Presented by Conch Shell Productions May 21-23, 2021 www.ConchShellIFF.com Founded by Haitian American actress/writer/director/producer Magaly Colimon- Christopher, Conch Shell International Film Fest is an online festival that celebrates the unique voices of indie and student film artists of Caribbean ancestry living in the Caribbean Diaspora and in the Caribbean. It's CSIFF's goal to infuse unique Caribbean Diaspora and Caribbean filmmaker voices into the American film industry. To do so we create a space to bring together diverse film lovers, industry experts and artists for 3-days learning about the current and evolving industry trends; and celebrating films that inspire social change. Conch Shell Productions Presents Founder/Fest Director/Curator I Magaly Colimon-Christopher Festival Coordinator I Tanya E. Taylor Festival Coordinator I Marquis Smalls Production Manager I Kyra Bowie Marketing Consultant I Raychelle LeBlanc Awards Jury I Anslem Richardson Awards Jury I Marquis Smalls Awards Jury I Tanya E. Taylor Awards Jury I Martin Majeske Awards Jury I Odley Jean Awards Jury I Regina Taylor Awards Jury I Keith Randolph Smith Film Screeners I Andres Pina Film Screeners I Johnny Sanchez Film Screeners I Ali Pour Issa Film Screeners I Lisa Rene Peques Production Intern I Natasha Mehra For further information visit www.ConchShellIFF.com Friday May 21 Saturday May 22 Sunday May 23 View all CSIFF Films View all CSIFF Films View all CSIFF Films and cast your vote for and cast your vote for and cast your vote for the Audience Choice the Audience Choice the Audience Choice Award Winning Film! Award Winning Film! Award Winning Film! 3-4 pm 12-1 pm Dismantling Barriers to Masterclass: Entry for Emerging Filmmakers: Disruptive 3-4 pm ARTIST CHAT: Female Behavior in Film Smartphone Filmmaking & More Caribbean American & Television Moderator: David Velo Stewart Filmmakers: Vision For The Markets with with Patricia Jean, Marquis Monty Ross Future with Tanya Perez, Smalls, Tanya Perez, Synead Angela Reynoso, Krystle N. Cidney Nichols &Angela Reynoso 3-4 pm Covid 19 Protocol On TV & Adams, Amanda Enzo & FILM Sets: Today & Beyond Nadhege Ptah 12-1 pm Caribbean Films & Language: Moderator: Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown 6:30-7:30 pm Plenary Strategies To Highlight Authentic with Lamar David Mackson, Tanya Session: What is the goal of Narratives In A Multilingual Setting E. Taylor & Cedric Hill CSIFF? with Magaly Colimon- Moderator: Maëlla Kancel with Pauline 6-7 pm Breaking Down the Cabidoche, Rachel Osbourne & Barriers to Collaboration Between Christopher, Marquis Smalls, Meschida Philip Anslem Richardson & Keith 1:30-2:30 pm Traditional and Artists of Caribbean Diaspora & Randolph Smith Disruptive Film Financing Strategies the Caribbean Moderator: Sherando Ferril 9-10 pm Afterparty Moderator Lamonia Deanne Brown with Courtney E. Barrett Bryan, Sr. with Renee Robinson, DJ: MCS Q-Nice Tameika Briscoe, Bobby Del Rio & Rob Oniffe White, (co-sponsored by Maylor Rob Maylor 4:30-5:30 pm The Importance of Film TrillVision.com) & Cedric Hill Scoring Moderator: Samuel E. Archer with George Fontenette, Stix Bones & 8-9 pm CSIFF Award Ceremony Sebastian "Siba" Bardin-Greenberg 9-10 pm Afterparty DJ: 6-7 pm Improving The Visibility & MCS Q-Nice Discoverability Of Caribbean Films, (co-sponsored by Creators, and Actors. Moderator: TrillVision.com) Rachel Osbourne with Kesi Gardner, Samantha Renée & Horane Henry 9-10 pm Afterparty DJ: MCS Q-Nice (co-sponsored by TrillVision.com) Quiet Hero Avenging Hero Paris Blues In Harlem The Rules of Survival Paris Blues in Harlem is the story of a young Alias is tricked into a hard life with no woman and her attempts to save her way out. When she finds an unlikely grandfather’s failing Harlem jazz club. She sisterhood with Gloria and Felicia, the has mere hours to convince her rigid elder to dream of freedom can become a reality. accept a realtor’s briefcase with mounds of Amanda Enzo, Director/Writer cash in exchange for his nightclub. But, as time runs out, he struggles to let go. With Origin: U.S. (Descent: Barbados) only a few seconds left, she is faced with a choice between legacy and money. Nadhege Ptah, Director/Writer Origin: U.S. (Descent: Haiti) Where The Sun Sets Sweet Rind. Ten years after a tragic accident claims the Elsie holds Algie captive in the basement of her life of his mother, Luke Singh struggles to father’s unfinished church. Algie, the make ends meet while working as a mastermind of a notorious scamming operation fisherman. Unable to take care of himself and in Jamaica, executed her sister, brother-in-law his sick grandmother, Luke is presented with and nephew. Algie struggles with the notion of an opportunity to make a lot of money, but forgiveness as justice may not be served to her the decision comes at a much greater cost. satisfaction by the penal system...ending his life Ryan Latchmansingh, Director/Writer seems more appropriate. Origin: Trinidadian & Tobago Andre Wynter, Director Origin: Jamaica Clinton Roache, Writer AntiHero FEAR In The Silence Fear is a thought-jerking drama about Traumatised by his experience of war, the deadly effects of being fearful. Eric struggles to adapt to civilian life. John only wants the comfort and peace Sudden noises and everyday of his own space. frustrations elicit abnormal, Sosiessia Nixon, Director/Writer sometimes violent responses whilst Origin: Jamaica flashbacks increasingly intrude into real life. Ethosheia Hylton, Director Origin: U.K. (Descent: Jamaica) Annabel Grace, Writer Pie: Apple Of My Eye Love Stings A mistreated wife plots revenge when GREED. PRIDE. BETRAYAL… A love story she discovers her husband prefer pies gone wrong. The ANTI-SHERO Pilar Lopez, over her cake. hires a hitman, Felix, to kill her husband, Krystle Adams, Director/Writer Mark Lopez. Origin: U.S. (Descent: Haiti) Angela Reynoso, Director Origin: U.S. (Descent: Dominican Republic) Juan Ramirez Jr, Writer Origin: U.S. (Descent: Puerto Rico) Hero Among Us Only Seen As Three JELANI ADE-DADA: Based on a poem called "Same Ole", the A CELEB’HAIR’TION A black, bantu-knot-headed woman goes film depicts three stereotypes that Black for a job interview and is left to question men are often "only seen" to be, want to the institutionalization of Afro-Centric be, or the only things "they can achieve hairstyles. to be". Chaquillie Elliot & Akeem Anderson, Caleb Grandoit, Director/Writer Co-Directors Origin: U.S. (Descent: Haiti) Origin: Jamaica Dania Brown, Writer Plowing The Stars Whirlwind On her way to meet her dad, a woman an Artistic Statement. Concept, Creation, and reflects on her life. Along the way, the Direction for multi-disciplinary artist, Synead. We offer this work as an outlet to heal. country looks empty to her and, slowly, Experience reality without outside influence and memories of past lives are coming back continue to release performative behaviors. Be to her. Is it real ? Or is it only a dream? bold, brave and harness your energy in these Wally Fall, Director/Writer times of uncertainty. Let us honor truth in which Origin: Guadeloupe/Martinique capitalism denies. Root in the work that people Anyès Noël, Writer choose to neglect. Evolution is afoot. Damani Pompey, Director Origin: U.S. (Descent: St Vincent & The Grenadines) Synead Cidney Nichols, Writer Hope As Hero Noisy Reflexion Sam gets on the subway to get home. When social distancing goes wrong... He catches the eye of April. The two of Alain Bidard, Director/Writer them discover they have way more in Origin: Martinique common than where they’re heading. Sometimes you need a noisy place to have a quiet conversation. Cedric Hill, Director/Writer Origin: US. (Descent: Dominica) One Patty Remember When An impatient man enters a patty shop. All he wants is one patty. Instead he The Clowns Came learns a valuable life lesson... the hard A look at the work of Clowns Without way. Borders through the eyes of their Eugene Williams, Director humanitarian clowns. Origin: Jamaica Tanya Perez, Director/Writer Gay Magnus, Writer Origin: U.S. (Descent: Puerto Rico) Masterclass Information Monty Ross: Disrupting the Norms of Distribution in Film and Television: Then & Now Saturday May 22 3-4 pm EST Monty Ross is the President of Production of Soulidifly Productions. Soulidifly is a full-feature film, stage and TV investment and production company designed to promote a more inclusive narrative in major media. Ross is also a producer and director. He was a part of the vanguard that took the independent filmmaking industry by storm and presented new and engaging stories about the African- American experience that are known throughout the world. As a co-producer, from the early 1980s through to the 2000s, Ross's collaboration with Spike Lee brought to worldwide audiences the following critically acclaimed films: Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, School Daze and Keep The Faith Baby (The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) Panel Information Caribbean Films & Language: Strategies to Highlight Authentic Narratives in a Multilingual Setting Traditional & Disruptive Film Financing From creation to distribution Strategies in a multilingual setting This discussion will provide the audience with a better understanding of how to implement and execute financing tools to fund their film projects. Panelists will May 22 12-1pm EST share tried and true traditional methods, as well as new, Panel Moderator: Maëlla Kancel innovative strategies to identify funding sources for Sharing Caribbean narratives. This is the motto Maëlla filmmakers. Kancel lives by since 2019 with Karukerament, her podcast about the representation of the Caribbean in cinema and May 22 1:30-2:30pm EST television. As she explores films and tv shows, she documents her journey to define her Caribbean identity as Panel Moderator: Lamonia Deanne Brown a French Black woman from Guadeloupe.