Fri, Sept 11 – We Ting Nice!

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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Thurs, Sept 10 – Is He Story

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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Sun, Sept 13 – Sunday Breezes

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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Tues, Sept 8 – Opening Night: Roots of Resilience

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 – Screening Date Changed to Sunday, September 13
✦ 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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Sat, Sept 12 – Living Legacies

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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