The Alternative Film Festival (AltFF) is an IMDb-qualifying quarterly online event designed to provide filmmakers of all experience levels an opportunity to win festival awards. This competition accepts films across various genres, screening the ten Best Film Finalists for each edition while other category award nominees are privately screened by judges and are eligible for IMDb-approved awards. A separate entity, the Alternativa Film Festival, is a nomadic global non-profit initiative dedicated to supporting and promoting filmmakers from the Global South whose work aims to bring positive societal change.