Regent Park Film Festival

FREE MOVIE ALERT

Mark your calendars, free films are coming your way on April 15th Regent Park Film Festival & BIPOC TV & Film are *thrilled* to invite you to a screening of Kaniehtiio Horn’s ever-so-tense thriller, SEEDS, co-presented in partnership with REEL CANADA’s National Canadian Film Day.

Staring Kaniehtiio Horn and Dallas Goldtooth, SEEDS is an adrenaline-fueled piece of Canadian cinematic excellence that begs to be viewed in all of it’s full resolution, big screen glory. See you there

This film is rated 14A due to scenes with explicit violence, drug use and coarse language.

April 15, 7PM

Cineplex Cinema Yonge-Dundas

FREE

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It is our pleasure to officially welcome you to the 23rd Annual Regent Park Film Festival! 🏡

Inspired by an interior design aesthetic called immigrant clutter core, our 2025 Festival design honours the homes we grew up in that were filled with pictures, knicknacks, keepsakes, and trinkets—each meaningful and ordinary, distinctly cultural and universally normal.

Check out the full lineup and get your FREE tickets at rpff.ca/2025 and watch this space as we delve into each of our events in the coming days!

Did you know that you can rent our event space?

Priced at an affordable sliding scale for small to medium-sized groups of all kinds of needs, this flexible room is outfitted with surround sound and advanced screening technology. It can host a wide range of events, from board meetings to bridal showers to taiko drum rehearsals.

Whether your troupe is in need of a space to finetune a production or you’re looking to host a small film screening without breaking the bank, this might just be the perfect option for you.

To inquire, contact 416-599-7733 or visit rpff.ca/rentals 🔗

We are so honoured to co-present this incredibly moving film with The Toronto Palestine Film Festival! Through tender moments, quiet humour, and human connection, PASSING DREAMS explores themes of memory, belonging, and resilience in the face of displacement.

The Sep. 27 screening will be accompanied by I WITNESS SILWAN, a four-minute short documenting a powerful public art project (iwitnesssilwan.org) that transforms walls into sites of resistance and remembrance.

Grab your tickets at tpff.ca/program-2025/passing-dreams 🔗ntatg

OUR EMERGING DIRECTORS’ PITCH COMPETITION IS BACK! Open to emerging and mid-career BIPOC filmmakers, we’re inviting pitches for unscripted, documentary shorts ​that are 12-25 minutes in length​. ​We’re thrilled to partner with CBC again this year to ​o​pen the door for talented​, new filmmakers!

The winn​ing filmmaker will receive a development deal ​tailored for CBC’s Short Docs 2026 programming slate, as well as a fantastic prize package from our generous industry partners—we’re excited to ​share more​ details about it in the coming weeks!

We highly encourage submissions by filmmakers from historically-marginalized communities (​i​ndividuals who identify as ​Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, and/or as persons with a disability) and films that feature these communities.

​Visit rpff.ca/edp for more information, and ​please read carefully through ​t​he filmmaker eligibility and pitch guidelines BEFORE submitting your application to ensure you and your pitch idea meet the required criteria.

Selected finalists will pitch their ideas live in front of a panel of experts and our film-loving community on Friday, November 28 ​d​uring the 23rd Annual Regent Park Film Festiva​l​.

Applications are due on ​Sunday, September 14 @ 11:59pm.

Questions? ​Register for our live info session with representatives from CBC ​that will take place​ on Tuesday, August 19: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FHvdFC1SRn6Bx0SxSWz0Nw

For those who can’t attend, you’ll find a recorded version on our Youtube page shortly after.

We can’t wait to see what you submit!

IT’S TIME! Roshan Sethi’s A NICE INDIAN BOY is up tonight on the roster 🤩

Bollywood heart meets modern rom-com chaos in our July 23rd screening, where marriage, culture, and familial expectations collide in the funniest, sweetest ways, all while embracing the various nuances of navigating the different forms love and family can appear as.

Join us at Regent Park tonight for a joyful evening of laughter, romance, and dance-worthy drama — all under the open sky. The film is totally free (no tickets, no preregistration needed) and will be preceded by a drag performance by Mango Lassi, sari & dhoti tutorials and a participatory art piece with Q***r South Asians, featuring many more tablers and vendors 💛

Preshow starts at 7:30, the movie at sundown. We’ll see you there!

A NICE INDIAN BOY is co-presented by Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, brOWN//out, and
Toronto Q***r Film Festival.

Find out more at rpff.ca/uts2025.

TONIGHT 🌟 Our next screening takes us across the Iranian countryside with Panah Panahi’s unforgettable feature debut. HIT THE ROAD follows a spirited family on a journey of love and comedic chaos that deftly leads to the quiet heartbreak of its denouement.

Funny, tender, and beautifully shot—it’s one not to miss. Come join us tonight at Regent Park for a free and accessible film (no tickets, no registration, yes captions) and some fun activities! Preshow starts at 7:30, movie at sundown. See you soon?

HIT THE ROAD is co-presented by کانون هنرمندان ایرانی فیلم و تئاتر برونمرز Aiftaa’s Women, Life, Freedom Film Festival and Toronto Arab Film.

We’re giving away 2 tickets to see Scarborough’s own THE WEEKND at the Rogers Centre on Monday, July 28! This is your chance to attend the sold-out After Hours Til Dawn tour with PLAYBOI CARTI and MIKE DEAN. No need to battle scalpers and online bots — showing your support of RPFF can get you in the show!

Each donation of $25 to rpff.ca/donate will get you one entry in our contest. Every donation makes a difference, but for those who can contribute a little extra, we offer bonus entries as a small thank you.

For every $100, you’ll receive one extra entry on top of the usual four.

That means:
⭐ $100 = 5 entries
⭐ $200 = 10 entries
⭐ $300 = 15 entries
…and so on.

All proceeds go directly to RPFF’s mission to amplify and center racialized communities and their stories, while opening up access to the film and television industry through year-round programming. Help us make art accessible for all.

⭐ Contest closes: Saturday, July 26 @ 11:59 PM ET
⭐ Visit rpff.ca/donate to make a donation