October is Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual global campaign to increase awareness of the disease. But that was not the reason behind featuring a special animated documentary on the subject at Animae Caribe Festival this year. It just worked out like that, with an amazing spate of coincidences and a twist of fate. ‘That…
The festival will launch with The Pearl Button, a film by Patricio Guzman. But I’m really excited by the local films that will be included on the schedule. Details on those films in an upcomimg post. Save
A report by Shereita Grizzle for Jamaica’s Gleaner. Jamaican actress, director and producer, Sherando Cupid-Ferril, has her sights set on helping to move Jamaica’s film industry to a place where it can actively compete on the international market. Speaking with The Sunday Gleaner, in a recent interview, the popular personality explained that the country’s industry…
Play the Devil gets a post #TTFF16 screening at Digicel IMAX on Sunday 23rd October at 4pm. Check it out! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUzk9skU1-E?rel=0]
In 2010 an animated journey began when Andres Mänd, the head of the Animation Department of Volda University Norway was invited to be on the jury for CubAnima film festival in Havana, Cuba. There he met the founder and director of Animae Caribe Animation Festival Camille Selvon Abrahams. There was an immediate connection and discussion…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKpaTJlfkBU?rel=0] JURY PRIZES BEST FEATURE FILM–NARRATIVE TT$12,500 / Sponsored by The National Gas Company In competition: Antes Que Cante El Gallo (Before the Rooster Crows)-Arí Manuel Cruz, Puerto Rico-WINNER El Acompañante (The Companion) – Pavel Giroud, Cuba Esteban-Jonal Cosculluela, Cuba Play the Devil-Maria Govan, Trinidad+Tobago, The Bahamas, the USA The Cutlass-Darisha Beresford, Trinidad+Tobago BEST…
What’s to be said about Bazodee? The Machel Montano headlined film opened in his native land last week, and I happened to catch it on opening night. The film is entertaining, but far from exc… Source: Basically Bazodee: A Review
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for film lovers. It’s Film Festival Season! The T&T Film Festival is on, and there are so many great local and regional movies to watch. Plus TTFF always includes world cinema on the roster. It’s a movie buff’s paradise. But when TTFF ends on the 27th September,…
The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival is up and running. There’s great selection of films in the line-up. What I liked was Dr. Bruce Paddington’s statement that local films can support a National Buy Local campaign. And Flow’s Marketing Director Cindy-Ann Gatt says audiences like local and regional content. Not just films. She says they…
The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival is up and running. There’s great selection of films in the line-up. What I liked was Dr. Bruce Paddington’s statement that local films can support a National Buy Local campaign. And Flow’s Marketing Director Cindy-Ann Gatt says audiences like local and regional content. Not just films. She says they…