The T&T Grassroots Film Festival (TTGFF) provides an opportunity for local film-makers and the public to be exposed to each other. Garland Holder, co-founder of the Digital Film Institute, the organizer of the Festival, said it is targeted at young and emerging film-makers who have made a film with little to no budget and don’t … Continue reading
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2016 African Film Festival opens (July 24, 2016)
The second annual Film Festival put on by Africa Film Trinidad and Tobago (AFTT) will begin on July 25 and organizer Asha Lovelace is looking forward to another successful year. Originally published in the T&T Guardian on July 24, 2016 Lovelace is the Caribbean regional secretary of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and it … Continue reading
SuperMe docudrama shows children in heroic light (April 17, 2016)
“SUPER ME,” a docudrama film featuring children and young people who took part in the charitable SUMMER HEROES art therapy program between 2012 and 2014, is a poignant reminder of what children are capable of, if given the opportunity to express themselves. The program is the brainchild of Jaime Lee Loy, who began the program … Continue reading
Teams battle in Animation Bootcamp (November 22, 2015)
T&T’s growing animation industry is attracting young people with creative ideas and the means to make these dreams into reality. The Animae Caribe (AC) Animation and Digital Media Festival aims to encourage and foster these young talents. To this end, this year the Festival organizers held a four-day animation bootcamp where all participants, from musicians, … Continue reading
Emma Allen creates moving art (November 8, 2015)
Body- and face-paint are a familiar sight during Carnival and related activities, but with the addition of film and a lot of patience, they can also be used to create beautiful animations. During this year’s Animae Caribe (AC) Animation and Digital Media Festival, London-based artist Emma Allen demonstrated how to create timelapse body paint animated … Continue reading
Digital Art comes to life at Anime Caribe (November 8, 2015)
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
Battledream Chronicle film represents history of Martinique (November 8, 2015)
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 questions identity (unpublished)
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 creates Moving Art (October 11, 2015)
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
Naked and Terrifying (October 4, 2015)
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
