elcff films 2026
april 15th - OPENING
6 PM — Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 | Performance by: Julia Tynes
40 Acres
CANADA
FEATURE FILM | R.T. Thorne & Jen Holness
Surviving on an isolated farm after a series of plagues and wars, a former soldier and her family make one last stand against a vicious militia that wants to take their land.
Beeba Fly's
CANADA
Tara Taylor
Cobequid Road School - Sandra’s Story
CANADA
Ann Verrall and Sheryl Grant
Landed to Takeoff
CANADA
Nahom Assefa, Olena Yanchuck, Viktoria Fomenko, Margaryta Logyyn, Xing Mu, Yawen Zhou, and Yue Li
april 16th
6:30 PM — Dartmouth Crossing Cineplex | Performance by: Alvaro
Down Home Love
CANADA
Guyliegh Johnson, Kardiesha Provo, Asiah Sparks
Home is a Feeling
BARBADOS, CANADA
Ryan King
Vow and Waver
CANADA
Neetika Mahawar
8:38
UNITED STATES
Imole Ladipo
The Agent
CANADA
Phillip Gannon and Ryan Gannon
Beneath the Boardwalk
CANADA
LeoNia Elms and Anthony Bryan
IMVisible
CANADA
Shadwa Ramadan
La Sirène
CANADA
MUSIC VIDEO | Keke Beatz
IN THE CITY
CANADA
MUSIC VIDEO | Zamani Folade x Amariah
Born to Dance
POLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
MUSIC VIDEO | Michał Cygan
Flooded Realms
FRANCE
MUSIC VIDEO | Virginie BLUZAT
Dhat Gyal
GHANA
MUSIC VIDEO | Nii Xowah
Boy Nephron - Dance My Pain
GHANA
MUSIC VIDEO | Mr. Eye
Gallows
CANADA
MUSIC VIDEO | Sobaz Benjamin
april 17th
6:30 PM — Woodlawn Library | Performance by: Warlet
Talking to the Sun
UNITED STATES
Megan Leigh Sweeney
Record, Pause, Record
CANADA
Richard Dang
A Passions Night Bloom
UNITED KINGDOM
Kwesi Awotwi
Welcome to Canada
CANADA
Deviina Hajela
Once Upon a Time
CANADA
Ana Sofia Alaman, Lara Ana Borojevic
Worth While
CANADA
Brayden Schinkel
The Angry Bird
UNITED KINGDOM
Jack Lilleywhite
See You Later Alligator
CANADA
Skye Rooney-Pedersen
april 18th - Morning
10 AM — North Branch Library | Animation Workshop, Film Screening, Filmmaker Q&A, Panel Discussion: The Future of the Black Film Industry
Take Care of Me
IRAN
Nazanin Karimi
Light Through the Blindfold
CANADA
Alireza Kazemipour
On Grief
UNITED STATES
Edgar Nunley
Two Suns
CANADA
Alpha Estifanos, Jean-Benoit Proulx
I Exist
IRAN
Fatemeh Mokhtari
Saltwater Psalms
UNITED STATES
Devin Nikki Thomas
Mentor
CANADA
Jacquile Kambo
april 18th - Evening
6:30 PM — The Black Cultural Centre | Performance: Aquakulture
The Magical Adventures of Happi Ness and Locs
CANADA
Tonya “Samgwan” Paris
Naomi’s Reverie
CANADA
Tara Taylor and Randon Wright
IN THE CITY
CANADA
MUSIC VIDEO | Zamani Folade x Amariah
How to Hide it
UNITED KINGDOM
Ramla Ali, Richard A. Moore
Transported
UNITED STATES
Wide Angle Youth Media
Stay
CANADA
Philip Gannon and Ryan Gannon
Open Hearts: Leslie and Claudette
CANADA
Stephanie Daye
See the City
CANADA
Mia Golden
Lucasville Stories
CANADA
Ann Verrall and Sheryl Grant
Little Dreams
CANADA
Hannah Yohannes
Dorsin & Brown
CANADA
Vicky Plancher
Hope is Lost
NORTH MACEDONIA, UNITED KINGDOM
Eno Enefiok
The Kitchen School
CANADA
Ann Verrall and Sheryl Grant
april 19th
2 pm — Virtual Film Screening
Ray of Hope
CANADA
Ryan Singh