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
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Film Festival Pays Tribute to Visionary Jamaican Artist (September 27, 2015)
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
Trafficked… a cautionary tale (September 13, 2015)
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
Film bigs up Cuatro Man Munro (September 13, 2015)
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
Making stronger Caribbean TV (September 6, 2015)
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
Glass Bottom Boat sails for Toronto (August 30, 2015)
Tobagonian director/filmmaker Kyle Walcott’s short film, Glass Bottom Boat, explores themes of love and loss, as it tells the story of Janet Wells, an American woman who traveled to Tobago and fell in love. The film will air on September 16 as part of the CaribbeanTales international Film Festival (CTFF) in Toronto. Walcott, 22, said … Continue reading