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Weekly 279:Mise en page 1 25/04/13 10:45 Page1 FREE Local News St-Barth in English Published by Le Journal de Saint-Barth EEKLY05 90 27 65 19 - [email protected] N°279 - April 25, 2013 2013 25, April - N°279 W Weekly 279:Mise en page 1 25/04/13 10:45 Page2 2 St Barth Weekly n°279 APRIL 25-30, 2013 18TH ANNUAL ST BARTH FILM FESTIVAL his year we and persecution in Haiti T look at the as they arrive in the Caribbean from United States to rebuild inside and outside. 7 their lives in New York. Days in Havana shows After Lucia is a power- seven views of life in the ful look at a theme that capital of Cuba, as seen crosses all borders and by seven different direc- all social classes, the tors from Cuba, France, impact of bullying on Argentina, the United young people, especially States, and as far away young women. Michel as Palestine. If 7 Days is Franco's moving drama a look from outside in, from Mexico was a win- then Stones From the ner at the Cannes Film Sun looks at the experi- Festival and we are ence of several different proud to show his work people fleeing poverty this year. And as always, we cele- Bridge To Havana, a brate music, we are filmed version on an proud to show two fine epic concert in Havana musical films. Dimitry in 1998 featuring a won- Zandronis, a long time derful mix of Cuban and friend of the festival, international stars from presents his latest docu- Jimmy Buffett to Fleet- mentary, Ka Palé, on wood Mac. traditional drumming in Guadeloupe, and we are Documentaries screened equally happy to present during the afternoons Weekly 279:Mise en page 1 25/04/13 10:45 Page3 St Barth Weekly n°279 3 snapshot of Caribbean cinema sions with the public, and a week made in the French West Indies. of conversation about Caribbean From close to home, a dramatic film: that in a nutshell is a look at film from Saint Martin/Sint Maat- the 2013 St Barth Film Festival. en: Baby Needs Milk. And a short film by Karine Gama from Joshua Harrison, Guadeloupe rounds out the pro- co-founder/co-director gram. We also are pleased to show a film with a deep connection to the island, The Other St Barth. Alexandre Fronty made a docu- mentary on life on the other than what is seen in the glossy maga- zine images and misleading tele- vision programs so frequently pre- also play a role at this year's festi- sented about St Barth. Unfortu- val, including two by Patrick nately he died suddenly before the Baucelin: Les Secrets des Forter- film could be shown. We dedicate esses de la Caraïbe and the this edition of the festival to his French premiere of Le Costume unique vision of the island. Traditionnel, De l'esclavage à la Gran'robe. Another documentary, Visits to the island’s schools by ça Tourne En Outre Mer is a the filmmakers, post-film discus- Weekly 279:Mise en page 1 25/04/13 10:45 Page4 4 St Barth Weekly n°279 Q&A WITH CHRISTOPHER LAIRD Filmmaker, televi- sion producer, and chairman of the Tri- nidad & Tobago Film Company, Christopher Laird is a frequent guest at the St Barth Film Festival, which has screened several of his films including Santimanitay and Concert In The Rainforest. He also produced a short documentary about the festival, Cinema Saint Barth. The Weekly chats with Concert In The Rainforest, a film by Christopher Laird and Michael Gilkes him on the eve of What is happening on Tobago? Is there an film showings of local the 18th annual St the current filmmaking emergence of young and Caribbean films and Barth Film Festival: scene in Trinidad & filmmakers? is a significant funder of The filmmaking scene in the Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago and Film Festival which has the whole Caribbean is grown to be a major film exploding with the acces- event in the Southern sibility of new technolo- Caribbean: last year the gy. In Trinidad & Toba- festival screened over go specifically it has 100 films, 50% of them been galvanized by the being from Trinidad & Trinidad & To ago Film Tobago. Company (TTFC), which On top of that there are has built a huge program training programs such as on a small budget that BA in Film at the univer- assists production with sity of the West Indies, production and script which is turning out development grants about a dozen talented annually and assistance filmmakers a year. to filmmakers to attend festivals and fund mar- What are the biggest keting materials. It also challenges for filmmak- offers a huge rebate to ers across the local and foreign film- Caribbean? makers of 35% of money How do their films cross spent in the country. The language TTFC also runs an annu- barriers? al Secondary Schools The language barriers in Film festival and last the region and globally year inaugurated a Com- present a huge barrier to munity Short films festi- the distribution and mar- val. It funds Community keting of English Speak- Weekly 279:Mise en page 1 25/04/13 10:45 Page5 St Barth Weekly n°279 5 ing Caribbean films. The The answer to this for Trinidad & Tobago Film any filmmaker would Company is partnering descend into a list of with institutions in the grouses. But obviously in other Caribbean language the English-speaking areas to set up subtitling Caribbean, the absence and dubbing facilities of a local film industry and is subsidizing the and culture make funding subtitling of films made a huge problem because in Trinidad & Tobago. the business community There is still a long way has yet to understand the to go with these services, opportunities of such as they will only grow investment and the State with demand. The TTFC has been slow to under- is encouraging those who stand the specificities of receive its grants to pre- the industry. The other pare their films for subti- main barrier is the dis- tling by making this a tance from the main film condition of grants. centers in terms of hav- Christopher LAIRD ing access to marketing moving and dynamic tion of almost 400 films What is the biggest chal- and distribution opportu- global environment for but none of them have lenge you have faced in nities. This is compound- the distribution and con- made me rich and most your careers ed by the lack of experi- sumption of moving of them make nothing at as a filmmaker and ence and knowledge of images. I have been all and I am lucky to television producer? the intricacies of a fast involved in the produc- even have them shown. I Weekly 279:Mise en page 1 25/04/13 10:45 Page6 6 St Barth Weekly n°279 had to start my own television station to help local films get 2013 ST BARTH FILM FESTIVAL shown because traditionally the www.stbarthff.org media outlets in the region exist on the dumping of US program- SCHEDULE ming and the national and even Q Thursday 4/25OPENING NIGHT regional market cannot support 8pm - AJOE, Free the making of films alone. • Soup à Pyé (Creole Soup) by Karine Gama We have become experts at (France, 2012. 15 min, in French) Presented by Karine Gama making films with no or • The Other St Barth by Alexandre Fronty extremely low budgets but the (France, 2013. 52 min, in French) access to new technology has Q Friday 4/26 changed that so that the young filmmakers are utilizing it to aim 4 pm - Wall HouseMuseum, Free at international production stan- Baby Needs Milk by Rick James (St. Martin/St. Maarten, 2012. 50 min, fiction, in English with French sub- dards, especially those coming titles) Presented by actor Elliot Laurence out to the University Film pro- grams. 8pm - AJOE, Lorient, 6 Euros Después de Lucía (After Lucia) by Michel Franco How does the St Barth Film (Mexico, 2012, 99 min, in Spanish with French subtitles) Festival fill a niche on the Presented by Michel Franco Caribbean film scene? Q Saturday 4/27 The St. Barth Film Festival is a 4 pm - Wall HouseMuseum, Free unique opportunity for Secrets of the Caribbean Fortresses by Patrick Baucelin Caribbean filmmakers to meet (Martinique, 2010, 50 min, in French) Presented by Patrick Baucelin and share their work in an envi- ronment that fosters relation- 8pm - AJOE, Lorient, 6 Euros ships, which are vital for the Stones In The Sun by Patricia Benoit growing movement toward co- (Haiti/US, 2012, 95 min, in Créole/English/French with French subtitles) production in the region. Presented by Patricia Benoit and Edwidge Danticat Q Sunday 4/28 You have been to Saint Barth 4 pm - Wall HouseMuseum, Free many times since the festival Traditional Dress, from Slavery to the Gran’robe by Patrick Baucelin began in 1996...What do you (Martinique, 2013, 52 min, in French) Presented by Patrick Baucelin enjoy most about Saint Barth, 8pm - AJOE, Lorient, 6 Euros both in and out of the festival 7 Days In Havana 7 Directors: Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio framework? Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio, Laurent Cantet The St. Barth Film Festival is a (Cuba/France/Spain/Argentina, 2012. 129 min, in Spanish with French unique one in the region (and subtitles) Presented by Pablo Trapero maybe in the world) and that probably accounts to its longevi- Q Monday 4/29 ty.