11th edition CIFF – 9-13 April 2025

FILMS 2025: Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

Invisible Beauty

USA | 2024 | doc | 111 min | English | d.s.

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Invisible Beauty chronicles the life and legacy of top model and fashion icon Bethann Hardison. While today racial diversity and inclusion are celebrated in the fashion industry, the world Hardison entered was homogenous and predominantly white. Discovered by a fashion designer, Hardison found success but quickly noticed the disparities: white models earned more and were treated with greater respect. This inequality led her to establish her own modeling agency and co-found the Black Girls Coalition with fellow icon Iman.

The film portrays Hardison as a determined and complex figure; fabulous and flawed. Her son, Kadeem Hardison, wistfully comments on her emotional absence and cold support, while Naomi Campbell tearfully describes her as a mother figure. Through intimate interviews with colleagues, friends, family, and Hardison herself, the documentary highlights the origins and legacy of a woman who paved the way for a new generation of fashion activists. 

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 10

Time: 20:30 

Duration:111 min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12 

Time: 10:45

Duration:111 min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13

Time: 17:15

Duration:111 min

Year in
Festival

2025

Director

Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng

Country

USA

Language

English

Length

111

Year of Production

2024