A Writers Guild of Canada report says while its members in the TV industry have seen steady progress on diversity issues, gaps still remain. The organization and its diversity committee have released the first-ever Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report, which they plan to prepare annually. It found improvement when it comes to the overall composition […]
Dianne Webley, the Associate Director of the Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF) for the past two years, has been promoted Director. Earlier this week, Frances Anne Solomon, Founder of the annual festival, announced that Webley has taken over the day-to-day operation of the 15 annual events. .“Dianne is a long-time member of CaribbeanTales family, who has worked […]
By Stephen Weir When the Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF) opens in a couple weeks, the first film of the annual flickfest will have the audience thinking they have snakes on the brain when the theatre lights come back on. Rattlesnakes is a full- length feature that has rattlers not just in the personalities of […]
By Stephen Weir The children came out in full force and in costume to play Mas at noon at the Malvern Town Centre. Kiddies from all of the competitive Mas bands taking part in this year’s Toronto Junior Carnival Parade danced and modeled in the courtyard inside the mall. They performed in front of a […]
By Stephen Weir The Toronto African Film and Music Festival that was scheduled to take place this weekend in downtown Toronto, has been canceled. The organizers had planned to showcase the works of filmmakers and musicians from over 50 countries in Africa, United States of America and the Caribbean, with the emphasis on film and […]
Le Gang des Antillais (West Indies Gang) won the Caribbean Spirit Award for the best feature film at the 12th annual Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (CTFF) in Toronto. It was one of eight films honoured by the CTFF at the #INTERSECT: Closing Night and Awards held recently at the Sociabank Cineplex. Le Gang des […]
By Ian Xun Hidden Figures is an incredibly inspiring film that you and your children should see before it exits the theatres. It is a triumphant story about the genius and foresight of black women that went untold for far too long. The film is set in the early 60s, and chronicles the critical work […]
By Jasminee Sahoye By Jasminee Sahoye The 11th Annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival under the theme, ‘Caribbean Love’ wrapped up on Wednesday evening following the sold out Canadian screening of Bazodee, a new style Bollywood musical with a distinctly Caribbean island flavour. It’s set on the vivid, colourful twin islands of Trinidad and […]
By Jasminee Sahoye Founder and CEO of CaribbeanTales, Frances-Anne Solomon strongly believes its current 2016 film festival in Toronto- its 11th annual – has ” better content and cinematography.” She reported that opening night far exceeded expectations and that the Royal Theatre was sold out for the Canadian Premiere of Diary of a Bad Man […]
By Michael Lashley When the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival 2016 was launched last week, the full-length film featured on the opening night -“Diary of a Badman” – was a lot more than an action-packed thriller in which a badass policewoman goes undercover to nab a notorious drug dealer. The power of this film lies in […]
