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ScreenShare: CaribbeanTales International Film Festival x Caribbean Film Festival (1)

Deadlines

30 Oct 2025
Call for entries

30 Nov 2025
Early deadline

31 Dec 2025
Standard deadline

31 Jan 2026
Festival closed

15 Sep 2026
Notification date

14 Sep 2026
18 Oct 2026

Address

837 Dundas Street West, M6J 1V4, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Festival description

Short film festival >40'

Feature film festival >40'

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >40'

Feature Films >40'

AI Tools

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 1)

Festival start: 14 September 2026 Festival end: 18 October 2026

CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) is an annual event that celebrates the talents of established and emerging filmmakers of Caribbean and African heritage who practice their art across the Caribbean Diaspora worldwide. The event takes place each year in September and is now offering viewership online and in-person experiences.

2025 marked the 20th edition of the CaribbeanTales Film Festival and we can’t wait to welcome our audiences back in person across the Greater Toronto Area!

Prizes and qualifications

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Comedy
Best Animation
Best Cinematography
Caribbean Spirit Award
Impact Award
Innovation Award
INTERSECT Award

Rules

FILMMAKERS
CaribbeanTales seeks works made by filmmakers from Caribbean backgrounds and/or that celebrate and explore Caribbean themes, and themes of interest and relevance to people from the Caribbean Diaspora.

FILMS
All film submissions must be completed online.
Films in foreign languages must be subtitled in english.
Please indicate whether your film will have its Canadian Premiere, Ontario Premiere or Toronto Premiere at the time it is screened at CTFF in September 2026.

MARKETING MATERIALS
When submitting your film, please provide at least:
- A Synopsis
- A trailer
- A poster
- Two Stills Shots
- A Director’s headshot
- A Director’s biography
- An EPK
All submitted files must be high resolution. A more detailed list of requested marketing materials will be submitted upon acceptance into the festival.

AWARD ELIGIBILITY
Films having their Canadian premiere at CaribbeanTales will be considered for awards.

EXCLUSIVITY
The Filmmaker agrees that the Picture will not be screened anywhere else in Canada thirty days prior the start date of the Festival and thirty days after the end date of the Festival in order to preserve the integrity of CaribbeanTales Film Festival.

Short Documentary

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 10€ 9.2€ 30 Nov 25

Standard 20€ 18.4€ 31 Dec 25

Extended 25€ 23€ 31 Jan 26

Submissions deadline
31 Jan 26

Save up
1.6€

Submit

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record. Short documentaries are less than 30 minutes.

Short Film

Short Films 40'<

Fee

-8%

Early 10€ 9.2€ 30 Nov 25

Standard 20€ 18.4€ 31 Dec 25

Extended 25€ 23€ 31 Jan 26

Submissions deadline
31 Jan 26

Save up
1.6€

Submit

A scripted film with actors. The narrative is the main focus, how the director shapes the story for the medium of the film. Short films are usually less than 40 minutes.

Narrative Feature Film

Short and Feature Films >40'

Fee

-8%

Early 20€ 18.4€ 30 Nov 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 31 Dec 25

Extended 35€ 32.2€ 31 Jan 26

Submissions deadline
31 Jan 26

Save up
2.4€

Submit

A scripted film with actors. The narrative is the main focus, how the director shapes the story for the medium of the film. A feature film is a film (also called a movie, motion picture or just film) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program. The notion of how long this should be has varied according to time and place. This running time is over 40 minutes.

Documentary Feature

Short and Feature Films >40'

Fee

-8%

Early 20€ 18.4€ 30 Nov 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 31 Dec 25

Extended 35€ 32.2€ 31 Jan 26

Submissions deadline
31 Jan 26

Save up
2.4€

Submit

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