Toronto Black Film Festival

Toronto Black Film Festival

Also known as: TBFF, Toronto International Black Film Festival
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The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) presents films about Black realities from Canada and around the world, and takes place in Toronto each February, during Black History Month. Its selection is open to filmmakers of any background whose films deal with a Black reality or community, or give major roles to Black actors. The programme combines narrative features, documentaries, mid-length and short films with retrospectives and tributes to figures of cinema, alongside a kids’ festival and a live music series.

The festival was created by the Montreal-based Fabienne Colas Foundation, which also founded the Montreal International Black Film Festival and the Halifax Black Film Festival. The first edition took place on 13–17 February 2013. The dates for the 2027 edition are 10–15 February 2027.

Country

Canada

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short, Student

Dates

10 February 2027 — 15 February 2027

Festival rules

Films must deal with a Black reality or a Black community, give one or more major roles to actors of Black origin, or address a particular theme of the festival; filmmakers of any ethnicity and from any country may submit. Films must have been made within the 24 months before the festival, must not have been released in Ontario, broadcast on television or the internet, or released on VOD or home video. Industrial, advertising and educational films are not eligible. Length categories: short film up to 40 minutes, medium-length film 41 to 74 minutes, feature film 75 minutes and more. Films in a language other than English must have English subtitles. Submissions are made through FilmFreeway; screening formats are DCP, MP4 and MOV. Selected films may not be withdrawn from the programme.

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