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  • Tues, Sept 8 – Opening Night: Roots of Resilience

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    6:00PM-8:30PM | Dundas West Studio
    From intimate encounters to collective struggles, these films explore the courage and care that emerge when individuals and communities face uncertainty.
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    ✦ Little Dreams by Hannah Yohannes | Canada | 2026 | 9m 3s
    ✦ Beach Inna Bondage: The Fight for Jamaica’s Coastline by Emiel Martens, Elsie Vermeer | Jamaica, Netherlands | 2026 | 29m 57s
    ✦ Wealth Untold by Eladio Arvelo | USA/Belize | 2025 | 1hr 25m
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    Filmmaker Talkback

  • Wed, Sept 9 – The Power of Knowledge

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    6:00PM-8:30PM | Dundas West Studio

    Knowledge as resistance — culture, memory, and learning passed on as forces for justice and change.

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    ✦ Girls of Steel by Margaret McEvoy | Trinidad and Tobago | 2025 | 38m
    ✦ Lapo Chapé by Mélissandre Monatus | France | 2024 | 31min
    ✦ The Forbidden University by Nauzanin Knight | Canada/Iran | 2025 | 1h 22m
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    Filmmaker Talkback

  • Wed, Sept 9 – We Reach!

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    9:00PM-11:30PM | Dundas West Studio

    Becoming ourselves, together, self-discovery rooted in community.

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    ✦ Uma Memòria Emplumada by Ida Does | Brazil/Netherlands | 2025 | 56min
    ✦ Paid In Blue by Jared Seemungal | Trinidad and Tobago | 2026 | 6min 30s
    ✦ Swim Sistas by Catherine Joy White | UK | 2025 | 11min
    ✦ Church Hat by Miceal O’Donnell | USA/Canada | 2026 | 7min
    ✦ Purgatory  by Nikki Shaffeeullah | Canada | 2025 | 19min 30s
    ✦ Unalive by Kwanza Nicole Gooden | United States | 2025 | 24min
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    Filmmaker Talkback

  • Thurs, Sept 10 – Is He Story

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    6:00PM-8:30PM | Dundas West Studio

    Men, retold — strength found in vulnerability, memory, and the courage to be seen.
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    ✦  Beg Yuh A Call by Mikey T Campbell | Jamaica / USA | 2025 | 8min
    ✦  Call of the Jab by Fletch Power | Grenada/USA | 2026 | 16min
    ✦  Play the Devil by Keegan Taylor | Trinidad and Tobago | 2026 | 7min 30s
    ✦  I'm Leaving by Vance McLean | Puerto Rico | 2025 | 29min
    ✦  Dream Call by Nhlakanipho Mashinini | South Africa | 2025 | 23min
    ✦  Benchless by Galiam Bruno Henry | France | 2025 | 23min
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    Filmmaker Talkback

  • Thurs, Sept 10 – Is She Story

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    9:00PM-11:30PM | Dundas West Studio

    Women, in their own words — lives of love, resilience, and the courage to live authentically.
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    ✦  ARRANCA by Liliana M Molina | United States | 2024 | 15min
    ✦  On Air by Shinade Misha Martin, Shea Best Trinidad and Tobago | 2026 | 15min
    ✦  Someone Loves You by Victoria Perry, Amanda Mandii | USA | 2025
    ✦  I'm Karen by Célia Dejoux | Guadeloupe | 2025 | 13min
    ✦  Moonlighting by Jay Shetty | USA | 2026 | 1h 17min
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    Filmmaker Talkback

  • Fri, Sept 11 – We Ting Nice!

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    6:00PM-8:30PM | Dundas West Studio
    A showcase of outstanding Caribbean and diaspora short films.
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    ✦  Horsepower by Tittel Del Mar | Curaçao / Netherlands | 2025 | 21min 26s
    ✦  Nani's Kitchen by Stephanie Sonny Hooker | Canada | 2025 | 11min
    ✦  The Cold Ride by Cherene Francis | Canada | 2025 | 15min
    ✦   Bumpa by Kayla Naomi Watkins | United States | 2026 | 31min
    ✦   Crossroads by Horane Henry | USA | 2025 | 19min
    ✦   The Sight Unseen by Shawn Antoine II USA | 2026 | 40min
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    Filmmaker Talkback

  • Fri, Sept 11 – Fi Wi Story: Jamaican Stories

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    9:00PM-11:30PM | Dundas West Studio
    Our collective voice. Our culture. Our imagination. Our future.
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    ✦  Trouble by Jaime Grandison, Malik White | Jamaica | 2025| 17min
    ✦   Smile by Jordan Wayne Morris | Jamaica | 2025 | 13min
    ✦   Bright Sparks by Lesley-Ann Wanliss | Jamaica | 2025 | 23min 21s
    ✦   Who Cyah Hear by Isis N Semaj-Hall | Jamaica | 2026 | 17min
    ✦   The Rhythm Of Jamaican Art Feature by John Campbell | Jamaica/ USA | 2025 | 01h22min
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    Talkbacks

  • Sat, Sept 12 – Living Legacies

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    1:00PM-3:30PM | Dundas West Studio

    Through dance, poetry, personal journeys, and documentary, they uncover the enduring presence of colonialism, migration, ancestral knowledge, and cultural memory in contemporary life.
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    ✦  DOUGLA by Sádé Budhlall, Jerel Ramsey | Trinidad and Tobago | 2026 | 04min30s
    ✦  Here and There, In the Wind by Alejandro D. Oregano Colón | USA/ Puerto Rico | 2025 | 14min
    ✦  Indigenous Origins by Alexis Garcia | Puerto Rico/United States | 2025 | 08min
    ✦  Tambu by Laurie Lambert | Jamaica / Canada | 2026 | 23min
    ✦  Suppose the law a loss by Naomi Sineva Toth | Canada /France | 2025 | 23min
    ✦  INDIVISUM: Legacies Adrift by Katia Café-Fébrissy | Canada | 2026 | 1h15min
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    Filmmaker Talkbacks

  • Sun, Sept 13 – Sunday Breezes

    Dundas West Studios: The Hub 837 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    12:00PM-2:30PM | Dundas West Studio
    Warm, uplifting films that celebrate everyday Caribbean moments.
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    ✦  Manatees Strike Back by Alec Castillo | USA | 2025 | 01min 37s
    ✦  Nun 'Ting to Worry 'Bout!  by Toni Lee Aping, Alder Bennett, Daisy Johnson | UK | 2025 | 4min
    ✦  Two Come Calling by Alyssa Charles | Barbados/Canada| 2026 | 10min
    ✦  Pan Gyul by Juliette Jeffers | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2025 | 15min
    ✦  Recao by Dayra Ferrera | Puerto Rico | 2025 | 15min
    ✦  Home is a Feeling by Ryah SM King | Canada | 2025 | 7min
    ✦  Not Now, Never Now Now by Oliver Milne | Trinidad and Tobago | 2024 | 14min
    ✦  Spectral by Jason-Marc Mohamed | Trinidad and Tobago / France | 2025 | 19min
    ✦  On The Eve by Elizabeth Francisco | Curaçao | 2025 | 12min20s
    ✦  Fort Buku by Loelle Monsanto | Netherlands/ Suriname | 2025 | 35min
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    Filmmaker Talkback