FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 28, 2025 Toronto, ON — The CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF), North America’s premier event showcasing Caribbean and diaspora cinema, proudly announces its 20th anniversary edition, taking place Wednesday September 3rd to Saturday September 13th, 2025 in Toronto and online worldwide from September 3rd to October 3rd, 2025. Under the theme “Resilience…
DetailsTwenty years and still going strong! CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) is celebrating two decades of captivating stories from the Caribbean and African diaspora this September. Ancestral wisdom to futuristic storytelling, and everything in between – come experience 49 incredible films, premieres, special events, talkbacks and more! Whether you’’’re a long-time supporter or a newcomer…
DetailsTwenty years and still going strong! CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) is celebrating two decades of captivating stories from the Caribbean and African diaspora this September. Ancestral wisdom to futuristic storytelling, and everything in between – come experience 49 incredible films, premieres, special events, talkbacks and more! Whether you’’’re a long-time supporter or a newcomer…
DetailsThe Cross Continental Forum Was Only the Beginning The Cross Continental Forum 2025 was more than a gathering—it was a blueprint in motion. At the core of the forum was one undeniable truth: the future of global storytelling is being rewritten by the Global South. “There’s a depth and richness in our storytelling that often…
DetailsCaribbean and Global South Leaders Demand Immediate Investment in Regional Film Ecosystems Bridgetown, Barbados – June 18, 2025 — Two filmmakers, Ife Alaba (Canada), and Kerel Pinder (Bahamas), walked away from the Cross Continental Forum (CCF) 2025 with grant funding to kickstart co-productions, thanks to support from the Inter-American Development Bank—marking a tangible outcome of…
DetailsCaribbean and Global South Leaders Demand Immediate Investment in Regional Film Ecosystems Bridgetown, Barbados – June 18, 2025 — Two filmmakers, Ife Alaba (Canada), and Kerel Pinder (Bahamas), walked away from the Cross Continental Forum (CCF) 2025 with grant funding to kickstart co-productions, thanks to support from the Inter-American Development Bank—marking a tangible outcome of…
DetailsMonday, May 19th, 2025 For Immediate Release Decolonising Co-Production: CaribbeanTales Brings the Diaspora Home Thirty-one producers representing four continents will meet in Barbados for this transformative event. The Caribbean is calling her children home. In just 3 weeks, the Cross Continental Forum (CCF) 2025, hosted by CaribbeanTales Media Group (CTMG), in partnership with the Department…
DetailsMonday, May 19th, 2025 For Immediate Release Decolonising Co-Production: CaribbeanTales Brings the Diaspora Home Thirty-one producers representing four continents will meet in Barbados for this transformative event. The Caribbean is calling her children home. In just 3 weeks, the Cross Continental Forum (CCF) 2025, hosted by CaribbeanTales Media Group (CTMG), in partnership with the Department…
DetailsBeginnings “What My Mother Told Me” started as a short story I wrote at 16, about the breakup of my parents’ marriage. I shared it with my father, and he cried. The story’s roots are tangled and personal. They began when I first met my mother, and she told me a story I’d never heard…
DetailsBeginnings “What My Mother Told Me” started as a short story I wrote at 16, about the breakup of my parents’ marriage. I shared it with my father, and he cried. The story’s roots are tangled and personal. They began when I first met my mother, and she told me a story I’d never heard…
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