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The 8th Toronto Black Film Festival takes place next month (February 12 to 17) and we’re thrilled to be co-presenting the short film selection.

The festival is Canada’s largest celebration of Black History Month through films and more, and a showcase of over 75 films from 20 countries, including Jamaica, Germany, Brazil, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Canada, USA, Kenya, UK, Trinidad & Tobago, France, Namibia, Italy and more.

The films below all screen at Carlton Cinema (20 Carlton Street).

Get more information and reserve your seats in advance.

Feb 15, 2020 – 1 p.m.

• A Rodeo Film – Darius Dawson
• Burden – Nathan Hale Williams
• The Burglar – Xander Copp
• The Last Domino – John M. Lyden
• The Second – Mpumelelo Kheswa
• Unstuck – Anthony Jefferson
• Weeping Willow – Monica Mustelier

Feb 15, 2020 – 3 p.m.

• Long Ride Home – Dame Pierre
• Days Gone Bye – Brian Quintero
• First Day Back – Deshawn Plair
• The Kall – Barbara Mamabolo
• Yellow Girl and Me – Isabella Issa
• Yousef – Mohamed Hossameldin

Feb 16, 2020 – 1 p.m.

• A Rock and a Hard Place – Tricia McLeod
• Bewildered – Gregor Wilson
• For Keeps – Vicky Wright
• Hats – Sade Clacken Joseph
• Sankofa – Princess Garrett

Feb 16, 2020 – 3 p.m.

• Black and Blue – Justin Kueber
• Bloom – Christopher B. Derrick, William A. Derrick III
• Dara – The First Time I Went to Sky – Renato Candido
• Dignity – Pat Battistini
• Flight – Kia Moses, Adrian McDonald
• Damita – William Feagins, Jr

Feb 16, 2020 – 7 p.m.

• Canada Unchecked Racism – Zoë Davidson
• Dela – Bernard Attal
• Know Me So Well – Starr Nathan
• The Arrival – Annetta Laufer
• The Fisherman – Zoey Martinson
• The Spinning Top – Karina Mello
• Til Death – Asha Flowers
• To Kill a Secret – Jevon Boreland

Toronto Black Film Festival is dedicated to giving unique voices in cinema the opportunity to present audiences with new ways of looking at the world. A dynamic, refreshing and audacious festival whose ambition is to encourage the development of the independent film industry and to promote more films about the reality of black people from around the globe.

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