⋆｡°✩ Thank you to all who attended our Pre-Festival Fête and helped us raise money! ⋆｡°✩
To fundraise and kick-off our 22nd Annual Film Festival, we’re throwing a Pre-Festival Fête! The night will begin with an illuminating conversation on Black Radical Imagination in Film featuring filmmakers whose projects will screen at this year’s Festival.
After getting inspired by our speakers, join us for an afterparty where you’ll enjoy delicious food, drinks, and music by DJ V∆NESS∆. Mingle with current and past Festival filmmakers, and meet an amazing community of creatives from the film, media, and art scene in Toronto.
Accessibility Info Below
Wednesday, November 6
Doors 6:30pm | Panel 7:00pm
50 Carroll Street
By purchasing a ticket, you’ll be supporting Regent Park Film Festival in its mission to keep art and film FREE and accessible for all, while amplifying and PAYING industry-standard fees to all filmmakers, artists, and creators.
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We’ve invited 3 talented Black filmmakers screening work at RPFF ’24 to share how they reimagine stories that sit beyond the confines of traditional narratives of the future and society. How does their storytelling push the boundaries of what is possible in the realm of Black creativity and artistic resistance?
Abigail Whitney
Abigail Whitney, is an international model, actor, and internationally award-winning theatre and film director and producer. She’s the independent producer and director of the Haitian classic play “The Noose”. Some of her previous works include Seule (2021) and Remembering Me (2024), a short documentary a part of Netflix’s “Being Black in Canada” program. Remembering Me screened at the Vancouver and Montreal International Black Film Festivals and will screen at this year’s Regent Park Film Festival. Abigail is currently independently producing and directing her next short fiction film.
Ayo Tsalithaba
Ayo Tsalithaba is a visual artist, writer, researcher and award-winning filmmaker, from Ghana and Lesotho and based in Toronto.
Their primary mediums include film, photography and illustration. Their work explores questions of home, (in)visibility, liminality and (un)belonging as they relate to Black queer and trans* African diasporic subjectivity.
Jamal Burger
Jamal Burger is a filmmaker and Founder of The Kickback Foundation. He cares deeply about bringing people together, and offering opportunities for people to connect through art and sport. Through his years with a camera, Jamal has travelled the world, worked with brands such as BMW, Nike, Jordan and more. Growing up in Regent Park, Jamal understands how lucky he is, and his only hope is to multiply the opportunities he’s been granted 1000 times over.
DJ SET by V∆NESS∆
V∆NESS∆ has been selecting music around Toronto for the last fifteen years. A lover of nineties dance and house music, V∆NESS∆ loves to favour the original voices that paved the way for the sounds of today. V∆NESS∆ also loves it when people belt out the words to their favourite songs
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how will your support make an impact?
To achieve our mission, RPFF relies on the generous support of community members like you. 95% of our income is achieved through fundraising and that is why your donations – however big or small – will have a vital impact on our work and the communities we serve.
Become a champion of our work, and play an important role in ensuring everyone has access and the opportunity to create and experience art.
accessibility INFO
Gender Neutral Washrooms and a handi-cap accessible bathroom are available at the East Room.
Accessible seating is available. Please contact info@rpff.ca with your request.
PPE will be available for free on demand.
There is an accessibility ramp entrance into the venue.
Biking:
22 Bike spaces are located directly out front of the East Room Main Entrance.
Bike parking is monitored 24/7 via video surveillance.
Bike space availability is allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Parking:
Parking spaces are available throughout the surrounding neighbourhood on a first come first serve basis. Most spaces are available for full-day parking after 10 AM and spaces directly on Carroll Street across from our entrance, are available after 10 AM for 1 hour periods for any quick visits. Refer to city parking signs for further information.
Nearby parking lots and garages:
Green P Parking Lot (136 Broadview Avenue)
Carpark 45 (111 Broadview Avenue)
Temporary On-Street Parking Permits (Area 7F)
Bridgepoint Health Parking (14 St. Matthews Road)
Honk Mobile App
Public Transit:
From Dundas Station, take the 505 EAST streetcar to Munro Street. Head north on Munro Street, turn left onto Dundas St. East, turn left onto Carroll Street until you arrive at 50 Carroll Street. The walk is 280 metres and takes approximately 5 minutes.
From Broadview Station, take the 504 WEST streetcar to Dundas Street East.
This EVENT is generously supported by:
