Windrush Caribbean Film Festival

🎬 The 6th edition of the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival launches this weekend in Liverpool and Birmingham! We’re back with a powerful new season of films exploring Caribbean heritage, identity and resistance – kicking off at @museumofliverpool and @mockbirdcinema this weekend before touring the UK. Head to windrushfilmfestival.com for the full programme and tickets. #WCFF2025 #WindrushCaribbeanFilmFestival #BlackBritishHistory #CaribbeanCinema

🎬✨ Join us NEXT WEEK at ActiFest for a vibrant day of film, art and conversation at Bristol’s iconic Arnolfini. Brought to you by the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival and Curiosity UnLtd. Rooted in the spirit of grassroots activism, this special edition of WCFF honours Bristol's pivotal role in civil rights, protest and radical creativity. From the Bristol Bus Boycott to the toppling of Colston's statue, from Carnival to celebrating iconic Black Britons, ActiFest explores race, resistance and renewal. 🎉 This unforgettable one-day celebration of Black British and Caribbean excellence will unite filmmakers, artists, activists and thinkers across generations to proudly champion the transformative power of grassroots activism. 📍 Arnolfini, Bristol 🗓 Saturday 28 June 🎟 Book now: #WCFFBristol #WCFF2025 #CuriosityUnLtd

🌞SUNDAY 22ND JUNE: Come celebrate National Windrush Day in the Hackney Town Hall Square! 1-5PM ✨Books and readings 🎧Music from ChoiceFMUK ✨Free flag face painting 👛 Black-owned businesses and tasty food ✨ Sewing workshops 🎬 Films at Hackney Picturehouse from Windrush Caribbean Film Festival @windrush_fest ✨ Annnnnd the grand finale at the Hackney Empire's THE BLESSING THE POWER OF COMMUNITY with headline acts Terri Walker, Hip-Hop artist, producer AKS and rapper Reek0 and Hackney's Windrush community groups. (Book your ticket via Hackney Empire /events/the-blessing - bring someone from another generation and get their ticket FREE!) #windrushday #june #juneteenth @iamterriwalker

🧵 From myth to memory, from resistance to recognition… We’re proud to welcome Paula Ogun Hector, Creative Director of Tapestry of Black Britons, as a judge for this year’s #Designs4Change competition. Through her powerful woven and digital tapestries, Paula honours the overlooked contributions of Black Britons—blending Yoruba origin stories with wartime heroism to reweave the fabric of British history. 🎨 Her work is currently on show at Arnolfini as part of the Tapestry of Black Britons exhibition — don’t miss your chance to see it during its final weekend on Sat 28 June, alongside ActiFest, a collaborative film festival with Windrush Caribbean Film Festival. 🔗 Find out more on Arnolfini's website. 💥 Got a vision for justice? Submit your artwork to Designs4Change — a nationwide design competition marking 60 years since the Race Relations Act 1965. 10 winning works. A chance to get £100,000 worth national exposure in media space. 🔗Submit by the 4th of July! #WCFFBristol #WCFF2025 #CuriosityUnLtd #RaceRelations60 #ArtForChange #Designs4Change

We Rise is more than a film — it’s a movement. 🎬 As part of ActiFest at this year’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival, join us for two unmissable short films that honour the legacy of the Bristol Bus Boycott and celebrate the power of protest, creativity and collective action: 🎶 We Rise (5 mins) – A powerful music video made with Boycott pioneers, fusing activism with art 🎥 We Rise – Origins (8 mins) – A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the campaign that’s inspiring a new generation 🗓 Saturday 28 June 📍Arnolfini, Bristol 🎟 Tickets just £5 🔗 Book now: /schedule/6825bba2b215da5ab3eb6bc2 #WCFFBristol #WCFF2025 #CuriosityUnLtd

Day 1 at CROSS Continental Forum #photobomb A night of short film and talks open the #ccf2025 on a high note …. #tag if your in the photos … #more

🎥 Introducing “The Escape” ✨ Part of this year’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival at Arnolfini, The Escape is a tribute to the memory of Bunny Neill - a Jamaican escapologist, magician and the first Black member of the Inner Magic Circle. Written and co-produced and directed by his daughter, Jessica Olivia Neill, a poet, writer and creative producer/ director based in Bristol, the film is - in part - the reenactment of a daring escape performed by Bunny on the island of Jersey in 1967. 🎬 The Escape is just one highlight in a day packed with bold films, radical art and intergenerational conversation. Don’t miss it. 🗓 Saturday 28 June 📍 Arnolfini, Bristol 🎟 Book now: #WCFFBristol #WCFF2025 #CuriosityUnLtd

🎥🍿🎶 Bankie Banx: King of the Dune is screening SATURDAY, JUNE 14 at 10:30am at @museumofliverpool as part of @windrush_fest . Link for tickets and the schedule in bio. #BankieBanx #BankieBanxKingoftheDune #WindrushFilmFestival #WCFF2025

@windrush_fest presents BURNING AN ILLUSION 🔥 + Shorts + Q&A Saturday 21 June at 1.30pm! 6th Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2025 (WCFF), in partnership with , and with support from Hackney Council’s Windrush Microgrant Scheme, presents BURNING AN ILLUSION by Menelik Shabazz, alongside a curated programme of short films. This event will feature a post-screening discussion, featuring special guest Cassie McFarlane, star of Burning an Illusion, alongside co-directors of M.A E. Yvonne Jeffrey and April John-Lewis, and directors from the Warner Bros Black Britain Unspoken scheme, hosted by Paulette Harris-German. Shabazz’s 1981 classic about a personal and political awakening remains a vibrant and liberating touchstone of Black British cinema more than 40 years on from its premiere. Burning an Illusion is a powerful drama following a young Black woman in London as she navigates love, identity, and systemic injustice. As her consciousness deepens, she confronts the harsh realities of race and gender in 1980s Britain. Plus, a selection of short films... M.A.E by Yvonne Jeffrey and April John-Lewis Lloyd the Instructor by Donell Atkinson-Johnson mandem by Joladé Olusanya Dancing on Road directed by Lauren Gee WCFF celebrates the stories of the Windrush generation and their descendants. Through powerful films, the festival explores identity, migration, and belonging, connecting audiences across the UK, the diaspora, and beyond. Founded by Joy Coker, Alt A Review is a media platform and publisher dedicated to amplifying Black, Brown, and minority creative voices in arts and culture. VISIT THE RIO WEBSITE FOR TICKETS & MEMBERSHIPS! 🎟️

🎬✨ Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons joins us at Windrush Caribbean Film Festival x Curiosity UnLtd for a vibrant day of film, art & conversation at Bristol’s iconic Arnolfini! This 32-min spiritual reimagining honours the legendary leader’s legacy — fierce, fearless and rooted in resistance. 🔥 Set against the backdrop of Bristol’s radical history — from the Bus Boycott to the toppling of Colston — this ActiFest edition celebrates Black British & Caribbean excellence through stories of race, protest and renewal. 📍 Arnolfini, Bristol 🗓 Saturday 28 June 🎟 Book now: #WCFFBristol #WCFF2025 #CuriosityUnLtd #ActiFest #BlackBritishCinema #GrassrootsPower

🎬✨ Kicking off Windrush Caribbean Film Festival in style! Join @Curiosity_UnLtd for ActiFest — a bold day of film, art & conversation at Bristol’s iconic Arnolfini. Rooted in the spirit of grassroots activism, this one-day celebration honours Bristol’s powerful legacy — from the Bristol Bus Boycott to Carnival, Colston, and beyond. 💥 🎥 Featuring Mas Resistance (30 mins), tracing the radical origins of Carnival as a political act — and so much more. 🖤 Unite with filmmakers, artists, and activists across generations as we explore race, resistance & renewal. 📍 Arnolfini, Bristol 🗓 Saturday 28 June 🎟 Book now: #WCFFBristol #WCFF2025 #CuriosityUnLtd #ActiFest #BlackBritishExcellence #MasResistance

Your front row to Windrush stories starts here. Five locations. One festival. Countless legacies. Tickets now available: windrushfilmfestival.com or link in bio