SPIKE LEE TO RECEIVE THE TORONTO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL’S 2020 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD + 75 FILMS FROM 20 COUNTRIES!   Films starring Danny Glover, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Martin Sheen, Jada Pinkett Smith, Damon Wayans, Ana Ortiz, and more for an even more...

Maximilian Carlson’s PRINCESS OF THE ROW To open the 8th Annual Toronto Black Film Festival A heart-wrenching tale about the powerful bond between father and daughter, embodying the message that family is worth fighting for. Wednesday, February 12, 2020 – Isabel Bader...

Montreal, November 20, 2019 - The Fabienne Colas Foundation is pleased to announce that Fabienne Colas, its President and Founder, has been named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner, presented by KPMG. This high...

The Fabienne Colas Foundation is launching a call for applications for its program “Youth and Diversity”, in collaboration with the Toronto Black Film Festival. This program, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, offers professional mentorship in the production...

Tarana Burke like you’ve never heard her before! An intimate conference where she will discuss her journey as an activist and women’s’ rights advocate. You will hear her views on sexual abuses and women’s issues today – following the earth-shaking #MeToo movement....

TRIBUTE TO METOO FOUNDER TARANA BURKE AT 7TH TORONTO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL + 70 FILMS FROM 26 COUNTRIES!  Program starring Danny Glover, Djimon Hounsou, Toni Morrison, Bakari Sellers, Edwidge Danticat, Garcelle Beauvais, Jimmy Jean-Louis… for an even more committed...

Daryne Joshua’s ELLEN: THE ELLEN PAKKIES STORY To open the 7th annual Toronto Black Film Festival as a Canadian Premiere Based on True Events: a Troubled Relationship Between a Mother and Her Drug Addicted Son Selected as the South African entry for the 2019 Golden...

The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) is thrilled to announce the 1st annual TBFF Food Experience, as showcase of delicious cuisine from the rich and diverse black community – from February 14 to 18, 2019 at Carlton Cinema (20 Carlton Street, Toronto). The TBFF Food...

Winner of the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award and finalist for the 2018 Charles Biddle Award and Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec   Montreal, October 24, 2018. The year 2018 showcases Fabienne Colas’s successes as an artist, entrepreneur, president...

The Fabienne Colas Foundation is pleased to announce that Fabienne Colas, President and Founder, has been named a Recipient of the coveted Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 ® for 2018. This high distinction brings great recognition to the outstanding work she has...