circuit. Select films may receive: Consideration for curated distribution opportunities Extended audience reach beyond exhibition A filmmaker-centered, equity-focused distribution model This partnership reflects PTAFF’s commitment to artist sustainability—not just exposure. ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES Narrative & Documentary Features • Narrative & Documentary Shorts • Experimental & New Media • Student Films • Youth & Emerging Filmmakers International submissions encouraged. SUBMIT YOUR FILM If your work speaks truth, challenges injustice, or centers humanity—we want to see it ​ Ten Years. One Mission. Stories That Matter. ​ ​
Why This Work Matters
Not all stories are given space.​PTAFF is committed to changing that creating a platform for voices that challenge norms, expand perspectives, move culture forward and inspire change.​Because the stories we tell shape the world we live in.
