Almost every year since 2016, THFF has gathered filmmakers, film lovers, and members of our community to experience the art of Caribbean and diaspora cinema through a rigorously curated program of films, visual art, performances, panels, and other related events.

As we continue to find ourselves in an era where a hegemonic establishment seeks to shore itself up to the misrepresentation and exploitation of minority communities in Florida and worldwide, never has it been more necessary to foreground independent filmmaking voices that are unafraid to do what cinema, at its resisting best, does so well: speak truth to power.

And so in curating this year’s THFF, we are making a determined effort, as we always do, to ensure our program reflects the idea of cinema as a socially and politically disruptive tool, both in terms of form and content.