Conch Shell International Film Fest

47 FILMS. 14 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES. ONE GLOBAL CARIBBEAN CELEBRATION.

We’re thrilled to announce the 2026 Official Selection of the Conch Shell International Film Fest!

This year, 47 films representing filmmakers from across the Caribbean and its diaspora will come together in New York for three days of screenings, industry conversations, and community.

Special thanks to CSIFF26 screeners:

Jeff Bartos, Vivian Chen, Joshua Josey, Danae Grandison, Pamela Musungu, Othello Pratt Jr., Alicia Ramdeo, JR Roache, and Keesha Wallace

Introducing CSIFF26 Official Selection

2012/What Happened in 2012 — Dana M Wright — United States
A Shade of Indigo — Hanif James — Jamaica
Adan Nanm Ek Kò — Ella Moun — Martinique
Adrift Wak Leu — Rebecca Roos — Aruba
Beg Yuh A Call — Michael Campbell — Jamaica
Bob Marley Beach: The Fight for Your Right — Simon Mais — Jamaica
Bossladysk8 — True Daley — Canada
Bright Sparks — Lesley-Ann Wanliss — Jamaica
Cadencia — Paulís Cofresí — Puerto Rico
Finding Syn — Sean-Josahi Brown — United States
From Fortune — Christelle Powell — Dominica
Green — Katiana Farrier — United States
I F*cking Hate You! — Gabriela Paciel — United States
I Love You More — Ashur Sattiewhite — United States
If Only You Knew — Safiyah Chiniere — United States
Isaiah's Glass Goes Down Easy — Ria Ashley Vieira — United States
Last Hoorah at G-Baby's — Darnelle Casimir — United States
Mummy? — Noella Letitia Mingo — United Kingdom
My Dad, Guyana and Me — Noella Letitia Mingo — United Kingdom
Noche Noir — Marissa Chibas — United States
Now, Hear Me Good — Dwayne LeBlanc — United States
On the Eve — Sulin Passial — Curaçao
Ordinary Citizens of Suriname – Episode 1 — Morena Leter — Suriname
Pan Gyul — Juliette Jeffers — Saint Kitts and Nevis
Raizal: The Jamaican Connection — Jamar Cleary — Colombia, Jamaica
Seasick — Nigel Gabbidon — United States
Sherisia — Sherisia James — United States
Silver Silhouettes — JR Roache & Andre Wynter — Jamaica
Sonshine — Kaleb D'Aguilar — Jamaica
Stand Clear ' the Closing Doors — Stacey Sargeant — United States
Striking Threads – The Atlanta Washing Society — Sojourna Collier — United States
Sunny — Ewoud Bon — Curaçao
Suspicious — Maison Teixeira — United States
Tambu — Laurie Lambert — Jamaica, United States
The Brittle Little Ones — Kourtrajmé Karaibes — France
The Coqui Sings — Edwin FrankO — United States
The Day I Met You — Samueldavid Baromeo — Curaçao
The Douen — Jonathan Jagdeo — United States
The Last Dance — Hayden Mclean — United Kingdom
The Making of a Matriarch: La Creación de una Matriarca — Vanessa Cruz — United States
The Star Boy — Wayne Carnegie — Canada
The Tide Between Us — Odessa Whitlock — United States
They're Mid — Feddyana Jean — United States
Through the Barricades — Alexandrine Benjamin — Haiti
Trinidad Remains — Karen Martinez — United Kingdom
Unbroken — Carmen Santiago — Puerto Rico
Where the Waves End — Lidsy Trabal — Puerto Rico

What’s Coming at CSIFF26

Friday, October 9
Industry panels and conversations at HB Playwrights Theatre 124 Bank Street, in Manhattan’s West Village.

Panel leaders include Sekiya Dorsett, Stefon Bristol, Nambi Kelly, Angelina Villapiano, and Gillian Isabelle.

Saturday, October 10 + Sunday, October 11
Official Selection screenings at Regal UA Midway 108-22 Queens Blvd in Forest Hills, Queens.

2026 Award Jury

This year’s award jury includes:

Lamar Richardson
Sekiya Dorsett
Lu Childs
Stefon Bristol
Nambi Kelly
Angelina Villapiano
Gillian Isabelle

CSIFF26 Award Nominees will be announced in September.

Thank you to our funders

The 2026 Conch Shell International Film Fest is made possible in part with support from the A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund, the Resorts World Gives Grant, and a PSC-CUNY Research Award through York College.

Conch Shell International Film Fest

Presented by New York City-Based 501(c)(3), Conch Shell Productions, Inc, CSIFF's goal is to infuse unique Caribbean Diaspora and Caribbean filmmaker voices into the American film industry.

CSIFF is a festival that empowers Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora artists and spotlights television and film content created by and for people of diverse Caribbean descent. Our festival brings together fans of Caribbean culture with industry experts and creatives from around the world for screenings, enlightening panels, post-screening artist chats, and valuable networking opportunities.

Join us as we CELEBRATE Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora stories.

CSIFF + KARUKERAMENT: CARIBBEAN CINEMA THEN & NOW

CSIFF+Karukerament: Caribbean Cinema - Then & Now: Final Episode

Join co-hosts Magaly Colimon-Christopher (CSP Artist Chat) and Maëlla Kancel (Karukerament Podcast) for the final episode of our four-part series exploring the past, present, and future of Caribbean cinema.

This season finale features:

Gabri Christa — Curaçaoan-American filmmaker, choreographer, and multidisciplinary artist

Yannick Rosine — Guadeloupean producer, screenwriter, and director

Caribbean Cinema Ecosystem Development Discussion

In this special CSIFF + Karukerament, Magaly Colimon-Christopher and Maëlla Kancel welcome British Virgin Islands Film Commissioner Natalie O. Hodge to discuss the future of Caribbean cinema.

Together, they explore building sustainable film industries, supporting emerging filmmakers, strengthening regional collaboration, expanding global visibility, and the vital role film festivals, media, and film commissions play in advancing Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora storytelling worldwide.

Cinema, identity, history, and representation.

With Spanish subtitles.

(Visit our Youtube channel for French & English subtitle versions)

Featuring special guests:

Rachel Moseley-Wood Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at The University of the West Indies, Mona. She is the author of Show Us as We Are: Place, Nation and Identity in Jamaican Film and has published extensively on Anglophone Caribbean film, cinema culture, and moviegoing.

Guillaume Robillard Adjunct Lecturer at the Université des Antilles with a PhD in Film Studies from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is the author of two books on French Caribbean cinema: Conquête de l’espace et du temps : le cinéma antillais and Un cinéma décolonial : les personnages du cinéma antillais.

This conversation explores: Caribbean cinema and national identity; decolonial storytelling and representation; film history, memory, and audience engagement; how Caribbean cinema continues to evolve on the global stage.

From Memory to Movement

Conch Shell International Film Fest x Karukerament Podcast: a CSP Artist Chat Special Edition Series

Guest Artists:

Hans Augustave (Nwa — CSIFF 2024 Award Nominee)

Jacquil Constant (Haiti Is a Nation of Artists— CSIFF 2024 Special Screening)

Calyx Passailaigue (Zeen— CSIFF 2024 Award Nominee)

Moderated by Magaly Colimon-Christopher (CSP Artist Chat) Maëlla Kancel (Karukerament Podcast)

This conversation bridges generations of Caribbean storytelling.

This is how we document our cinematic history. This is how we build the future.