The tidal pull of Richard Fung

by editor | Sep 20, 2025 | Festival News

Written by Farrah Rahaman to mark the TTFF/25 retrospective look at Fung’s career in film and video. “I have hot foot, my mother has hot foot,” Richard Fung says to me about his itinerant condition. The filmmaker, now 71, lives in Toronto where he has spent over four...

Seeing through the lens: MASTERCLASS

by editor | Sep 2, 2025

Spanning geographies and generations, Richard Fung’s body of work navigates identity, memory, and belonging across Trinidad, Toronto, and beyond. From exploring his Moruga-born mother’s life through the lens of postcolonial migration, to tracing the journey of dal...

Making the music documentary: MASTERCLASS

by editor | Sep 2, 2025

Join acclaimed director Alison Duke for an illuminating two-hour masterclass exploring the craft and complexity of making the music documentary. Using her film ‘Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story’ as a case study, Duke unpacks the unique storytelling challenges and...

Acting for screen: WORKSHOP

by editor | Sep 2, 2025

Join acclaimed actress Karen Robinson for an engaging, hands-on workshop exploring the craft of acting for the screen. With a celebrated career spanning stage, film and television – including standout performances in the multi-Emmy-Award-winning ‘Schitt’s...

HOLDING ON

by editor | Sep 1, 2025

Coastal and rural workers are being squeezed out of the futures they’ve sustained for generations. This programme invites a reckoning: not with loss, but with the systems making survival impossible.