Toronto Pan Afrikan Film Festival
Festival 2025
Opening Night & Screening
Thursday August 14, 2025
Play it Loud is a feature documentary that tells the little known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture, told through the life, music, struggles and triumphs of beloved singer Jay Douglas.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Marketplace - 5:30 pm
Program Starts - 7:00 pm
Film Screening and Q & A - 7:30 pm
Reception - 9:30 pm
Friday August 15, 2025
King's Court
Two friends and basketball lovers talk family, community and brotherhood in this raw coming-of-age documentary shot in Toronto's downtown neighbourhood of Bleecker Street.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 5:45 pm
Film Screening - 6:00 pm
Friday August 15, 2025
Amplify - Season 2, Episode 4
Explore the power of regrets, as our season two guests Jully Black, Hollywood Jade, Lord Quest, Vivian Barclay, Olivier Vander Zaag, Carey Riley, Morgan "MJ" James, and Beni Johnson, draw motivation from unexpected sources in Canada’s entertainment industry. Discover the choices that shape their journeys in this thought-provoking episode.
Amplify - Season 2, Episode 6
Discover how to adapt, shift, and reinvent to thrive in an ever-changing entertainment landscape. We pull back the curtain on our season two guests: Jully Black, Hollywood Jade, LordQuest, Vivian Barclay, Olivier Vander Zaag, Carey Riley, Morgan "MJ" James, and Beni Johnson, to uncover the secrets of remaining relevant in this thought- provoking and transformative episode.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open - 6:25 pm
Film Screening - 6:30 pm
Friday August 15, 2025
After his laptop is stolen, an aspiring rapper goes on a quest across the gentrifying streets of Toronto to find his music in time for the event that could change his life - a meeting with a Grammy Award winning producer.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 7:25 pm
Film Screening - 7:30 pm
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Saturday August 16, 2025
Paid In Full - Episode 1
Black artists have fought for fair pay and ownership of their songs since the 1920s. Includes the stories of Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Little Richard, TLC and more.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 11:55 am
Film Screening - 12:00 pm
Saturday August 16, 2025
Hip Hop Story
A yoga practicing Hip Hop mogul, ROSCOE SIMONS, is confronted by a backpack rapper on the current state of Hip Hop. Discouraged, Roscoe joins forces with the rapper and a few of rap's elite icons to save the CULTURE. Starring Affion Crockett, Damaine Radcliff, Cedric The Entertainer, Lil Rel Howery, Damien Dante Wayans, Wayne Brady. Written by Affion Crockett. Directed by Damaine Radcliff.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 1:25 pm
Film Screening - 1:30 pm
Saturday August 16, 2025
Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land
Follows the journeys of these icons. Through rare archives and infectious beats, this captivating five-part anthology series takes you from Kingston to Kensington Market to see and hear how reggae made roots in Canada against all odds.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 3:25 pm
Film Screening - 3:30 pm
Sponsored by:
Saturday August 16, 2025
Zeke
Zeke is a dark satire that follows Vic, a loyal client whose life is shattered after a trusted Brooklyn barber crosses a dangerous line. Spiraling in the aftermath, Vic sets out to reclaim his dignity-by confronting the unspoken codes, quiet loyalties, and toxic silences that have kept his community complicit for far too long.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 5:25 pm
Film Screening - 5:30 pm
Sponsored by:
Saturday August 16, 2025
Sound Track to a Coup d'Etat
Headquarters of the United Nations, 1960: the Global South sets off a political earthquake; jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council; Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe. The US State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the newly independent Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup.
473 Oakwood Ave, Toronto ON
Doors Open at 5:55 pm
Film Screening - 6:00 pm
Sponsored by:
Toronto, ON Canada
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