The 14th incarnation of the Animae Caribe (AC) Animation and Digital Media Festival was packed to overflowing with offerings for those interested in the art and business of animation. Attendees came from the Caribbean, the US and the UK and attended a variety of conferences, presentations, workshops and screenings. AC Festival Director Camille Selvon-Abrahams said … Continue reading
One could be forgiven for thinking that the animated film Battledream Chronicle was the latest science fiction offering from Hollywood, with its breathtaking graphics, involved storyline and realistic animation. However this film, which premiered in T&T at the Animae Caribe (AC) Animation and Digital Media Festival on October 26, is the brainchild of director Alain … Continue reading
Dreams in Transit is a haunting exploration of the experiences, thoughts and feelings of migrant Caribbean people. Director Karen Martinez said the film came from her questioning what it meant to be a Trinidadian living in London who still identified as coming from the Caribbean. “Where is home? What am I saying when I say … Continue reading
Rondell Warner‘s ‘Articulate Spectacle’, the final New Media event of the T&T Film Festival on September 26, was a fun, upbeat mix of music, moving images and light which had people dancing and actively participating with the installation. It was a lighthearted evening where friends and strangers mingled, laughed and chatted together. Abstract moving images … Continue reading
The TTFF New Media showing on September 18 presented films which were all evocative in some way of the pressures that influence people in the most basic interactions in their modern everyday lives. Four pieces by filmmakers from across the Caribbean and T&T were displayed at the Medulla Gallery. ‘Pocket Lining’ by Lauren Marsden (T&T, … Continue reading
As part of its focus on encouraging local talent, the T&T Film Festival (ttFF) has announced the participants in the 5th iteration of the RBC Focus: Filmmaker’s Immersion. TtFF Program Director Annabelle Alcazar said the program takes participants to a higher level, as they have to have made at least a short film before and … Continue reading
The T&T Film Festival’s New Media exhibit on the works of the late Peter Dean Rickards drew a large crowd of appreciative viewers not only from T&T but the Caribbean, especially his native Jamaica. The pictures shown were beautifully simple, almost stark, evoking a range of emotions from laughter and nostalgia to disgust and sadness. … Continue reading
The film Trafficked tells the story of three friends on vacation abroad who are seduced into carrying drugs, with dire consequences. The film, based on true events, is the brainchild of late journalist Marcia Henville, Eye on Dependency Founder, Garth St. Clair and A Story About Wendy director Sean Hodgkinson. Both men paid tribute to … Continue reading
The 14-minute documentary short The Cuatro Man tells the story of legendary T&T musician Robert Munro. Twenty-year-old director Mikhail Gibbings is excited about its nomination for best T&T Documentary Short at the T&T Film Festival (TTFF), where the film will premiere onSeptember 17. Gibbings said The Cuatro Man is intended to be the first in … Continue reading
Caribbean filmmaking is growing by leaps and bounds, and industry people are encouraging this growth by offering filmmakers immersion programs to help them refine their craft. This year’s Toronto Film Festival will see 10 teams of Caribbean filmmakers participating in the 2015 CaribbeanTales Incubator Program (CTI) between September 8 and 13. CEO of CaribbeanTales Frances-Anne … Continue reading
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