CARIBBEANTALES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Enjoy a series of music and dance related shorts presented in partnership with Harbourfront centre – saluting Island Soul on July 29
Everyone Free!
Friday July 29, 9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Harbourfront centre – North Orchard
235 Queens Quay West
Programming
Dying Swan
Mas artist, Peter Minshall, producing his first mas for carnival in nearly ten years, reinterprets Mikhail Fokine’s classic ballet THE DYING SWAN for a ‘Moko Jumbie’ (a stilt dancer) in drag. This film chronicles the assemblage and performance of this mas at the King of Carnival competition in February 2016.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 10 mins
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Director: Christopher Laird
Year: 2016
Reawakening part of HEARTBEAT
Sara Renelik is a Montreal singer, choreographer and dancer of Haitian descent who has toured and performed with Cirque de Soleil, Celine Dion, Yaya Diallo, Eval Manigat and Yves Dechary. Since 1999, she has lead her own band, touring Canada, the US and Germany.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 22 mins
Country: Canada
Director: Justin Lovell
Year: 2008
Kobo Town: “Storytelling In ‘Storytelling”’ part of HEARTBEAT
These talented musicians invite us into the dazzling world of wordplay and images that define calypso tradition and Trinidadian culture.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 22 mins
Country: Canada
Director: Justin Lovell
Year: 2008
Alex Cuba: “The Making Of Alex Cuba” part of HEARTBEAT
Born Alexis Puentes to a Cuban musician father, Alex Cuba is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer. In 2006, he won a Juno Award for Best World Music Album for Humo de Tabaco.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 22 mins
Country: Canada
Director: Justin Lovell
Year: 2008
The CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF), returns to Downtown Toronto, at The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street, with an Opening Gala on September 7, then daily from September 14 – 17 at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.caribbeantales.ca/CTFF/events/ and on-site one hour before each screening at The Royal Cinema.
Ticket prices are:
Opening Night Gala – $25 (includes reception & screening)
Festival pass – $75 (includes all screenings and opening night)
Single Ticket – $10
PUBLIC INFORMATION:
For more information about the Festival, please call the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival Office line on: 416-534-8308 or our mobile line: 647-739-4294 or visit our website http://caribbeantales-events.com and through our email [email protected]
