🔥 Get Ready for the Culture. The Creativity. The RIDDIM. 🎶 The 3rd Annual Toronto Pan Afrikan Film Festival is HERE!

The 3rd Annual Toronto Pan Afrikan Film Festival (TPAFF) is back from August 14 to 17, 2025, bringing a fresh wave of culture, storytelling, and Black cinematic excellence to the city. This year’s theme, “RIDDIM,” focuses on the heartbeat of Black music—reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, soul, and Afrobeat—and how these genres influence and drive the stories of the global African diaspora.

The festival opens on August 14 with its signature Black Carpet Gala, a dazzling evening where attendees dress to impress and celebrate the voices of African and Caribbean filmmakers. From August 15 to 16, TPAFF offers free film screenings at the First Unitarian Centre in Little Jamaica, showcasing powerful narratives from around the world that explore the intersections of identity, culture, and rhythm.

On August 17, the festival concludes in style at Acqua Supper Club with a feature film screening, a striking African Fashion Week runway show, and the Diaspora Film & Media Networking Brunch. A surprise special guest is expected to cap off the festivities, further amplifying the energy of this cultural gathering.

More than a film festival, TPAFF is a movement—a celebration of resilience, resistance, and rhythm through the lens of Black filmmakers. By making all events accessible to the public, TPAFF is reclaiming space and ensuring that the stories of the Pan-Afrikan experience are seen, heard, and felt.

August 14–17, 2025 | TORONTO—Y’all ready to turn UP?

The Toronto Pan Afrikan Film Festival (aka TPAFF) is back for Year THREE, and this time we’re coming with volume, vibes, and VIM.

Think Black brilliance, unapologetically on display. Think Diaspora magic, from every angle. This isn’t just a festival—it’s a movement.

🎥 August 14 — The Black Carpet Gala

We’re kicking it off with straight elegance and excellence.
Pull up and pull out your best threads—this is where the legends link up. Stories will be told. Champagne will be sipped. Edges may be snatched.

✨ Special guests. Big moments. Even bigger outfits.

🎬 August 15–16 — Festival Screenings

FREE. POWERFUL. UNAPOLOGETIC.
At the First Unitarian Centre (473 Oakwood Ave) in the heart of Little Jamaica—aka culture HQ.

This year’s theme: “RIDDIM”
A tribute to the sounds that raised us—reggae, soul, hip-hop, dancehall, Afrobeat—we’re talking soundtracks of survival and joy.

Expect:
🎞️ Docs that dig deep
🌍 Premieres from across the Diaspora
💬 Talks that go there
🎶 Music that moves your soul

🌟 August 17 — The Grand Finale Acqua Supper Club

You know we can’t end regular. We’re closing out with:

• 🎥 A feature film that’ll leave you breathless

• 👗 An African Fashion Week runway takeover

• 🍳 The Diaspora Film & Media Networking Brunch — for creatives, changemakers, and cultural disruptors(yes, you too)

• 👀 A very special surprise guest who’s gonna make you glad you didn’t stay home

Dress Code: AFRIKAN GEAR 
Bring the drip, bring the roots, bring the revolution in style.

🚨 VENDORS + SPONSORS — We Want You FRONT & CENTER!

Got a brand, a product, a purpose that speaks to Black brilliance?
TPAFF is your stage.

Be seen. Be celebrated. Build community.
From visibility to real cultural impact, it’s time to connect with creatives, dreamers, and decision-makers.

📧 Hit up Lori Beazer at torontopanafrikanff@gmail.com
Let’s build together and make this year one for the books.

This ain’t just a film fest.
It’s a Diasporic celebration.
It’s Black joy on 100.
It’s TPAFF.

Don’t hear about it—be PART of it. 🖤🎬💥