Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution Inc. celebrates the launch of its 6TH annual Toronto Film Showcase.

On September 7, 2011, CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution celebrates the launch of its 6th annual CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase during Toronto International Film Festival, at Harbourfront Centre’s Lakeside Terrace with a Trini-style opening “fete”. That evening, CaribbeanTales will honour Toronto International Film Festival Co-Director Cameron Bailey for his contribution and dedication to the Caribbean film industry.

Following the opening reception at Lakeshore Terrace on Wednesday, September 7, patrons will screen the Pascale Obolo-directed documentary about Calypso Rose, which will be followed by a live question and answer session with the uncontested diva of calypso music. Calypso Rose, the "Mother of Calypso", is a living legend, and the documentary features the many faces and facets of her life, including her reflective moments, and a great passion for fishing and spirituality.

The creativity of Caribbean filmmakers will be on show this September when CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution's Toronto Film Showcase returns to "Hollywood North". The initiative is co-produced with Harbourfront Centre, under the Patronage of His Excellency The High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Phillip Buxo, and also sponsored by the International Development Research Center.

Now in its sixth year, the 2011 Toronto Film Showcase, and the recently introduced Market Incubator, returns from September 7 to 17, 2011, engaging families, youth, community groups, and the celluloid industry in a program that includes workshops, screenings, networking sessions, and other activities all celebrating the burgeoning film and television sector in the Caribbean.

Many exciting films will be screened during the 10-day showcase which also features a market access incubator for Caribbean filmmakers. The international curtain goes up for the premiere of three particularly significant Caribbean films.

Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle, a documentary about the impact of the Trinidadian queen of soca music; Ghett'a Life, a new Jamaican film with positive messages of overcoming adversity and ignorance; and Antigua's The Skin, a film on Caribbean mythology, will play in Toronto.

The Toronto Showcase, among other goals, aims to raise the international profile of Caribbean film, support the growth of a vibrant world-class Caribbean film and television industry, and serve as a platform for promoting the Caribbean as a premier warm weather travel destination and location for film production.

Under the Patronage of His Excellency
The High Commisssioner for the Repulic
of Trinidad and Tobago Phillip Buxo, and
sponsored by the IDRC

The Showcase is co-produced with the Harbourfront Centre, and partners include 404 Media, Animae Caribe Animation and New Media Festival, The Consulate General for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Toronto, First Fridays, Green Light Artist Management, the International Development Research Centre, the Nataional Film Board of Canada, Pennant Media Group, Planet 3 Entertainment, Taffe Entertainment, Toon Boom Animation, the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services at the University of the West Indies, and WHATZHAPPNG.

Donisha Prendergast
(Bob Marley's grand daughter) was at Caribbean Tales In Toronto HarbourFront