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
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
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
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
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
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
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
3:00PM-5:30PM | Dundas West Studio
Ancestral wisdom, alive — guiding the present and inspiring the future.
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✦ Black Cake by Megan Channell | USA | 2025 | 12min36s
✦ Kankantri by Gabri Christa | Suriname | 2024 | 25min
✦ At All Kosts by Joseph Hillel | Canada/ Haiti | 2024 | 1h24min
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Filmmaker Talkback
Footsteps | 6:00PM-8:30PM | Dundas West Studio
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✦ Tangled Webs by George Malcolm | Jamaica | 2025 | 14min
✦ If Only You Knew You Knew by Safiyah Chiniere | USA | 2025 | 20min
✦ Loneliness Doesn't Come Alone by Amanda Valle | Dominican Republic | 2025 |12min
✦ My Father, Winston by Ingrid Hart | Canada | 2025 | 10min
✦ Father's Day by Ayana O'Shun | Canada | 2025 | 01h14min
✦ Little Dreams by Hannah Yohannes | Canada | 2026 | 9m 3s
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Filmmaker Talkback
9:00PM-11:30PM | Dundas West Studio
The rhythm lives on — musical legacies carried forward, generation to generation.
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✦ Bomber's Dream by Jesse Ryan | Canada | 2026 | 28min
✦ Iconography: Jit Samaroo by Mikhail Gibbings | Trinidad and Tobago | 2025 | 01h32min
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Filmmaker Talkback