This was originally posted by Now Toronto on Sept 8th, 2026 – Direct Link to Article The post Now Toronto: ‘There’s beauty in our distinctive ancestries’: Toronto’s CaribbeanTales celebrates diaspora…
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This article was originally posted by Now Toronto on Thursday Sept 8th, 2026. Direct link to article: https://nowtoronto.com/culture/caribbeantales-film-festival-toronto-september-2026/ Post Preview: A Toronto-made short film exploring motherhood, ambition and the…
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Playing Online | September 20 – October 18
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✦ Deformed by Augusto Suárez Vincenty
✦ My Solitary Companion by Andre LaDon
✦ The Brittle Little Ones by Jade Andrivon, Laura Cuvillier, Clémentine Damico, Régis Raphaël Marton, Samuel Roussas
✦ Waiting by Gustavo Campos
✦ Women of Dominica by Farrah La Ronde-Hutchison
7:00PM-10:30PM | The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre
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Canadian premiere of Queen of Soca featuring Terri Lyons
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Queen of Soca Directed by Kevin Adams, Christopher Din Chong | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2026 | 96m
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