CaribbeanTales International Film Festival

Experience CaribbeanTales International Film Festival at Beaches Sandbox!

We are heading to the Beaches! Join us for an exclusive encore screening at Beaches Sandbox, where you’ll get a taste of CTFF’s powerful, curated selection of films. This is your last chance to enjoy CaribbeanTales International Film Festival in person this year. Discover the vibrant stories from emerging filmmakers of Caribbean and African heritage who practice their art across the worldwide Caribbean Diaspora. caribbeantalesfestival.com

Screening Program:

Brave (Wilmarc Val, Haiti/France, 2021); 26m

In this documentary, Cébé, a devoted mother and modest housekeeper residing in France, embarks on a significant journey back to Haiti. Her mission is to conduct a crucial ceremony that she had been unable to perform 24 years earlier, following the death of her mother, who was a revered vodou priestess. Cébé's hope is that this long-overdue ritual will finally bring an end to the series of misfortunes that have plagued her family.

Riddim in Blue (Debbie Ebanks Schlums, TrudyLee Gayle, Canada, 2024); 25min

This film and dance collaboration is inspired by the oral histories and personal archives of our fathers. These Black men were innovators and pioneers of new technology in Canada, but not widely known.

Still Waters (Katia Cafe-Febrissy, Canada, 2023); 11min

STILL WATERS portrays an intimate moment in the life of a young queer couple, Gabrielle and her wife Raquel, two years after their toddler accidentally drowned in their swimming-pool. Now, they are trying to make sense of their relationship. Like a fly on the wall, we bear witness to their raw and heightened emotions, as they navigate loss and grief.

Trinidad Remains (Karen Martinez, UK/T&T, 2023); 15min

Two women go on a journey across the island of Trinidad to scatter a grandmother’s ashes but the trip comes unstuck when they hit a bump in the road.

STUDIO DEBS (Miguel Octave, France/Guadeloupe/Martinique, 2022); 52min

Studio Debs documentary is the story of musical abundance, the path of a man, a family history setting the unforgettable memory of Henri Debs as a keystone of the French West-Indian musical heritage.