Created in 2003 in Toronto, Ontario, Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) is a non-profit cultural and educational media arts organization.

[1][2] RPFF programs the most aesthetically interesting, educational, thought-provoking, and entertaining films from Toronto and around the world, placing emphasis on works that represent culturally diverse experiences.

In 2003, Chandra Siddan, a filmmaker and student in the York University's "Regent Park Community Education Program", founded the RPFF as an alternative educational setting for an assignment with support from her instructor Jeff Kugler, principal of Nelson Mandela Park Public School, who offered his school as the venue for the event, and Professor Harry Smaller who garnered broadly-based support from the University.

[5][6][7] On its tenth anniversary in 2012, RPFF and its offices moved into the Daniels Spectrum cultural hub and started delivering year-round programming, such as workshops and community screenings.

In 2007, a year after RPFF incorporated, Siddan stepped down as Festival Director and was replaced by Karin Haze until 2010,[8] Richard Fung in 2011,[6] Ananya Ohri from 2012 to 2018, Tendisai Cromwell from 2018 to 2019,[9][10] Angela Britto from 2019 to 2022 [11] and, as of 2022, Kalpana Srinarayanadas.