TORONTO – Shaw Media’s Global News will be the presenting sponsor of the Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) for the fourth year in a row.
The fourth annual TBFF runs February 10 – 14 in various venues across Toronto as part of TD's Black History Month Series. Coinciding with Black History Month, the festival celebrates artistic diversity within the black community through powerful films and special events.
Global News' Rosey Edeh, anchor of News at Noon, will kick off the festival's opening night at the Isabel Bader Theatre with the film Thina Sobabili (The Two of Us), directed by Ernest Nkosi. New to this year's festival, TBFF will also host a series of industry panels and workshops called TBFF Black Market. Featuring local and internationally renowned experts, the series will address some of the film industry's most critical issues and include a Q&A with award-winning director Clement Virgo, a panel discussion with award-winning filmmaker Trey Anthony, and an Actra Toronto workshop.
"Global News is delighted to partner with the Fabienne Colas Foundation and the Toronto Black Film Festival again this year," said Ward Smith, Global News director of Eastern Canada & Toronto station manager, in the news release. "We are proud to support diversity on and off-screen in our community and across Canada."
