About Windrush Caribbean Film Festival

75 Years of Black British Cinema

The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCCF) seeks to engage and educate audiences across the UK about the contributions of the Windrush generation and their descendants to the country through film screenings, talkbacks, interviews and workshops.

WCFF 2023 takes place 6 June – 30 June, 2023 across the UK.

In 2023, Windrush Caribbean Film festival will explore the complex relationship between the big screen and the Windrush migrants from the Commonwealth through screening films from across the span of the 75 years of Black British CInema. This captivating filmic experience along with interactive workshops and thought-provoking events, will once again highlight the artistic, political and social contribution of the original pioneers as well as their descendants who are shaping Britain today, forming their own cultural and political narratives and identities to shine bright in their own starry night.

WCFF 2022 was an exciting year as we returned to live screenings in 3 cities offering a vibrant programme of feature and short films, live and animated, panels and speakers.

WCFF successfully launched in 2020 with a mission to celebrate the contributions of the Windrush generation and their descendants through engaging film screenings, talkbacks and interviews. Originally conceived as a traditional multi-venue film festival — following the successful 40 venue nationwide tour of Festival predecessor film HERO: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Ulric Cross — WCFF 2020 and 2021 pivoted to virtual programming with live streaming and social media.

Each of the festival themes showcase the rich legacies that the Windrush generation have given to Britain. The theme for WCFF 2022 is From Empire to Commonwealth: Legacies of the Windrush Generation. The theme of 2021 was the History of Carnival Arts and the theme of WCFF 2020 was Justice, Race and Representation.

Against the backdrop of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, WCFF 2022 will draw a red thread connecting the British Empire of past subjugation and oppression with the Commonwealth today as a family of independent and equal nations.

2023 Windrush Caribbean Film Festival official selections (subject to change)

After the Flood: The Church, Slavery and Reconciliation (Sheila Marshall)
Asunder (Janet Marrett)
A Very Brit(ish) Voice (Jaha Browne)
Black & White Duppy (Thomas Blackman)
Black and Welsh (Liana Stewart)
Buckra Maassa Pickney (Lal Davies)
Death of England: Face to Face (Clint Dyer)
DỌLAPỌ̀ is Fine (Ethosheia Hylton)
Falsehood (Leo Powell)
Our Grief (Nicola Zawadi Cross)
Hostile (Sonita Gale)
HunmaniTree (Urban Circle Productions)
I am Light (Julia Schönstädt)
I Love St. Lucia (Leee John)
Our Menopause, (Nicola Zawadi Cross)
No Regrets (Krik Krak Productions)
Pattern (Ivan Madeira)
Rea’s Men (Aaron James Robertson)
Rushed (Nadine O’Mahony)
Strictly Prohibited (Freddie Stewart)
Small Island Stories 2 (James Batchelor, Benjamin Harrap)
Spirits Run Deep (Gavin Porter)
Standing Firm: Football’s Windrush Story (Theo Lee Ray)
SUS (Robert Heath)
The First Black Train Driver (Glenn Clarke)
The Homemaker (Joanna N V Alexander)
The ID Project: My Dominica Story (Richard Etienne)
The Roll Out (Dewayne Force)
Ultraviolence (Ken Fero)
V.Rocket International: A Sound System Dynasty (Marcus Hall)
When I was a Younger (Noella Mingo)

Other selected titles: 501 Not Out (Sam Lockyer)
And Still We Rise (Chris Smith)
The Ballad of Olive Morris (Alex Kayode-Kay)
Hero (Frances-Anne Solomon)

Meet Our Festival Team

WCFF is produced by a nationwide consortium of community, business and creative arts organisations and leaders, led by CaribbeanTales UK, Recognize Black Heritage & Culture and Integriti Capital. WCFF is a registered CIC. Thank you to all team members and volunteers who make the festival possible.