Regent Park Film Festival

Toronto's longest running free community film festival

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Volunteer Spotlight – Shanid

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Volunteers are the heart of our Festival! Over the next few months we are going to showcase some of the special people who work tirelessly to help keep the Festival running. Meet Shanid. 2013 is his first year volunteering with the Festival. “Hello, my name is Shanid. I’m 17 and currently in highschool finishing my […]

What Brings Us Here / What Takes Us Away?

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Regent Park Film Festival launches a new project that sparks an exciting artist and community collaboration in Regent Park. The project, titled What Brings Us Here / What Takes Us Away?, asks filmmakers to document stories of community groups as they work to carve out a space for themselves in the re-developing neighbourhood. Together, two […]

Call for filmmakers for Regent Park Film Festival Trailer

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The Regent Park Film Festival, held from November 13-16, 2013, is dedicated to showcasing local and international independent works relevant to inner city communities like Regent Park, the largest and oldest public housing project in Canada. We are currently seeking a media artist and/or graphic designer to design and deliver a trailer used to promote […]

Call for Festival Interns

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Call for Festival Interns (2 Volunteer Positions) The Regent Park Film Festival is now seeking interns for the 2013 Regent Park Film Festival (November 13 – 16, 2013). The Regent Park Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing local and international independent works relevant to inner city communities like Regent Park, Canada’s largest and oldest public […]

Youth produced dramatic short tells a life changing story!

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The youth of Yonge Street Mission – St. James Town produced Ride or Die, a dramatic short, as part of our workshops series! The film is entirely written, shot and directed by then. Can you believe it? It’s their first time making a movie! Big props also go to Richard Fung for facilitating the workshop, […]

Interested in Film and Education? Join our Committee!

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The Regent Park Film Festival accepting applications for our volunteer based Education Committee.  Committee members bring their brains and creativity together to create lesson plans around specific films chosen as part of our School Program. These plans will function as valuable tools for teachers as they discuss the festival’s films in their classrooms. To find […]

Welcome to our Program Director, Elwood Jimmy

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The time has finally come to introduce Elwood Jimmy, our fantastic new Program Director! Elwood brings a unique combination of media arts expertise, programming know-how and a strong foundation in community based programming. He comes to the festival at a critical time, as the festival sharpens its focus on inner-city experiences. We’re thrilled to have […]

Be Part of our 2013 Programming Committee!

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Every year we recruit a group of diverse and dedicated individuals to form the festival’s volunteer Selection Committee. The time has come to assemble another amazing team to help us put together our festival for this coming November! Last year we had youth, filmmakers, academics, community residents, workers and programmers come together to choose our stellar […]

The Festival’s Nuit Blanche Diva

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This year for Nuit Blanche, the Regent Park Film Festival collaborated with the Regent Park Focus Diva Girls and awesome local artist Amy Siegel to create a life-sized representation of the Diva spirit: empowered, gutsy, and reflecting the diversity and brilliance of the Regent Park community. Her name is Shaniqua Latifa Shamar Hansen (aka TAAFI) […]

Fabulous Fundraising Screening: Oct 11, 6:30pm

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Here’s your chance to make a big difference to a little festival. We’re hosting our annual Fundraising Screening on October 11at 7pm in the Mainstage Theatre of the Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre. It’s gearing up to be an unforgettable evening. We’re thrilled to be showing the acclaimed documentary WE ARE WISCONSIN, followed by […]