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18-25 September Films love. film. 18-25 September films. workshops. panels. presentations. exhibitions. limes ttfilmfestival.com 1 ttff/18 festival guide love. film. 2 18-25 september ttfilmfestival.com 3 ttff/18 festival guide love. film. Welcome to the thirteenth annual trinidad+tobago film festival! Most of us love film and despite the prevalence of laptops, Industry events at this year’s Festival include a two-day tablets and smartphones as alternative screens, going to symposium on the business of film which will give local and the cinema still remains extremely popular. regional filmmakers the chance to engage with international However, for most of the year, the vast majority of films professionals. We will also host another Caribbean Film Mart shown at cinemas in Trinidad and Tobago are blockbusters during which local filmmakers will receive guidance from from Hollywood with a few Bollywood musicals. It is experts to help develop their film projects and vie for an award therefore left to the local film festivals to offer a diverse for having the best pitch. range of films from Europe and Africa as well as environmental films and animation. The success of this initiative is illustrated by the Jamaican film Sprinter by director Storm Saulter. Saulter, one of the first The trinidad+tobago film festival, however, remains the participants in 2015, called the Mart “one of the most helpful only film festival in the region with its major focus being development programmes” he’s taken part in. Sprinter, the films from Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. (Our film he pitched in 2015 received assistance at the Mart and definition of the Caribbean includes films from the English, in June 2018 won three awards at the American Black Film French, Dutch and Spanish Caribbean as well as the Festival including the Grand Jury prize for Best Narrative Caribbean diaspora. Feature. Sprinter will be screened at ttff/18. We are also proud to welcome once again, the Propella The ttff is the culmination of a year in which we have held project from Jamaica, which will see a number of new short Community Screenings in different parts of the country films receiving their world premiere at ttff/18. including Arima, UWI, San Fernando and Tobago, and conducted a number of workshops which trained 45 The ttff is involved in facilitating new film productions and participants in scriptwriting and film development. will screen three short films at ttff/18 that were developed We love film and our gift to the public is eight days of as part of a workshop we coordinated in March on Human memorable films in venues throughout Trinidad and Tobago Rights in partnership with the Canadian High Commission. where the local and Caribbean films will once again play to packed audiences as we celebrate our thirteenth We see ourselves playing an important role in developing trinidad+tobago film festival. the local and Caribbean film industry in a number of ways. Many filmmakers produce films to be premiered at the Bruce Paddington (PhD) festival and they look forward to receiving valuable feedback Founder/Festival Director from their audiences and fellow filmmakers. trinidad+tobago film festival contents who we are 1 welcome THE FESTIVAL TEAM 1 who we are Bruce Paddington Founder + Festival Director 2 sponsors + partners Annabelle Alcazar Programme Director 3 festival basics Melvina Hazard Director of Community Development 4 Raycy Rousseau Project Manager Industry 6 caribbean feature films Franka Philip Guide Editor + Writer 7 panorama feature films Shaun Rambarran Webmaster 7 medium length + short films Shiv Shaw Guide Writer 9 Julien Neaves Guide Writer 10 Dina Poon Chong Guide Writer 13 schedule at a glance Patrick Rasoanaivo theme + festival guide designer 17 index of films Brandon Kalyan Graphic Design 18 Jerel Ramsay Graphic Design 22 BC Pires Youth Jury + Future Critics Mentor 28 Neala Bhagwansingh Social Media Coordinator 36 Whitney Punch MovieTowne Port of Spain House Manager 40 Marian Bradshaw MovieTowne Port of Spain House Manager Dianne Hazard-Chase MovieTowne San Fernando House Manager Susanne Ramrattan MovieTowne Tobago Coordinator VCTT Volunteers - see page Cover art: Sabrina Charran 4 18-25 september ttfilmfestival.com 1 ttff/18 festival guide love. film. sponsors + partners festival basics WHERE TO GET TICKETS VENuES Drink Lounge & Bistro The trinidad+tobago film festival Tickets are available at venues 63 Rosalino Street would like to acknowledge at the time of screenings, and MovieTowne Woodbrook the generous support of our in advance at the box office. Audrey Jeffers Highway Tel (+)1.868.223.7243 sponsors. Tickets at MovieTowne are $40. Port of Spain Schoolchildren in uniform and/or C3 LOFTT Gallery student ID $20. Screenings at all Corinth Road, San Fernando 63 Rosalino Street Leading SPONSORS other venues are free. Lowlands Mall, Tobago Woodbrook BP Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (+) 1.868.627.8277 Ministry of the Community movietowne.com Big Black Box Development, Culture and the Arts Please vacate the cinema between Murray Street screenings Woodbrook MERCHANDISE Port of Spain Film festival merchandise will be The university of the West Indies Supporting SPONSORS sold at MovieTowne Port of Spain. The National Gas Company of Film Programme Building The Residence Trinidad and Tobago 12 Carmody Road, St Augustine One Woodbrook Place Republic Bank Limited http://www.sta.uwi.edu Port of Spain Find us on Grundlos Kollektiv ttff office CONTRIBuTING SPONSORS 11 Cipriani Boulevard 199 Belmont Circular Road FilmTT Port of Spain Port of Spain, Trinidad+Tobago Ministry of Tourism Tel: (+)1.868.223.2278 National Lotteries Control Board ttfilmfestival.com OFFICIAL PARTNERS North Eleven SCRIP-J/BOSS VCTT PARTNERS 519 Trinidad Caribbean Airlines Drink Lounge & Bistro DROP Taxi 868live MEP Neufx OMG Zoom Caribbean PROGRAMMING PARTNERS Media partner VENuE partners IN-KIND PARTNERS Alliance Française Flow MovieTowne Port of Spain Subway British Council Caribbean MovieTowne San Fernando KFC Canadian High Commission MovieTowne Tobago Culturego Magazine The University of the West Indies Embassy of Chile Grundlos Kollektiv Embassy of Colombia Big Black Box Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany LOFTT Gallery Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy of Mexico 2 18-25 september ttfilmfestival.com 3 ttff/18 festival guide love. film. Our volunteers Reel Human Rights A partnership with The High Commission of Canada we couldn’t Three short films with human issue in Trinidad + Tobago, or the audiences, challenging individuals as a filmmaker. I’ve been able to not do it without you all! rights themes, will screen at this wider Caribbean. to expand their knowledge and just hone my craft, but now have an year’s festival, the culmination perspectives. It can also stimulate opportunity to prove it. I’m grateful Our partnership with the Volunteer Centre of Trinidad and Tobago of a partnership with The High The three winners of a healthy dialogue, and ultimately, for the privilege to hold a lens to (VCTT) exceeds our expectations. Through a very mindful and thorough Commission of Canada. CAN$5,000 prize to go towards change.” underrepresented communities recruitment process, we are fortunate to have twelve VCTT volunteers production were Andrei Pierre and under-addressed issues in our working with us since August to help make ttff/18 a success. Fifteen emerging filmmakers (Please See Attached), Francesca The three successful filmmakers culture, and help tell their stories were selected in March 2017 Hawkins (Judgment Day) and were jubilant about being able to responsibly and with due empathy.” Rebekah Ache Data Entry and Events Support to participate in a scriptwriting Siobhan Millette (I Choose You). realise their projects. According Xavier Barzey Administrative Support workshop facilitated by Canadian- The three five-minute films will to Siobhan Millette: “I’m Francesca Hawkins complimented and Feature Writer Jamaican film professional, screen as a package at ttff and will grateful that the Canadian High the partnership and initiative: “Our M’Saydez Campbell Data Entry Annmarie Morais, who continued to then be shown at festivals around Commission has afforded me names were removed from the Chinara Griffith Media Support and Data Entry mentor the filmmakers throughout the region and in Canada. the opportunity to bring attention submissions to ensure transparency Thaiz Gulston Media Lead the year. to one aspect of how these in the judging process. This Vishala Jabar Photographer At the cheque presentation prejudices affect one of the many collaboration between ttff and the Alex Johnson Data Entry and Technical Support In March this year, the same fifteen ceremony at the Canadian High marginalized communities here in Canadian High Commission has Angela St. Pierre-Maynard Social Media Support filmmakers attended ‘From Script Commission, Her Excellency Trinidad + Tobago. Often late to been extremely supportive of film and Feature Writer to Production’, a two-day seminar Carla Hogan Rufelds, reiterated the table, it is high time that ALL development while also raising Alethea McIntyre Administrative, Logistics conducted by Film Board of that Canada regards human citizens are afforded equality and awareness on a variety of human and Volunteer Coordinator Canada producer Selwyn Jacob. rights as universal, indivisible, protection from discrimination, rights issues in Trinidad + Tobago.” Eleven volunteers Administrative Support The seminar also included interdependent and interrelated. violence, unfair treatment and Nickisha McClean Parris Media Support and Feature Writer presentations from specialists in She emphasised that human biases under the laws of our Rhea Ward Events Assistant human rights issues to help the rights cinema plays an important land.” writers develop approaches to role in the struggle for justice REEL HuMAN RIGHTS FILMS We would like to also give a huge big up and thanks to all Sat 22 Sept, 8.30pm their topics. These filmmakers were and dignity, speaking out against Andrei Pierre spoke about the our regular volunteers as well as new ones this year.
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