ttff/17 festival guide by trinidad+tobago film festival

FESTIVAL GUIDE

19–26 september

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Welcome to the twelfth annual trinidad+tobago film festival! Welcome to the twelfth edition of the ttff. This year we are particularly pleased to have added MovieTowne San Fernando to our screening venues, to be working in close partnership with a number of agencies to help strengthen the capacity and skills of filmmakers, and to put the spotlight on issues of gender and social justice. Through this support we have a strong industry programme with a focus on screenwriting and script development, co-productions — particularly with our Latin American neighbours, and an examination of the representation of women and girls in film. We are excited once again to be opening the Festival with a local feature — Green Days by the River — which was one of the 15 films in development that participated in our Caribbean Film Mart in 2015. It is such a joy to see the film come to fruition. It will no doubt play to sold-out audiences across the country. It is, of course, just one of the 100+ films we will be screening at five venues across Trinidad and Tobago. Our line-up of Caribbean films is especially strong and includes a day of films from T+T — in recognition of National Patriotism Month. As always, the films are both thought-provoking and entertaining — and many are supported by Q+As with the film directors — with opportunities to mingle with them afterwards at our many networking events. So, as we kick off this year’s Festival, high on film — we say “Thank you” to all who have contributed to our growth and development over our twelve years: sponsors, partners, filmmakers, volunteers and staff - both past and present, and the the viewing public. Each one of you has played an invaluable role in our development. Thank you.

who we are THE FESTIVAL TEAM Bruce Paddington Founder + Festival Director Annabelle Alcazar Programme Director Magella Moreau Director of Public Relations Melvina Hazard Director of Community Development Azreena Khan Events + Sponsorship Coordinator Johanna Thomas PR + Marketing Coordinator Tamara Dwarka Administrative Coordinator Karina Wharton Hospitality and Industry Coordinator Ayrïd Chandler Graphic Designer Shaun Rambarran Webmaster Judy Raymond Guide Editor + Writer Aurora Herrera Writer + Blogger Dina Poon Chong Programme Committee BC Pires Youth Jury Mentor + Programme Committee Neala Bhagwansingh Social Media Coordinator Whitney Punch MovieTowne Port of Spain House Manager Anne-Marie Thomas MovieTowne POS, House Manager/Schools Dianne Hazard-Chase MovieTowne San Fernando House Manager Susanne Ramrattan MovieTowne Tobago Coordinator Dominic Koo Technical Manager Jeunanne Alkins Industry Coordinator

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who we are festival basics sponsors + partners patriotism day screenings at uwi focus on youth development industry activities country in focus: costa rica awards + juries opening night film special screening introduction to films caribbean feature films panorama feature films short + medium-length films jafta propella experimental film women in film a look back at 2016 schedule at a glance index of films

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WHERE TO GET TICKETS Tickets are available at venues at the time of screenings, and in advance at the box office. Tickets at MovieTowne are $30. Students in uniform and with student ID pay $20. Screenings at all other venues are free.

VENUES MovieTowne Audrey Jeffers Highway Port of Spain Corinth Road, San Fernando Lowlands Mall, Tobago Tel: (+)1.868.627.8277 movietowne.com Please vacate the cinema between screenings.

MERCHANDISE Festival merchandise will be sold at MovieTowne Port of Spain.

ttff office 199 Belmont Circular Road Port of Spain Trinidad+Tobago Tel: (+)1.868.621.0709 Tel: (+)1.868.621.3473 ttfilmfestival.com

The University of the West Indies Film Programme Building 12 Carmody Road, St. Augustine sta.uwi.edu Hyatt Regency Trinidad Wrightson Road Port of Spain Tel: (+)1.868.623.2222 trinidad.hyatt.com Drink Lounge & Bistro 63 Rosalino Street Woodbrook Tel (+)1.868.223.7243

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Cover photograph: Marlon James©

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sponsors + partners

PRESENTING SPONSOR Flow

LEADING SPONSORS Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT)

SUPPORTING SPONSORS UN Women Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR RBC Royal Bank

OFFICIAL PARTNERS North Eleven Hyatt Regency Trinidad SCRIP-J/BOSS

PARTNERS 519 Trinidad 868live All Italian British Council Caribbean Copa Airlines Drink Lounge & Bistro Fusionn MEP Publishers Neufx OMG Zoom Caribbean

PROGRAMMING PARTNERS Embassy of Costa Rica Embassy of Panama Embassy of Mexico Canadian High Commission

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VENUE PARTNERS MovieTowne Port of Spain MovieTowne San Fernando MovieTowne Tobago The University of the West Indies

IN-KIND PARTNERS Subway KFC Burger King Royal Castle Häagen-Dazs The Plant People

The trinidad+tobago film festival would like to acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors and partners.

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screenings at uwi

A still from Pierott Noir ... A Gothic Trousseau of Trinidad + Tobago, one of the2017 films showing on Republic Day

A still from I Am Not Your Negro, one of the films screening at UWI.

SPOTLIGHT ON T+T FILMS IN CELEBRATION OF PATRIOTISM MONTH

Since our inaugural year, 2006, we have partnered with the UWI Film Programme to both provide students with a platform to showcase their work and to screen some regional and international films from the festival. In 2017, we will be screening on two days: Friday 22, documentary day, and Saturday 23, highlighting the work of the UWI students with Q+As promoting stimulating discussion.

In support of National Patriotism Month from 31 August–24 September, and in partnership with the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, the ttff presents a day-long celebration of T+T through the screening of local, short and feature films, followed by Q+A sessions with the filmmakers. On Republic Day - September 24th, the screenings will be held at MovieTowne Port of Spain, San Fernando and Tobago. It is a day for Trinbagonians to come together to celebrate who they are through the cinematic stories of some of the nation’s finest filmmakers, as well as those now emerging.

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KEN GORDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES PARTNERING WITH THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FILM FESTIVAL (TTFF) 2017 AND THE FUTURE CRITICS PROGRAMME

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focus on youth development

Some members of the 2016 Youth Jury meeting wih BC Pires.

The ttff is committed to developing film-related, transferable, critical skills among our future generations, using film as a vehicle for developing film literacy and appreciation, adjudication, journalism, critical analysis and review. This year, we continue to foster emerging talents through two youth-focused initiatives, sponsored by RBC Royal Bank (Trinidad and Tobago). RBC FUTURE CRITICS PROGRAMME For the second consecutive year, this initiative prepares students of the Ken Gordon School of Journalism at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad + Tobago (COSTAATT) for the rigour, best practices and industry standards of critical film analysis and festival reporting. Ten students from the Programme are selected to attend special Festival events for professional journalists, as well as public screenings, in order to write critical reviews of films under the mentorship of a film critic and journalist, BC Pires. The students are expected to write daily reviews for our website and post social media reports during the Festival period. RBC FUTURE CRITICS AWARD At the conclusion of the Festival, the best Future Critic is selected on the basis of the quality of their writing and analysis, their ability to meet tight deadlines, and the number of reviews published. They are awarded a cash prize, which is presented by the sponsor, at the ttffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award ceremony at the end of the Festival.

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THE RBC YOUTH JURY This Programme affords young people - aged 16â&#x20AC;&#x201C;21, the opportunity to view and adjudicate on youth-themed films that are in competition for the annual Youth Jury Award during the official Festival period. Following a national call for submissions, 5 jurors are selected on the basis of the strength of their application. Under the mentorship of professional film critic, BC Pires, the Youth Jury views 6 films focusing on young protagonists dealing with coming-of-age issues, challenges and triumphs. This is a valuable opportunity to develop competence in critical analysis skills and teamwork. RBC YOUTH JURY FILM AWARD The main objective of the Youth Jury is to select the winning Youth Jury film. The director of the winning film receives a trophy and cash award, presented by the sponsor, at the awards ceremony on 26 September.

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industry activities THURSDAY 21 + FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Hyatt Regency Trinidad Script Development Workshop in partnership with the British Council and facilitated by Ludo Smolski. This is a follow-up to a workshop held in March 2017. In Part 2, the 15 participants, who have been mentored by Smolski over the last six months, will come together to review and assess the progress of their projects and discuss the way forward. SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER CODE ORANGE: Co-productions and Regional Incentives Sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank Hyatt Regency Trinidad 9.00am Registration and coffee 9.30am–10.30am Regional Incentives and Opportunities Presenters: Max Valverde, Deputy Minister of Culture, Costa Rica; Renee Robinson, Film Commissioner of Jamaica; Nneka Luke, General Manager, FilmTT; Cindy-Ann Gatt, Director of Marketing, Flow 10.30am –11.00am Feedback and discussion 11.00am–12.00pm Co-Productions with the Americas Presenters: Omar de la Cruz, Funglode, Dominican Republic; Laura Ávila Tascan, Producer, Entonces Nosotros, Costa Rica; Jorge Lopez Sotomayor, President, Association of Film Directors and Scriptwriters, Chile; Samuel Chauvin, Producer, Santa y Andres 12.00pm–12.30pm Feedback and discussion 1.30pm–2.30pm Presentation of case study The Cutlass by Joanne Butcher 2.30pm–3.30pm Feedback and discussion 3.30pm–4.00pm Wrap-up of the day SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 10.00am–12.00pm One-on-One Sessions: An opportunity to sit with international industry professionals for direction + advice on a current film project With: Joanne Butcher, Jorge Lopez Sotomayor, Samuel Chauvin, Laura Avila. Registration in advance is required. SATURDAY 23 + SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER Hyatt Regency Trinidad Scriptwriting Workshop with Ludo Smolski In partnership with the British Council This two-day Workshop for 15 writers will give in-depth training on writing for screen. Working through a series of lectures and writing exercises on story, character, structure, genre, dialogue and imagery, this workshop aims to help you test and sharpen your technical skills and find and express your voice in your storytelling. The primary focus is on writing fiction for cinema, across all budget levels, with occasional detours into smaller-screen narrative.

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LUDO SMOLSKI Ludo Smolski is a development consultant, script editor and reader for a variety of companies in the UK, training internationally on all aspects of script development and screenwriting. He has worked with the Media Development Authority in Singapore, at the Berlin Talent Campus, and led script-development training programmes and workshops at the Edinburgh, Warsaw, Gothenburg and Sarajevo film festivals, and for Creative England. Smolski was part of the team delivering the DigiShorts training programme (2007–2010), and currently consults and edits scripts for iFeatures4, Creative Scotland, Scottish Film Talent Network, Creative England, Film4 and the BFI Film Fund. JOANNE BUTCHER Joanne Butcher has worked as a global marketing consultant for YouTube, and is a former director of the Alliance Cinema at Miami Beach, a founder of the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP/National) and of IFP/Miami. She has taught film financing and screenwriting and has worked extensively with hundreds of filmmakers from the US, UK, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean and Latin America. Butcher has been mentored by James Schamus (producer/screenwriter of Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon); and Lucy and Luis Carlos Barreto, who have made over 200 films in Brazil. SAMUEL CHAUVIN Samuel is the founder and manager of Promenades Films, which focusses on international co-production and the discovery of new talent worldwide. His many projects include Carlos Lechuga’s Melaza (Cuba), coproduced with Arte France Cinéma and released in 2014, Lechuga’s latest film, Santa y Andres, Carlos Tribino’s El Silencio del Rio (Colombia) - winner of the Best Colombian film at Cartagena Film Festival in 2015, and Alvaro Aponte-Centeno’s El Silencio del Viento (Puerto Rico), which is soon to be released. Chauvin was a facilitator at ttff’s 2015 Caribbean Film Mart and is part of many juries and industry workshops globally. RENEE ROBINSON Renee Robinson is the Film Commissioner of Jamaica, and a multi-lingual cultural industry strategist and thought-leader. She has worked in Canada, Europe, South Africa, and the Caribbean – within the verticals of film, television, digital media, arts and culture, entertainment, and communications. With over 15 years of senior management experience in content programming, regulation/policy, strategic planning, and industry intelligence, she has held leadership roles at the Ministry of Culture in Jamaica, the ReelWorld Film Festival, the Harbourfront Centre, Women in Film & Television, and the Toronto International Film Festival.

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SATURDAY 23 + SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 9.30am - 4.00pm Hyatt Regency Trinidad Scriptwriting Workshop with Ann Marie Morais Sponsored by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts Part 2 follow-up workshop The fifteen aspiring screenwriters who attended a scriptwriting workshop with Ann Marie Morais in March 2017, were set a writing assignment that will be reviewed and developed during this two-day session. SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 1.00pm - 2.30pm Hyatt Regency Trinidad Creative Industries and the Orange Economy: a public presentation by the Inter-American Development Bank about the impact and opportunities provided by the orange economy (driven by the creative industries), drawing on the research presented in its two publications, The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity, and Orange Economy: Innovations you may not know were from Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will address the importance of the orange economy for the social and economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean, with the film sector highlighted as one of the examples.

INFORMAL NETWORKING FILMCO’s Games Night Thursday 21 September, 6.30pm 65 Carlos Street, Woodbrook (opposite Brooklyn Bar) Under the umbrella of ttff/17 - FILMCO, the Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, will host a Filmmaker Games Night for local and visiting film professionals as a fun, networking mixer. Better polish up on your pop culture trivia knowledge!

Filmmakers’ Lounge Saturday 23 September, 6.00pm - 8.00pm Drink Lounge + Bistro 63 Rosalino Street, Woodbrook An evening of networking over drinks, the Filmmakers’ Lounge provides an informal space for filmmakers and other film professionals from T+T and across the region to meet each other, and make lasting connections.

LAURA AVILA TACSAN Laura Avila Tacsan is a Costa Rican independent producer living in Los Angeles. She is the producer of the Costa Rica/USA romantic comedy Entonces Nosotros (2016) and the Costa Rica/ Singapore feature film Rosado Furia (2014). She has also produced music videos, institutional videos, and short films. In TV, she worked at mun2 (NBC Universo) in the Programming and Development Department, collaborating on the show RPM MIAMI. Tacsan also worked at DestinosTV, a travel show, where she wrote and produced shows in Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. JORGE LÓPEZ SOTOMAYOR Jorge López Sotomayor made his feature debut in 1983 with El Ultimo Grumete, which is now a classic Chilean film. His feature film XS - La Peor Talla (The Worst Size) was awarded Best Feature Film in the Youth Film Festival of Auburn, Australia, 2003, the Audience´s Award at the Lebu International Film Festival in Chile, 2004, and the Best Actor Award at the Cuenca International Film Festival, Ecuador, 2005. His latest feature film, Patagonia of Dreams, premiered at the Film Market in Cannes, and is currently being screened in Chile. He is the president of the Chilean Association of Film Directors and Scriptwriters, ADG. ANN MARIE MORAIS Ann Marie Morais has written for major TV networks including CBS, SyFy and Canada’s Global TV. She is a graduate of York University’s film and video production programme. In 1999, she was the first Canadian to receive a Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, considered screenwriting’s most prestigious competition. Morais won for her dramatic feature-film script Bleeding. Her inaugural feature film, How She Move, was a 2007 Sundance Film Festival Selection, and received worldwide release through US distributor Paramount Vantage. MAX VALVERDE Max Valverde is a lawyer and filmmaker. Currently the Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth, he was previously the director of the Costa Rican Film Production Centre (Centro de Cine), where he promoted the creation of a national fund for audiovisual productions and the first plan to develop the industry. He is also the co-author of the Film Act. He has also been the director and screenwriter of several feature films, has a master’s degree in film arts from Florida State University, training in educational video production from the Japanese Co-operation Agency, and another master’s degree in international trade law.

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costa rican cinema: reality or fiction?

Entonces Nosotros (About Us)

A BRIEF REVIEW OF A LONG JOURNEY While the first Costa Rican narrative feature film, El Retorno (The Return), was produced in 1930 (and there were some works produced on 35mm film as early as 1910), Costa Rican cinema can really be said to have started in 1973, with the creation of the Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica (Centre of Cinematographic Production – CCPC) and its mandate to “give a voice to the voiceless.” The establishment of CCPC was made possible through funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under the condition that it would not be used for government propaganda. About 75 documentaries in the 16mm film format were produced during the first stages of the institution. Later, with the arrival of video and its lower costs, audiovisual production increased considerably.

short films. By 2002, with films such as Password, Asesinato en El Meneo (Murder in El Meneo), Marasmo, Caribe (Caribbean) and El Camino (The Trail), the country was witnessing steady growth in production and local audience interest, with local films being shown in commercial movie theatres. But perhaps it was the production of internationally acclaimed, award-winning films like Gestación (Pregnancy), by Esteban Ramírez, in 2009, that signalled the true emergence of Costa Rican cinema, with a number of films surpassing expectations at the box office. The national cinema was revitalised with some 40 independent film productions, many of which received state support through the Ibermedia programme, while others were backed by the national production support fund El Fauno. Costa Rica has now produced more films since 2000 than it did in the entire previous century. Among them was the nation’s foreignlanguage Oscar entry, Red Princesses, by Laura Astorga. Currently, the CCPC is the main organisation which encourages independent productions, supporting them through production, co-production, distribution and representation abroad. Its 20 years of screenings of Costa Rican cinema and video evolved into the Costa Rican International Film Festival in 2012. The festival includes a worksin-progress lab, with films in various stages of post-production being showcased from across Central America, in addition to pre-production projects from Costa Rica. Participants meet with filmmaking mentors and industry professionals and distributors from Argentina, Ecuador and Mexico. The underlying goal is to gain traction for the projects outside the area.

In the 1990s, a generation of young filmmakers returned to the country after pursuing formal studies in film and video production abroad, and began to produce a number of fiction and documentary

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awards + juries

ttff/16 award winners

At the ttff/16 awards ceremony

AWARDS The ttff awards prizes in three categories: jury prizes, people’s choice awards, and special awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday 26 September at the Central Bank Auditorium in Port of Spain.

SPECIAL PRIZES BEST T+T FILM IN DEVELOPMENT TT$10,000 / Sponsored by BP Trinidad and Tobago

JURY PRIZES BEST FEATURE FILM – NARRATIVE TT$10,000 / Sponsored by Flow In competition: Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) - José María Cabral, Dominican Republic Cargo - Kareem Mortimer, The Bahamas El Techo (On the Roof) - Patricia Ramos, Cuba Santa and Andres - Carlos Lechuga, Cuba Ultimos Días En La Habana (Last Days In Havana) - Fernando Pérez, Cuba BEST FEATURE FILM – DOCUMENTARY TT$10,000 / Sponsored by Flow In competition: Jeffrey - Yanillys Perez, Dominican Republic Kingston Crossroads - Oliver Becker + Jonas Schaul, Jamaica/Germany BEST SHORT FILM TT$5,000 / Sponsored by Flow In competition: Con Sana Alegria (With Wholesome Joy) - Claudia Muñoz, Cuba Tourments D’Amour - Caroline Jules, Guadeloupe/France Chocolate - Fernando Peña, Dominican Republic Paddlin’ Spirit: A Portrait of the Artist Laura Facey - Amanda Sans, Jamaica Féfé Limbe - Julien Silloray, Guadeloupe BEST T+T FEATURE FILM TT$10,000 Sponsored by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts In competition: Moko Jumbie - Vashti Anderson Green Days by the River - Michael Mooleedhar BEST T+T SHORT FILM TT$5,000 Sponsored by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts In competition: Short Drop - Maya Cozier Salty Dog - Oliver Milne Visibly Me - Nicola Cross Temple in the Sea - Kevin Bhall

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BEST FILM AS DECIDED BY A YOUTH JURY TT$5,000 / Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank In competition: Green Days by the River - Michael Mooleedhar, Trinidad+Tobago Moko Jumbie - Vashti Anderson, Trinidad+Tobago Reinbou - David Maler + Andrés Cubelo, Dominican Republic The Violin Teacher - Sérgio Machado, Brazil El Techo - Patricia Ramos, Cuba Keyla - Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Colombia FUTURE CRITICS PRIZE TT$5,000 / Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank Mentor BC Pires selects the top future critic from the COSTAATT journalism students participating in this initiative. BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM TT$5,000 / Sponsored by ttff In competition: Chaotic Beauty - Di-Andre Caprice Davis, Jamaica Cathedral - Juliette McCawley, Trinidad+Tobago Reforget - Vonley Smith, Barbados Xerox Island - Alex Kelly, Trinidad+Tobago A Dress to the Nation - Richard Rawlins, Trinidad+Tobago Uncertainty and Failure - Luis Vasquez La Roche/Joanne Helfer, Venezuela/ Scotland Afloat - Devon Narine Singh, USA After La Monte Young - Sandra Vivas, Dominica AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE TT$5,000 In competition: Cargo - Kareem Mortimer, The Bahamas Entre 2 Rives: De Saint-Domingue à Pointe-à-Pitre (Between 2 Shores: From Santo Domingo to Pointe-à-Pitre) - Mariette Monpierre, Guadeloupe Jeffrey - Yanillys Perez, Dominican Republic PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS TT$5,000 each / Sponsored by Flow BEST FEATURE FILM – NARRATIVE BEST FEATURE FILM – DOCUMENTARY BEST SHORT FILM

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THE JURIES FEATURES

Joanne Butcher Joanne Butcher has worked as a global marketing consultant for YouTube, eventually running its UK movie rental unit and collaborating with engineers and curatorial teams around the world. She has been mentored by James Schamus (producer/screenwriter of Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon); and Lucy and Luis Carlos Barreto, who have made over 200 films in Brazil. Butcher is a former director of the Alliance Cinema on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, IFP/Miami and a founder of IFP/National. She has taught film financing and screenwriting and has worked extensively with hundreds of filmmakers from the US, UK, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean and Latin America. Priscilla Anany Priscilla Anany was born in Ghana and migrated to the US. She studied film at the University of NC School of Arts, and has a master’s degree in communications from New York University. Anany is an advocate for women’s empowerment and as a filmmaker, she likes to tell stories that challenge unfavourable social norms. Her films include KORJI (2013), and her latest film, Children of the Mountain (2016). Steve Zebina Director of Cinema and Film Festival Rencontre Cinémas Martinique as well as cinema curator for the year-long programme at Tropiques Atrium in Fort de France. Steve teaches film analysis and the history of cinema, provides programming advice at various film festivals, and is an expert on Caribbean film.

Samuel Chauvin Samuel is the founder and manager of Promenades Films, which focusses on international co-production and the discovery of new talent worldwide. His many projects include Carlos Lechuga’s Melaza (Cuba), coproduced with Arte France Cinéma and released in 2014; Lechuga’s latest film, Santa y Andres, Carlos Tribino’s El Silencio del Rio (Colombia) - winner of the Best Colombian film at Cartagena Film Festival in 2015, and Alvaro Aponte-Centeno’s El Silencio del Viento (Puerto Rico), which is soon to be released. Chauvin was a facilitator at ttff’s 2015 Caribbean Film Mart and is part of many juries and industry workshops globally. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE

Gregory Sloane-Seale Since 2006, Sloane-Seale has successfully coordinated the Citizen Security Programme in the Ministry of National Security, which has been achieving its main objectives of reducing levels of crime and violence in specific “high needs” communities in Trinidad + Tobago. Over his career, Sloane-Seale has presented his work in youth and community outreach with an emphasis on crime and violence reduction as a sector specialist at local, regional and international conferences. Pamela Carmona Pamela Carmona is the current Regional Youth and Activism Coordinator for the Americas at Amnesty International Americas Regional Office based in Mexico City. Her daily job is to bring youth perspectives to the job Amnesty does around Human Rights. She had also worked at Amnesty International Chile, TECHO Mexico and the MARIA Abortion Fund for Social Justice.

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Ann Marie Morais Ann Marie Morais has written for major TV networks including CBS, SyFy and Canada’s Global TV. She is a graduate of York University’s film and video production programme. In 1999, she was the first Canadian to receive a Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, considered screenwriting’s most prestigious competition. Morais won for her dramatic feature-film script Bleeding. Her inaugural feature film, How She Move, was a 2007 Sundance Film Festival Selection, and received worldwide release through US distributor Paramount Vantage. Dion Boucaud Dion Boucaud’s broad portfolio dates back to the 1990s and includes news features and entertainment programmes, live broadcasts, and magazine-format shows, as well as several corporate and personality videos. In his 27 years in the industry, he has led production teams in North and South America, Europe, and many Caribbean destinations. In 2006, he enrolled in the UWI BA film programme and earned several awards for his work, graduating with honours in 2009. He is a co-owner of PixelPlay Media Limited, a director of the Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago (FILMCO) and a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Board of Film Censors.

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Film for a sustainable world

The emergence of Trinidad and Tobago film adds to the diversity and unique voice of a country.The UN acknowledges the work of the T&T Film Festival in

Leaving No One Behind.

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opening night film

GREEN DAYS BY THE RIVER Director: Michael Mooleedhar 2017, Trinidad + Tobago Narrative Feature / 100 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (NAPA) Port-of-Spain 6.00pm – Cocktail Reception 7.30pm – Film Screening: Green Days by the River

A film adaptation of Michael Anthony’s classic 1967 novel of the same name, Green Days by the River, gets this year’s Festival off to a running start. Bringing to life childhood memories of the book, and a Trinidad perhaps long forgotten, director Michael Mooleedhar’s film is set in the idyllic countryside of 1950s Mayaro and re-tells the story of 15 year old Shell. Newly arrived in the village, he quickly gets caught between his longing to be a man, and his child-like innocence in the face of adult cunning. With adolescent hormones raging amidst the breathtaking beauty of the local girls and the Mayaro landscape, the quiet storm that’s brewing may prove more than he can handle, and life as he once knew it, will certainly never be the same again. Beautifully shot — echoing the book’s emphasis on nature – and faithful to the novel in other ways, the film has strong performances from newcomer and secondary school student - Sudai Tafari (Shell), Anand Lawkaran (Mr. Gidharrie), and veterans Che Rodriguez (Pa), and Dara Healy (Ma Lammy).

special screening In search of her roots, Asha flies in from England to visit her old family home, situated amongst the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. But there’s trouble in paradise. She finds herself drawn to her neighbour, a young fisherman, whose family rents a house from Asha’s aunt. The strain between the two families - one Indian and one African, is palpable and as Asha’s attraction deepens, she must navigate racial taboos, family disapproval, political turmoil, and mysterious hauntings from ancestral spirits.

MOKO JUMBIE

Director: Vashti Anderson 2017, Trinidad + Tobago, Trinidad English, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 94 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS

Trinidadian-American director, Anderson’s striking imagery mingles memory and imagining, the mundane and the supernatural, in examining family, race, class, and the quest for home. Moko Jumbie, Anderson’s feature film debut, was a selection at the 2017 LA Film Festival.

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Photo of Christiane Emmanuel Company by Nadine Eversley.

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the ttff/17 film lineup CARIBBEAN

PANORAMA

SHORT AND MEDIUMLENGTH FILMS

The Caribbean section comprises feature-length films from the Caribbean, the diaspora, and films by international filmmakers made in and about the region.

The Panorama section consists of feature-length films from world cinema. The films in this section come from North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, India and China.

This section comprises films under 30 minutes in length (shorts) and films between 30 and 72 minutes in length (medium-length films) from the Caribbean and its diaspora.

Films in competition for all categories are indicated by this icon:

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A CARIBBEAN DREAM

ANGÉLICA

Director: Shakirah Bourne 2017, Barbados Narrative Feature / 82 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Marisol Gómez Mouakad 2016, Puerto Rico English + Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 95 minutes T+T PREMIERE

The Cropover festival, lovers’ quarrels, powerful herbs …and fairies. Those are the ingredients that director and screenwriter Shakirah Bourne has brewed into a modern-day retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Set in Barbados, the film mixes Shakespearean language with Barbadian dialect amid lush tropical imagery for a Caribbean take on a comic classic.

Angélica works in a clothes factory in New York, sewing her own designs in the little spare time she has free from the demands of boyfriend Jose. Then her father, Wilfredo, has a heart attack and she flies home to Puerto Rico. Wilfredo is black, but Angélica’s mother is white, and it’s only upon her return that she fully understands the virulent racism (and sexism) she’s battled all her life. She finally grasps the choice she must make: conform to the wishes of those who should have her interests at heart, or follow her own path, independent, but completely alone.

Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A

Thu 21 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne Tobago Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Tue 26 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

CARGO

CARPINTEROS (WOODPECKERS)

Director: Kareem Mortimer 2017, The Bahamas Narrative Feature / 105 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: José María Cabral 2017, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 106 minutes T&T PREMIERE

Kevin owns a battered boat, but a living from fishing won’t keep his wife and his mother - who has Alzheimer’s, or pay his mortgage and his son’s school fees. His wife’s career is over because she served jail time for his involvement in the drug trade. Now even more desperate, he puts his boat to another use: transporting equally desperate Haitians from the Bahamas on their way to enter the US illegally. He’s taken risks before — this time he must pull off the biggest one of all.

The inmates of the Najayo men’s prison perch by a high window to communicate in sign language with the women in the female prison yards away. Julian, a newcomer to this hell-hole, acts as a go-between for Manaury, a fellow prisoner in solitary confinement, and the hottempered Yanelly. But Julian and Yanelly are drawn to each other, and in this intense, brutal atmosphere, the situation quickly escalates out of control.

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Fri 22 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 6.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A

Sat 23 Sept, 9.00pm MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm MovieTowne POS Screen 8

19–26 september

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EL HOMBRE QUE CUIDA (THE WATCHMAN)

EL TECHO (ON THE ROOF)

Director: Alejandro Andújar 2017, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 87 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Patricia Ramos 2016, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 75 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Juan gave up fishing and became caretaker of a beach house to support his wife. Now she’s left him for another man, and, feeling the villagers are mocking him, he’s retreated into a passive, solitary exile there. When his employer’s son sneaks some friends over for a wild weekend, Juan realises the house has become a cage and he’s let himself be exploited. Will he be able to break free of his self-imposed imprisonment?

Three young friends daydream on the roofs of the apartment blocks of Havana. Anita wonders who’s the father of her unborn child. Yasmani watches his pigeons fly free and tries to coax his father into leaving their apartment. Vito, convinced he’s really Italian, tries to contact his imagined family in Sicily. In a world of their own, they try to find a way to begin their lives in the real world.

Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm MovieTowne San Fernando Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A

Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

EXTRA TERRESTRES (EXTRA TERRESTRIALS)

GREEN DAYS BY THE RIVER

Director: Carla Cavina Meléndez 2016, Puerto Rico + Venezuela Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 113 minutes INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Director: Michael Mooleedhar 2017, T+T Narrative Feature / 100 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Teresa, an astrophysicist, goes back to her family in Puerto Rico to invite them to her wedding. This is not an easy task, as she has an ongoing battle with her father. As tensions grow from mounting frustrations, her anxious fiancé becomes impatient and pays the family an unexpected visit. Her mystery love unravels a number of the family secrets, but a star 2.5 million light years away will help to bring them all together again.

In a remote village in 1952 Trinidad, a curious boy pursues the affection of two girls. Despite his ailing father’s advice, Shell follows the compassionate Mr. Gidharee to work on his plantation along the river, in hopes of attracting his daughter Rosalie, but then falls for Joan, a sweet, sensible girl from the city. From the love triangle that ensues, Shell learns bittersweet lessons of life and love that will define his manhood and future forever.

Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A

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JEFFREY

KINGSTON CROSSROADS

Director: Yanillys Perez 2016, Dominican Republic/France Spanish, with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 78 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Directors: Oliver Becker + Jonas Schaul 2016, Germany/Jamaica Jamaican English, with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 72 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Twelve-year-old Jeffrey’s mother wakes him not for school but to clean windshields in traffic to pay the rent, as he’s done for 6 years. Most of her children live with her, because their estranged father used to beat her and doesn’t support them. One older brother sings reggaetón, as “Jeffrey the Nightmare”, the hopeful and enterprising little boy follows suit, taking what pleasure he can from small things and anxious to break free of their crushing poverty.

An exciting and intimate journey through one of the world’s most diverse and controversial cities, Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Kingston Crossroads is a snapshot of the country’s current social and political situation, told through the personal perspectives of several fascinating Jamaicans. At the crossroads of the title, old and young generations, unique storylines and inspiring visions meet.

Thu 21 Sept, 10.30am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Thu 21 Sept, 10.30am, MovieTowne San Fernando Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Thu 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

MELOCOTONES (PEACHES)

MOKO JUMBIE

Director: Héctor Valdez 2015, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 80 minutes T&T PREMIERE

Director: Vashti Anderson 2017, T+T Trinidad English, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 94 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

For their anniversary, Diego has planned a repeat of his first weekend with his girlfriend Laura. In fact he’s planned it too exactly, and Laura is bored by his lack of spontaneity. Luckily Diego, an inventor, can rejig his Sexotron machine, travel back in time and make everything different. Filmed in Technicolor hues, this sex/science-fiction comedy has a 1950s look, and the gadgets have a distinctly antiquated air. So Diego’s scientific experiments have some unexpected and hilarious outcomes.

Asha flies in from England to visit her old family home. But there’s trouble in paradise. Her aunt Mary doesn’t like her associating with their Afro-Trinidadian neighbours. Then Asha begins to realise this abandoned seaside coconut estate is not as tranquil as it looks. TrinidadianAmerican director Anderson’s striking imagery mingles memory and imagining, the mundane and the supernatural, in examining family, race, class, and the quest for home.

Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

19–26 september

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PANAMA DREAMS

QUICK PICK

Director: Alison Saunders 2017, Barbados/T+T French Creole with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 75 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Miguel K Lashley 2017, T+T Narrative Feature / 90 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Panama Dreams transports the viewer on filmmaker Alison Saunders’ modern-day search for descendants of an ancestor who left Barbados in the early 1900s to build the Panama Canal – one of the seven wonders of the modern world. After five years of creating compelling re-enactments and collecting archival film and photos, as well as contemporary images and interviews, she tells a larger, poignant story of strength, endurance and sacrifice and uncovers troubling issues of race, class and power that face descendants of those canal workers in Panama, the West Indies, the USA and Cuba today.

Twenty-four-year-old construction worker Travis Duke runs completely out of luck with love, work and money. His fortunes change when he buys a lotto ticket with the winning numbers. He curses his boss and starts making plans. No cash in hand yet, he borrows money from “Bling,” a drug lord, to kickstart the celebrations, buy a car and even a condo. Did Travis put the cart before the donkey? What happens when he goes to cash his winning ticket? Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago, Q+A

Fri 22 Sept, 12.00pm, UWI Film Programme Mon 25 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

REINBOU (RAINBOW)

SANTA Y ANDRES (SANTA AND ANDRES)

Directors: David Maler + Andrés Cubelo 2017, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 100 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Carlos Lechuga 2016, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 100 mins T+T PREMIERE

Ángel Maceta is a sweet 7-year-old, cared for by his mother and aunts, and roaming wherever his imagination takes him. He finds a book that will help him discover treasure — but it also reveals the story of the 1965 civil war that tore the Dominican Republic apart. Meanwhile, his innocent curiosity about his absent father brings back memories for his mother that are bittersweet, until the story told by his book reaches its conclusion.

In the 1980s, Andres lives in a shack in the Cuban hills, selling preserves for a living, but is considered a dangerous dissident. So during a nearby conference attended by foreigners, Santa, a farm worker, is sent to ensure he has no contact with them. A true believer, she’s puzzled to find she relates to him as a fellow, wounded human being. But even the smallest defiance of revolutionary doctrine must be ruthlessly repressed.

Thur 21 Sept, 10.30am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Thur 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

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THE LIES WE TELL

ULTIMOS DÍAS EN LA HABANA (LAST DAYS IN HAVANA)

Director: Clifford Seedansingh 2017, T+T Narrative Feature / 90 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Fernando Pérez 2016, Cuba Spanish with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 93 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Sam is a serial adulterer, whose many businesses and personal interests make him the point of contact for his friends who are struggling with fidelity accusations, including his best friend John and his fiancée Susan. Although Sam constantly encourages John to cheat, John resists. However, when Sam catches Susan in a compromising situation with another man, rather than telling his best friend, he sexually blackmails her.

The melancholy Diego washes dishes in a Havana restaurant, hoping to migrate to the US, and cares for his childhood friend Miguel, who has AIDS. Diego’s quietness contrasts with the lively neighbours who share their lives in a place where privacy is almost impossible, especially when Miguel’s firebrand niece comes to stay with them. Despite Diego’s inscrutable quality, the film is gentle and moving.

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Thu 21 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A

Thu 21 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

VIENTOS DE HABANA (THE WINDS OF HAVANA)

YO SOY UN POLITICO (I AM A POLITICIAN)

Director: Felix Viscarret 2017, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 96 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Javier Colon 2016, Puerto Rico Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 93 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Mario Conde is the maverick, lone-wolf policeman in this beautifully shot noir film, set amidst the fading, ramshackle charms of Havana. Conde’s personal and professional lives come together as he pursues the killer of a young teacher at his own former high school. Both a hard-boiled cop and a romantic, literary-minded man, he has another mystery to solve: where is the red-headed beauty with whom he’s fallen madly in love?

I Am a Politician follows Carlos, a former filmmaker recently released from jail. Looking for a job where he can make a lot of money fast, he teams up with his cellmate Cangri and runs for governor of Puerto Rico. Running for one party won’t be enough, so he approaches each of the island’s three main parties, pitching his candidacy to the highest bidder. During his campaigning, he falls in love and begins to change his outlook.

Fri 22 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Fri 22 Sept, 10.15pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Wed 20 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Tue 26 Sept, 6.00pm, Movietowne Tobago

19–26 september

panorama features

Screenings are subject to change, so please check our website before attending a screening.

ADAMA

BAD LUCKY GOAT

Director: Simon Rouby 2015, France French, with English subtitles Animated Feature / 78 minutes

Director: Samir Oliveros 2017, Colombia Jamaican English, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 75 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Adama lives a traditional life in a sheltered valley in West Africa. Then his older brother runs away to be a warrior, tempted by the gold of the mysterious Nasseras people. Adama goes in search of him, only to find the strangers are the French, and his quest takes him as far as the Western Front in the middle of World War I. The horrors of modern warfare mingle with magical realism in this one-of-a-kind feature. Wed 20 Sept, 10.30am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 10.30am, MovieTowne San Fernando Tue 26 Sept, 10.30am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

Corn and his sullen sister, Rita, set out on an errand for their mother, along what turns out to be a long and winding road, thanks to the eponymous animal (played by Vincent van Goat). The film is set on one of Colombia’s San Andrés islands, which have strong historical links with Jamaica. Hence the language, offbeat humour, colourful characters—and the teens’ fear that it’s a duppy that has caused the chaos. Can the enterprising Corn beat a supernatural jinx? Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Mon 25 Sept, 11.00am MovieTowne San Fernando Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne POS Screen 8

CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAIN

ENAMORÁNDOME DE ABRIL (ROMANCING APRIL)

Director: Priscilla Anany 2016, Ghana Twi, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 100 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Joel Núñez 2015, Mexico Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 90 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Essuman’s life collapses when her baby is born with disabilities. A yamseller in the Accra market, she doesn’t have the money for surgery, so she turns to folk remedies. The same folk beliefs make her life harder, however, when she is blamed for her son’s condition. Yet, it’s an old woman in her home village whose wise advice offers hope for her and her child.

When a hopeless romance writer and a pragmatic independent journalist meet by chance and spend a night together, they are forced to question their notions of love and relationships. The couple has even more in common than they first thought, since they are both liars as writers — he signs his books under a female pseudonym, while she writes her column as a man. A witty, romantic comedy which shows the lighter side of Mexican cinema.

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Fri 22 Sept, 9.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Presented by the Embassy of Mexico

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panorama features to their own devices, with no buffer around them. I had characters that were naked and, as a result, who had rare strength. Kinshasa is nothing more than our world. How does one shoot a film in such a chaotic city? It’s a city like any other, with its ins and outs. What is key is always having the right adviser on site. Thanks to Dieudo Hamadi, a young and brilliant Congolese documentary maker, I was put in touch with Roger Kangudia, a location manager and producer who was able to take me everywhere, roaming the city to find the various places where I’d pictured the film. The heart of the possibility of a film in this kind of situation resides in the location management and executive production - in this particular instance, Oumar Sall, the Senegalese co-producer. If they’re well connected, know how to get around in the various locations where we’d like to film, if they know how to talk and get people involved in the film… Then we can shoot anywhere. It’s almost the same thing as filming in Paris, except that the terms are sometimes different. We try to remain accessible to get as much of what happens as possible, to never play against, to remain attentive. Then, you’ve always got someone from the intelligence service at your side, and a powerful bureaucracy with which you need to be able to dialogue. You also have people who are often recalcitrant toward the camera because they are wary about the image conveyed, so you have to talk to them. You’re filming using the city – it’s the city that makes the film.

Did music have an influence on your choosing Kinshasa? Yes. It really came with Kasai Allstars, which is a conglomerate of four or five different groups. It’s both traditional music and music that has become urbanized, that smells of grease and the forest. Transcendental, electric, almost rock or electro. This music links tradition with modernity and, as I see it, embodies the African city. Were the members of Kasai Allstars immediately receptive to the project? I went to meet with them, one group after the other, to talk to them about the film and they showed a lot of interest and curiosity. It was pretty simple, and we were able to work with their label, Crammed Discs. Muambuyi, the singer, coached Tshanda and was generous enough to let her take her place, lend her her voice, teach her the songs and how to dance… We filmed the songs both live and in playback over several nights and over very long durations. All over Kinshasa there was an enormous desire, the energy to create, to build. You might think the people would have become sluggish from being kicked around for so long, but instead you find an insane construction force. By the way, it’s no coincidence that it’s one of the rare places in Africa where you can find a symphony orchestra! When you suddenly hear the orchestra begin “Fratres” by Arvo Pärt, you feel a genuine sense of elevation. When I arrived in Kinshasa, my first reaction was “when do I get

ENTONCES NOSOTROS (ABOUT US)

FÉLICITÉ

Director: Hernán Jiménez 2016, Costa Rica Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 76 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Alain Gomis 2017, Democratic Republic of the Congo Lingala and French, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 123 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

The earnest, neurotic Diego loves his girlfriend Sofía — but somehow things just aren’t going right. They decide to spend a week at the beach to work out their problems, and at first things go swimmingly, until Sofía meets an old friend, Malena. The chemistry between the three of them sparks, fizzes and explodes as this romantic comedy lurches from slapstick to bathos to bittersweet.

Félicité sings in a club, barely scraping a living in the tough city of Kinshasa — grittily, vividly conveyed here. Even fixing her fridge seems too much. Then her son is badly injured in an accident and the fiercely independent Félicité must ask for help to raise the huge price of the surgery he needs. This film explores the resilience of people who find small ways to transcend their troubles and acknowledge their kinship.

Sun 24 Sept, 6.15pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Presented by the Embassy of Costa Rica

Sat 23 Sept, 3.45pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

KEYLA

Director: Raoul Peck 2017, USA Documentary Feature / 93 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Viviana Gómez Echeverry 2016, Colombia English + Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 90 minutes T+T PREMIERE

James Baldwin began but never finished a book about his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, martyrs of the 1960s US civil rights movement. Haitian director Raoul Peck helps him posthumously bear witness, using Samuel Jackson’s voicing of Baldwin’s writing, and television footage of the writer. The film is also a depiction of a disturbing, divided America and a paradoxically intimate portrait of Baldwin himself, anguished yet calm, and rivetingly charismatic. Fri 22 Sept, 6.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 7.30pm, UWI Film Programme Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

19–26 september

You can’t get away from the sea on the tiny island of Providence, between Jamaica and Colombia. Certainly it’s never out of Keyla’s mind after her father and his fishing boat disappear. They call the Caribbean “the sea of seven colours” here, and among the bright hues of tropical fish and corals are sinister tones. There are territorial disputes, rumours of drug-running, pirate legends; and all the complications of family and love, undercurrents of old hurts and the forging of new bonds as Keyla comes of age. Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

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KING OF PEKING

LA MATAMOROS

Director: Sam Voutas 2017, China Mandarin, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 87 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Delfina Vidal 2017, Panama Spanish, with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 60 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Big Wong is a movie fanatic, and wants Little Wong to be one too. Sadly, Big Wong’s ambition outweighs his achievements. He’s a lowly cinema janitor, struggling to earn enough to keep custody of his son from his estranged wife. In the dawn of the digital age, he finds a way of making and selling pirate DVDs — with Little Wong’s help. They bond over their ethically dodgy business in this affectionate tribute to the golden age of film.

A factory seamstress in the 1940s, she became a unionist and international activist, fighting for the rights of women, workers and her countrymen. The fearless Marta Matamoros couldn’t be bribed or intimidated, despite being imprisoned numerous times. Her former sisters-in-arms recount her inspiring life with love and admiration.

Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

Fri 22 Sept 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A Sat 23 Sept, 5.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Q+A Presented by the Embassy of Panama

LA SOLEDAD (DESOLATION)

LE GANG DES ANTILLAIS (GANG OF THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN)

Director: Jorge Thielen Armand 2016, Venezuela Spanish, with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 89 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Jean-Claude Barny 2016, Guadeloupe/France French, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 90 minutes T+T PREMIERE

When the owners abandon La Soledad, a decaying mansion, they let their former maid, Rosina, stay there, and her family moves in. They’re all struggling in Venezuela’s economic crisis, and the owners decide to demolish the house and sell the land — leaving the ailing Rosina and her grandson Jose’s family destitute if he can’t find a solution. The story is re-enacted by the real-life participants: José is Thielen’s boyhood friend. La Soledad is best translated as “desolation” here, and its collapse becomes a metaphor for the lost grandeur and wealth of Venezuela.

In the 1970s, Martiniquans were lured to mainland France with the promise of opportunities, but found only menial jobs and rampant racism. Jimmy tries to make an honest living, with help from the various women in his life. But he falls in with a motley crew of fellow Caribbean men, some motivated by money, others by the desire for revenge and revolution. Jimmy wants to settle down with his daughter and girlfriend — but first he must carry out one final, daring heist with the gang. The film is based on a true story.

Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne, POS Screen 7

Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Tue 26 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

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LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA

NADIE NOS MIRA (NOBODY’S WATCHING)

Director: Alankrita Shrivastava 2016, India Hindi, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 117 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Julia Solomonoff 2017, Argentina Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 102 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Set in bustling Bhopal, this award-winning comic-but-serious drama chronicles the lives of four very different women who dream of freedom from the patriarchal society that confines them. The normally feisty Shirin has to keep her job secret from her domineering husband. Rehana sews burkhas for her family business, then sneaks off to live her fantasy of being Miley Cyrus. Leela faces an arranged marriage to a dull Hindu husband, while carrying on outrageously with her Muslim boyfriend. And middle-aged Usha is content to read steamy romances …until she meets a very unsuitable boy.

Nico is a rising young actor in his native Argentina, but he wants to make it big in America — and he’s running from some demons at home. He has some good friends in the US, and success dangles almost within reach as he makes some promising contacts. But unless those promises are fulfilled, he’s just another illegal immigrant struggling to make not only a living, but also to find a sense of home. Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tues 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

OPSIS

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NERUDA

SHASHAMANE

Director: Pablo Larrain 2016, Chile Spanish + French, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 107 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Giulia Amati 2016, Ethiopia/Jamaica/UK English + French, with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 80 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

He plays with the inspector, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse more dangerous, more intimate. In this story of a persecuted poet and his implacable adversary, Neruda recognizes his ver, sees this struggle own heroic possibilities: a chance to Peluchonneau as an become both a symbol for liberty and nvent himself. a literary legend.

In 1948, the Chilean poet and communist activist Pablo Neruda had to go into hiding to avoid arrest. Larrain’s film is loosely based on the story of how the beloved poet escaped capture, evading a pompous, bumbling policeman. Sometimes it’s a detective movie, sometimes surreal; sometimes it resembles film noir, at other times a western. Neruda weaves together scenes of great beauty and bathos, between the words of the poet, the Andean snows, and the plodding Inspector Peluchonneau.

Shashamane chronicles a chapter of the lengthy history of the African diaspora, through the voices of men and women who have left the West 400 years since the dawn of slavery, to return to their forefathers’ land and reclaim their African identity. It’s an exodus that becomes an extraordinary homecoming to a place that for some is a haven, but for others a cage with no escape.

Thu 21 Sept, 8.45pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme

19–26 september

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SOUND OF SILENCE

THE VIOLIN TEACHER

Director: Bijukumar Damodaran 2017, India Hindi + Tibetan, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 87 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Sérgio Machado 2015, Brazil Portuguese, with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 100 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Set in a beautiful Himalayan valley, Sound of Silence follows the journey of a mute boy who loses his mother at birth and is neglected by his father. His relationship with an elderly Buddhist monk helps him to detach from his voiceless suffering and to explore the bond that each creation shares with nature. When his father is jailed, the boy stares at an even lonelier life. With nowhere to go, he joins the Buddhist monastery, as he fights an inner battle of unrequited love.

Laerte wants to be a professional violinist, but everything in his life seems to go wrong at once. Reluctantly taking a job in a slum school, he’s confronted with a band of delinquent string players — not an easy task even without his intense, perfectionist nature. But the tide begins to turn, and he even discovers a violin prodigy. Then trouble threatens as some of the boys in the band are drawn to an easier life. Classical music is combined with elements of an edgy urban thriller in this quirky, touching drama.

Wed 20 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

TWO SOFT THINGS, TWO HARD THINGS

VIAJE (JOURNEY)

Directors: Mark Kenneth Woods + Michael Yerxa 2016, Canada English/Inuktitut Documentary Feature / 71 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Paz Fábrega 2015, Costa Rica Spanish with English subtitles Narrative Feature / 70 minutes T+T PREMIERE

This film explores a dramatic period in the 1950s when colonisation and religion shamed and erased traditional beliefs about sexuality and family structure among the Inuit population in northwest Canada. Now a new generation of Inuit people share their stories, committed to uncovering and reclaiming their hidden histories, discovering ancient words passed down by elders to describe same-sex relationships. For women, it translates as: two soft things rubbing against each other; for men, it’s two hard things.

Luciana and Pedro bond after a party, over the weird way their friends have settled down to marriage and children, and Luciana goes with Pedro on a no-strings-attached field trip into the bush. Their innocence is matched by the lush, edenic rainforest, lovingly shot in black and white. But casual fun threatens to become more serious, and grown-up choices have to be made.

Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Q+A

Presented by the Embassy of Costa Rica

Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Presented by the Canadian High Commission

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A BROKEN APPOINTMENT

A DARK HORROR

ADERO

BABE, I HATE TO GO

Director: Kaleb D’Aguilar 2017, UK + Jamaica Narrative Short / 2 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Siobhan Millette 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 15 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Kojo McPherson 2017, Guyana Narrative Short / 13 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Andrew Moir 2017, Canada/Jamaica Jamaican Creole + English Documentary Short / 19 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

A vignette. A relationship. A rise and fall. Set to the backdrop of the poem “Epilogue” by Kei Miller, A Broken Appointment explores the dynamics of closeting within a young gay relationship, and how “hiding in the dark” may lead to a destructive end.

A group of friends, with a new token white “friend”, meet up after a long time for a beach getaway. During a power outage, people try to get their “happy” on, but, unknown to them, they are being stalked by a stranger.

Vivid, haunting dreams push a man to search for the identity of his parents. An elderly and enigmatic, indigenous woman seems to hold the answers to his questions. Will she help him and give up her secrets, or will she lead him down the rabbit hole?

Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme

Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Fri 22 Sept, 6.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 7.30pm, UWI Film Programme Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm MovieTowne San Fernando

BACK TO FREEPORT

BIG FISH

BIRDSONG

CARL’S PRESENT

Directors: Jian Hennings + Kyle Sahadeo 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 60 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Yonnette Belmar 2017, St Vincent and the Grenadines Documentary Short / 15 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Vibert Medford 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 12 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Kevin Taylor 2016, The Bahamas Narrative Short / 17 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Jamal, 30, lives an unsatisfying life in busy Port of Spain, but has to go back to his dilapidated childhood home in Freeport, where his younger brother Joseph still lives. Jamal begins renovating the house, plagued by memories of his abusive childhood and his broken relationship with his brother.

For generations, the island of Bequia depended on the surrounding waters for food. Bequians are one of the last groups in the world allowed to hunt whales for subsistence, under an international convention. But anti-whaling nations and environmentalists still pressure this small community to end its long tradition of whaling.

Mia Gormandy is a talented musician and the first woman to be appointed arranger for the birdsong Steel Orchestra. This documentary follows her during one night of steelband practise, as she prepares the panside for the 2017 Panorama competition.

After Carl’s doctor tells him to start making his final preparations, the dying man gets help from an unlikely source that gives him a new outlook. Life is about choices. It is about time, people, connections and love.

Sat 23 Sept, 7.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A

Goodbyes are routine for Delroy, but this one he cannot accept. A Jamaican migrant worker, he has spent half of each year for 30 years in the tobacco fields of Ontario to provide for his wife and children. Diagnosed with late-stage skin cancer, he continues to work, hiding the truth from his family.

19–26 september

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Fri 22 Sept, 12.00pm UWI Film Programme Fri 22 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Mon 25 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

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CENTERSTITCH

CHARCOAL

CHOCOLATE

CLASS 15

Director: Celoi Carr 2015, T+T Narrative Short / 12 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Francesca Andre 2016, USA Narrative Short / 6 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Fernando Peña 2016, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 11 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Dean Leon Anderson 2016, UK Narrative Short / 13 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Is there a link between fashion, media and school behaviour? Centerstitch takes the unique point of view of a young schoolboy, who is obsessed with his shoes. This film looks at the issues plaguing the local school system, such as bullying, unprotected sex, drug use and gambling.

“Stay away from the sun …you are already dark as coal!” Charcoal focuses on two black women who constantly face a barrage of social messages that erode their selfworth and self-esteem. This film is about their redemption, overcoming pain and embracing their dark skins.

Wed 20 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne Tobago, Q+A

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Fri 22 Sept, 9.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Yan gets stood up by his date, and ends up meeting his friend at a local club. To get Yan out of his distress, his friend challenges him to talk to a girl who is standing across from them. Yan uses different tactics to try to lure her. Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tues 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

Thur 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

COME OUT COME OUT

CON SANA ALEGRIA

CULTURE CONSCIOUSNESS

Director: Ron Morales 2017, USA Narrative Short / 12 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Claudia Muñoz 2016, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 18 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Amanda Reanna Mendes 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 19 minutes T+T PREMIERE Culture Consciousness stems from the desire to dig into the Caribbean region’s history. These nations have been influenced by their colonial past and by the generations that followed thereafter. The importance of literature is showcased, as literary and artistic representations lay the foundation for nation-building. How do we define who are we as a Caribbean people?

When a single mother decides to go on her first date in years, her estranged partner pays her a surprise visit in an attempt to reconcile with her. When she refuses to give him a final kiss goodbye, his violent temper erupts and she must take drastic action to save herself and their baby. Sat 23 Sept, 9.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

(WITH WHOLESOME JOY)

Zaydita doesn’t get to spend much time out of the house. Her parents have migrated and Zaydita takes care of her grandmother, who has dementia. Zaydita decides to go out on the town on the eve of her birthday, which happens to be the coldest day of winter in Cuba. Thu 21 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

This dramatic film shows the change in attitude of young Alicia after the man she once knew as her father walks out on the family, taking her brother Shane with him. Fastforward to ten years later, at the Belrose Secondary School, when Mr Campbell, an English teacher, expresses his frustration over the child’s conduct to her mother. This leads to the revelation of the source of her disruptive behaviour.

DANCING ON THE EDGE Director: Teneil Rodney 2017, T+T English + Spanish, with English subtitles Documentary Short / 28 minutes WORLD PREMIERE The members of La Chacaita Kingdom Crew hit the streets with one thing on their minds: dancing. But first, they must overcome stereotypes, criticism and the possibility of being arrested. When the lights turn red, they go. Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A

Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A

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DE KISKEYA À HAITI: MAIS OÙ SONT PASSÉS NOS ARBRES? (WHERE HAVE OUR TREES GONE? 300 YEARS OF TREE CUTTING IN HAITI)

Director: Delatour Mario Louis 2016, Haiti French, with English subtitles Documentary Short / 52 minutes T+T PREMIERE A plea for a green Haiti, this film raises the alarm about the effects of deforestation, showing the complexity of the phenomenon. Through interviews and unpublished archives, it exposes the impact of the timber trade during the colonial period, the American occupation and the Duvalier dictatorship.

DEAR JANE

DREAM

DREAMSHIRE

Director: John Quarrell 2016, UK Narrative Short / 13 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Elspeth Duncan 2016, T+T Narrative Short / 3 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Vonley Smith 2017, Barbados Narrative Short / 33 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Dr. Jane Harte is a world-renowned counsellor who has helped millions of couples solve their marital issues. On her wedding anniversary, she discovers her own husband has left her. Worse, she must take in her emotionally unbalanced sister, Rhonda.

Dream is an exhilarating film about a world where animals run free and humans are at one with nature.

An autocratic government uses a drug to generate a passive society which can dream no more. Then one man reawakens the power to dream. He joins an ex-army professor to help those stuck in a comatose, non-dreaming state and thus foil the government’s plans.

Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago, Q+A

Wed 20 Sept, 1.00 MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Tues 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Fri 22 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

E YOBIDA DI AYERA (YESTERDAY’S RAIN) Director: Armand Simon 2016, Aruba Narrative Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE Expressing your romantic feelings to the person you are secretly in love with is never easy. Especially when this person is your best friend. But Monica has made her decision. This will be her coming-out day. Today the sun will start to shine, and the rain will belong to yesterday. Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

EL DESPERTAR DE LAS HORMIGAS: NIÑEZ (THE AWAKENING OF THE ANTS: CHILDHOOD)

Director: Antonella Sudasassi 2016, Costa Rica Spanish, with English subtitles Narrative Short /18 minutes T+T PREMIERE Ten-year-old Luciana speaks to animals and has an special relationship with nature. During a family trip, she has some sensations — for the first time ever — that will transform her world and trigger her curiosity, anger, confusion, guilt and fantasy. Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Presented by the Embassy of Costa Rica

19–26 september

ENTRE 2 RIVES: DE SAINT-DOMINGUE À POINTE-À-PITRE (BETWEEN 2 SHORES: FROM SANTO DOMINGO TO POINTE-ÀPITRE)

Director: Mariette Monpierre 2016, Guadeloupe/France French + Spanish, with English subtitles Documentary Short / 53 minutes T+T PREMIERE The struggle of two Dominican women, who left everything behind - including their children, to move to Guadeloupe in hope of a better life. More than ten years later, they still fight every day to bring their children to their new home. Two women, two shores, one dream. Fri 22 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

FÉFÉ LIMBÉ Director: Julien Silloray 2016, Guadeloupe French, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 28 minutes T+T PREMIERE At 65, Féfé gets his heart broken for the first time. During his divorce, his friend goes on a quest to get him out of the house and takes him to a dating agency. There they decide to pursue Suzie, another divorcee. Féfé and Suzie hit it off nicely, but Féfé just cannot seem to get over his first love. Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 3:30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tues 26 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

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FINDING DOWRY

FLOWER

HOMELESS 24

HOW TO KILL A FISH

Director: Shivanee Loach 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 20 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Che Walker 2017, USA Narrative Short / 15 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Director: Damien Pinder 2015, Barbados Documentary Short / 7 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Danielle Russell 2017, Jamaica Narrative Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE

This satirical film showcases the development of modern habits and materialistic desires. Coming from a family with strong East Indian traditions, Mohan finds a way to use these customs to his own benefit, and unexpectedly announces that he is ready to get married.

In an average day in the life of a young sex worker, Su Ming, she encounters various types of men, among them a bookish, professorial, old man, a troubled and needy young man, and a disturbed veteran. One client at a time, she is seen struggling through the trials and tribulations of her dark world.

In a social experiment, Nicholas, a young Barbadian, takes to the street and pretends to be homeless for 24 hours. Passers-by react differently as he reaches out for their help. What he finds out is heartbreaking: vagrants and the homeless need more than food and shelter; they need to feel human.

Michael is cooking dinner for Christina in an attempt to woo her. He dices, measures, boils and even dances as he cooks. Then, about to prepare the fish, he hears sounds coming from it. He tries to convince himself it’s just a fish — but can’t seem to bring himself to kill it.

Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Sat 23 Sept, 3.45pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

IN FRAME

INVISI-BILL

IT STILL HAUNTS ME

Director: Shane Lee Kit 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 28 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Directors: Jabari Daniel, Amrit Galbaran, Riaz Jokan + Jairam Hanuman 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Anna-Lisa Wickham 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 9 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Sat 23 Sept, 7.00pm, UWI Film Programme Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS, Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Is there a film culture in Trinidad + Tobago? In Frame looks at the issues affecting the local film industry and its members. Local filmmakers speak out about the issues they face, such as developing film within a post-colonial society, overcoming stereotypes, and addressing the lack of infrastructure to make viable films. Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A

Bill Aman is a 15-year-old outcast who attends Hillview College. He is socially invisible and craves the attention of others in order to feel a sense of purpose. One day, in the woods, he is bitten by an invisible space bug and literally becomes invisible. With this new power, Bill has the ability to seek vengeance. Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A

While having a drink at a bar, a young woman struggles to come to terms with her troubled past. Her childhood memories are not as deeply buried as she thought they were. Her tough exterior dissolves and she is forced to come face to face with herself. Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 7.00pm UWI Film Programme, Q+A

Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme

I WISH I WERE MY GIRLFRIEND’S CELLPHONE Director: Bonny Alves 2016, Guyana Narrative Short / 33 minutes T+T PREMIERE Ron becomes frustrated over his girlfriend’s fixation with her cellphone. While venting to his friends, he wishes she could give him the same courtesy. When his wish is granted, he gains her attention and the rest becomes history. Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

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JESS

JUST CHEER UP

KAFOU (CROSSROAD)

MEN ARE DOGS

Director: Aaron Caruth 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 26 minutes T+T PREMIERE Jessica and David’s marriage is in troubled waters after David’s infidelity. The existence of his lover isn’t something that Jessica is about to roll over and take. With a daughter caught in the middle, Jessica and David struggle with the possibility of saving their marriage or losing it all.

Director: Sinead Hamel-Smith 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 19 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Bruno Mourral 2016, Haiti French, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 51 minutes T+T PREMIERE Amateurs Doc and Zoe, hired by a company that specialises in kidnapping, have to pick up and deliver a car. Their job has three rules: never stop the car or open the window or the trunk. But Zoe, curious, opens the trunk — to discover the man inside is his uncle.

Director: Steve Hernandez 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 21 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A

MERMAIDS

METIVER IN PARAMIN

NANNAN; Alternative art explorations #Martinique

NARIVA: An UnderRecognised Treasure

Director: Vonley Smith 2016, Barbados Narrative Short / 12 minutes T+T PREMIERE A fisherman refuses to give up on the depleted fishing industry on his island. In his quest, he finds a mermaid washed up on shore amongst the seaweed. Later, he wakes up looking to find her. Was it a dream, or has hope finally come to the dystopian island?

Director: Dylan Quesnel 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 9 minutes WORLD PREMIERE In the hillside agricultural village of Paramin, farmers suffer great loss of topsoil and property owing to erosion and slippage. This documentary captures the return to Paramin of “metiver” — an invaluable plant to a hillside farming community, which was lost over the generations because of the overuse of weedicides.

Directors: Aymeric Cattenoz, Christian Foret 2017, Martinique French, with English subtitles Documentary Feature / 60 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Akilah Stewart 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Thurs 21 Sep, 8:30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

19–26 september

The issue of mental illness in Trinidad + Tobago has often been swept under the rug. Just Cheer Up is a documentary that highlights that fact and how mental illness affects those suffering from it. This film serves to raise awareness, educate and motivate the country to face this taboo topic.

Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Thu 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Nannan is a travel diary taking you through Martinique, at the heart of the process of creation, and featuring several artists working on contemporary projects in dance, the visual arts, and music. Fri 22 Sept, 2.30pm UWI Film Programme, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS, Screen 7, Q+A

Why do local, uniformed men “horn” their wives and girlfriends? Men Are Dogs explores the infidelity of military men in T+T. Though these servicemen take a serious tongue-lashing, the film levels the playing field. Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS, Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Wetlands — water combined with a diverse group of ecological landscapes — are important because they provide a range of benefits to people and the environment. However, few people realise just how many benefits they provide. This film ventures into a swamp to take a closer look. Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

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ONE IN Director: Vasha Narace 2016, T+T/USA Narrative Short / 15 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE All Kassie really wants for her birthday is a lock for her bedroom door. Instead, she gets an Elsa dress from Frozen and a pearl necklace. She throws a tantrum, but is unable to tell her father the reason for her wish, leading him to believe that she wants to talk to boys in private. Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Tue 26 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

PADDLIN’ SPIRIT:

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST LAURA FACEY Director: Amanda Sans 2016, Jamaica Documentary Short / 26 minutes T+T PREMIERE The controversial Jamaican artist Laura Facey explores the indescribable cruelty of slavery, but also the resilient nature of humanity. Loved and hated equally in Jamaica, mainly because of the explicitness of her work, Facey denounces the abuse of women and uses her art as therapy to overcome traumas. Wed 20 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Fri 22 Sept, 2.30pm, UWI Film Programme Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando Mon 25 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS, Screen 7

PADLOCK Director: Ben Hyland 2016, UK Narrative Short / 18 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE Matt is trapped in a claustrophobic and manipulative situation. He stares at the padlocked cabinet in his bathroom, the contents of which remain a mystery. His fears and uncertainties are revealed one night when Julie, his partner, turns the key, unlocking the truth behind their relationship. Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

PIEROTT NOIR ...

A GOTHIC TROUSSEAU OF TRINIDAD + TOBAGO Director: Christopher Pinheiro 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 16 minutes WORLD PREMIERE This film celebrates the architectural and cultural heritage of Trinidad + Tobago, commemorating some highlights of the country’s history. Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

PIMENTO + HOT PEPPER The Mento Story

PROTEST

RAINDROPS ON MY HEAD

RAPATRIATION

Director: Rick Elgood 2016, Jamaica Documentary Short / 58 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Seon Thompson 2016, T+T Narrative Short / 3 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Ayesha Jordan 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 9 minutes T+T PREMIERE

In Jamaica, before there was ska, reggae and dancehall, there was mento. This is the history of Jamaica’s first popular music, which peaked along with the worldwide popularity of Trinidadian calypso in the 1950s. Stylistically unique, mento is the original sound of Jamaica and is still played across the island.

Director: Jonathan Drumeaux Drums 2017, Guadeloupe No Dialogue Narrative Short / 1 minute T+T PREMIERE

This marriage between the creative forms of animation and spoken word tells the story of protesting. It is seen through the eyes of an unsuspecting Trini, and reflects the cultural nuances of Trinidad + Tobago. Now this is protest!

Raindrops on my Head follows a young boy as he struggles through trials and hardship, facing the world alone, in the hope of a good day to come. Faith, hope and love are said to be connected, so if you love something, you will have faith in it.

Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS, Screen 8, Q+A Presentation by Ray Funk “Mento and Calypso”.

He was supposed to leave home …and never return. He thought he was courageous to travel far from his island. But let him tell you the odyssey of his return. Now it will be all right, for whatever it is …he’s there! Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 3:30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tues 26 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

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ROOTS | ROUTES

SALTY DOG

SCARLETT-ANGELINA

SEE YOU YESTERDAY

Director: Kia Redman 2017, Barbados No Dialogue Narrative Short / 11 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Oliver Milne 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 26 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Lorette Bayle 2017, USA Narrative Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Stefon Bristol 2017, USA Narrative Short / 17 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Stuart Hall said, “If you think of culture always as a return to roots — R-O-O-T-S — you’re missing the point. I think of culture as routes — R-O-U-T-E-S — the various routes by which people travel, culture travels, culture moves, culture develops, culture changes, cultures migrate, etc.” Roots | Routes is a series of animated shorts detailing different aspects of the Barbadian experience.

When the rug is pulled from under his feet, a savvy old salt must navigate the stormy waters of his relationship with his estranged son. As tensions flare between the two, the son checks out retirement homes for his father.

Never underestimate a little girl with good manners. ScarlettAngelina, the pampered daughter of wealthy parents, takes it in her stride when she is kidnapped by Ralph, who poses as the family’s chauffeur. When his plans don’t go as he had envisioned, Ralph finds out - a little too late, the reason for her attitude.

Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, CJ Walker and Sebastian Thomas, are determined to outwit fate and build a makeshift time machine to save CJ’s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by the police. When these heroes first witness the death of Calvin, they jump back in time to save him, but only to fail. Determined to save his life, they risk their lives and try again ...and again.

Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

SELF Directors: C’drick Fremont + Lucas Sousseing 2017, Guadeloupe French, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 8 minutes T+T PREMIERE A young man is trying to determine who he is. He wonders why he is always sad. Why can’t he be happy? He becomes lost in his own mind and begins to wander in a dream, which feels truer than reality. He is followed by a shadow. Will he be able to face the truth? Thu 21 Sept, 8.45pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

19–26 september

Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

SÈPTANT LANNÉ ANSANM (SEVENTY YEARS TOGETHER) Director: Cassandra Joseph 2017, T+T English + Creole Patois Documentary Short / 14 minutes WORLD PREMIERE Pin and Norma are a nostalgic, bilingual couple, celebrating 70 years of marriage. This is a golden moment for the couple as they go down memory lane, sharing their journey of love, trust and partnership. Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

SHORT DROP

SNAPSHOT KINGSTON

Director: Maya Cozier 2017, T+T / US Narrative Short / 28 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: David Johnson 2016, Jamaica Narrative Short / 4 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Bartholomew, a retired civil servant, takes a drive downtown, where Shanice mistakes his car for a taxi. Along the way, they encounter a wide range of Trinidadian characters, from cross-dresser Hott Pepper to gang member Tan Tan. It becomes a long day of reckoning with memories, friendships, and revelations.

Kaleb plans to take his girlfriend to some of the best places around Kingston, Jamaica. When you are with the right person, you tend to see and appreciate the beauty around you even more. He plans to ask her a question that may change her life and perspective forever.

Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm , MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sat 23 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme

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SORF HAIR

TALENT INC.

TEMPLE IN THE SEA

Director: Shari Petti 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 24 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Taromi Lourdes Joseph 2016, T+T Narrative Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Kevin Bhall 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 15 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

From discrimination to lost opportunities, attitudes can take a toll on “naturals” – people with kinky/curly hair – around the globe. Sorf Hair explores the natural-hair experience in T+T as people from all walks of life and with different hair textures reveal their stories and challenges.

Network mogul Ms. O decides to move back to her native country. In Triniwood, she comes into contact with many unique characters, all of who want to make it into the big league. Day in and day out, she is confronted with many issues in both her personal and professional life.

A chronicle of the life and contribution of Siewdass Sadhu, an indentured labourer, who is regarded as a legend for building the Temple in the Sea at Waterloo, Carapichaima. The story is told through the eyes of a young girl coming to terms with her heritage and identity.

Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne Tobago

THE BOOK OF JASMINE Director: Melanie Grant 2017, Barbados Narrative Short / 14 minutes T+T PREMIERE Jasmine is a young Spiritual Baptist who must choose between her faith and her sexuality. As she undergoes the mourning ritual to seek guidance to suppress her desires for the woman she loves, she is taken on a spiritual journey on which she finds the answer she has been looking for. Tue 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

THE KNOT

THE WEEKEND

TIME TO DIE

TO BE AN ALL STAR

Director: Davina Lee 2017, St Lucia Narrative Short / 15 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Sean Hodgkinson 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 30 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Joel Joseph 2017, T+T Narrative Short / 10 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Director: Mario Faggion 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 20 minutes WORLD PREMIERE

In this magical realism film, Gina and Gerald secretly cast love spells on each other without the other one knowing. Both are now unhappy, but unable to leave the relationship because they are tied together by the magic they have created. They must find a way to reverse what they have done.

Filmmaker Gregg Pinto invites his closest friends to a villa on Trinidad’s north coast for a memorable weekend commemorating his milestone fortieth birthday. In a house filled with clashing personalities, lies and deceptions, what could possibly go wrong?

Newly recruited by law-enforcement authorities, Jason is assigned to protect Hailee, the daughter of a prominent, politically exposed person (PEP). Unaware of a lethal scheme, he obstructs a plan to kidnap Hailee and put her in a safe house — and finds himself in a life-threatening situation.

Trinidad + Tobago is more than a people, place and culture. It is an inexplicable energy. To Be An All Star is the fortuitous story of possibly the biggest moment in the 2017 Trinidad + Tobago Carnival. The documentary captures and shares the moments of the extraordinary energy of the festivities when the Massy Trinidad All Stars steelband wins the Big Band Panorama finals.

Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Thur 21 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A

Sat 23 Sept, 7.00pm, UWI Film Programme, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne, San Fernando, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm MovieTowne Tobago

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TO BE A RENEGADE

UNBOUND

Director: Caroline Jules 2017, Guadeloupe/France French, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 54 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Fri 22 Sept, 8.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Sat 23 Sept, 1.15pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

VISIBLY ME

WE LOVE MOSES

WETLANDS AND US

WILDFLOWER

Director: Nicola Cross 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 11 minutes WORLD PREMIERE Visibly Me tells the story of a 47-year-old woman with no partner and no children who finds herself invisible and feels she has no choice but to find the antidote. This is a film about memory and perspective where the director’s deeply personal reflections resonate with those of us who have found ourselves invisible at some point in our lives.

Director: Dionne Edwards 2016, UK Narrative Short / 15 minutes CARIBBEAN PREMIERE When Ella was twelve, she had her first fight. At the same age, she also discovered sex. Now eighteen, Ella reflects on how her obsession with her brother Michael’s gorgeous best friend Moses left her with a secret that she still carries. Is she the only one who loves Moses?

Director: Omodara Mills 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 25 minutes T+T PREMIERE

Directors: Kerry-Lyn Coppin + Allison Philips 2017, Barbados Narrative Short / 16 minutes T+T PREMIERE

19–26 september

Two sisters go to sort out their deceased grandmother’s belongings. When Vanessa learns that Myriam has invited their father, it is too late to leave, and confrontation is inevitable. Facing their distant father, Myriam tries to hide her wounds behind a mask of perfection; Vanessa chooses cynicism and provocation.

Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7 Tue 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Screen 7

Director: David Johnson 2017, Jamaica Narrative Short / 30 minutes T+T PREMIERE This film highlights the issues of human trafficking, sex tourism and revenge/murder though the stories of three different characters, each bound in their own way. Whether man, woman or child, anyone can be affected by these issues, but a way must be found to free oneself from victimhood. Trauma does not need to define who someone is.

UN DESISHON (ONE DECISION)

Director: James O’Connor 2017, T+T Documentary Short / 45 minutes WORLD PREMIERE A pore-raising look at the past, present and future of the BP Renegades Steel Orchestra. Touching on the violent beginnings of pan, through the era of change, to its present state as a positive influence on the community and steelbands as international ambassadors, this film seeks to provide a sense of what it really means To Be A Renegade.

Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

TOURMENTS D’AMOUR

Fri 22 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago Fri 22 Sept, 10.15pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

Wetlands and Us is an educational documentary on the importance of wetlands in Tobago and what their presence means for the island and the world. The negative impact of human activity on these systems is highlighted, along with an examination of what is being done and what still needs to be done to help preserve these habitats for future generations. Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Director: Chantal Anthonia 2017, Netherlands Antilles Dutch, with English subtitles Narrative Short / 3 minutes WORLD PREMIERE A young man is unable to cope with the pressures in both his personal and professional life. He makes a series of bad decisions and consequently pushes everybody away from him. After consuming a large amount of alcohol, he jumps into his car and is ready to reverse his actions and start doing the right thing. Sat 23 Sept, 6.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Twenty-two-year-old Rorie Burgess goes on a mental journey to help cope with her feelings toward her father, who was never a part of her life, though she had always longed for a relationship with him. After the death of her paternal grandmother, she discovers a bag of letters that she wrote to him over the years, all unopened. Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

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JAFTA PROPELLA 2017 New Shorts from Jamaica 60 minutes / WORLD PREMIERE Sat 23 Sept, 6.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A Tue 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago

WITHER Director: Chenelle Spooner 2017, T+T No Dialogue Narrative Short / 12 minutes WORLD PREMIERE Wither presents a Caribbean woman’s desire for love and stability. Melissa becomes obsessed with the idea of marriage and her fantasy lover. Dressed in a bride’s gown, she is driven to fulfil her desire. Will her fate be met or will she face a harsh reality? Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago

YO SOY DE ALLÁ (I WAS BORN THERE) Director: Andrés Madrigal + Nacho Rodriguez 2016, Costa Rica Spanish + Boruca, with English subtitles Documentary Short / 18 minutes T+T PREMIERE Yanory is a young, indigenous woman from the rural, undeveloped area of Boruca, who also studies economics and anthropology in the city. She tells how she reconciles her double life. Sun 24 Sept, 6.15pm, MovieTowne Screen 8

Presented by the Embassy of Costa Rica

FEVER DREAM Director: Nile Saulter

A solitary scrap-metal collector must navigate his way back to the path of promise after disaster strikes. Meanwhile, he’s plagued by dreams of a beautiful life once lived, or yet to come. THIS CITY OF MINE Director: Danielle Russell

It is the first day of a brand-new job for Julia Aitken, a young university graduate. She is on her own in Kingston, and determined to be the independent woman that her parents don’t believe she can be. Julia decides to use the affordable public transportation system to get to work, but on the way, she encounters a few people and situations for which she was not prepared, all while trying to make it to work on time. CODE Director: Sarah Manley

Code is about the struggle between the old ways of Rastafari livity and new, modern technology. It is also about a boy who defies a father he loves and respects to prove his manhood. MANGO WARS Director: Kyle Chin

Mr. Brown struggles to defend his large mango tree from the constant raids of passersby, neighbours and a particular set of clever thieves. ONE PATTY Director: Eugene Williams

An impatient young man enters a patty shop. All he wants is one patty. But the colourful patrons in the line all unknowingly hamper his efforts at getting his one patty. His impatience causes him to make rash decisions and he learns a valuable life lesson – the hard way.

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experimental film FRI 22 SEPT, 2.30PM, UWI FILM PROGRAMME, Q+A MON 25 SEPT, 1.00PM, MOVIETOWNE POS, Q+A BEARINGS Experimental films This experimental film package is the result of an open call for submissions on the theme Bearings. It invited multi-disciplinary artists to submit explorations and presentations of identity, globalisation, placement/ displacement, migration, contemporary politics and belonging. Ranging from overt activist political commentary to social and personal interrogations and interventions, the works presented are often very different from conventional forms of filmmaking and visual presentations. Guests and installations at 2016 New Media Food for Weapons.

CHAOTIC BEAUTY 2016 Jamaica | 2:25 mins Director: Di-Andre Caprice Davis

AFTER LA MONTE YOUNG 2017 Dominica | 1:50 mins Director: Sandra Vivas

CATHEDRAL 2017 T+T | 1:34 mins Director: Juliette Mc Cawley

REFORGET 2017 Barbados | 5:25 mins Director: Vonley Smith

Chaotic Beauty seeks to compare and contrast the ways in which the human brain perceives, processes and interprets visual imagery gathered from everyday experiences, with imagery that is generated solely through the use of digital technology.

This experimental film is inspired by a score by the avant-garde composer La Monte Young, Draw a Straight Line and Follow It. It poetically reflects the struggle of being a conceptual artist on a remote island in the Caribbean.

A woman’s spiritual journey leads her away from traditional religion to find her bearings and peace in a different kind of church.

A barbadian Arist goes on an inner cerebral journey through his memories where he tries to remember his identity while talking to himself using “fling” (a bajan rap flow) to help free his mind from the shackles of social conditioning and reclaim his individuality.

AFLOAT 2017 USA | 6:43 mins Director: Devon Narine Singh

A DRESS TO THE NATION 2017 T+T | 1:00 min Director: Richard Mark Rawlins

XEROX ISLAND 2017 T+T | 0:021 secs (looped) Director: Alex Kelly

A personal journey through OCD and memory as told by the water cycle.

A Dress to the Nation, is commentary on our existence in this post colonial island. We are orphaned children being handed over (along with the problems of our poor parenting), every five years to a new parent. We are promised a better tomorrow. Yeah. Right ...wait for that.

The work considers the quality of thought and education and examines their deterioration over time in a cycle devoid of innovation. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.

UNCERTAINTY AND FAILURE (Incertidumbre y Fracaso) 2017 T+T, Venezuela, Scotland 8:18 mins Directors: Luis Vasquez La Roche, Joanna Helfer

JURY + PRIZE: The submission that best captures the theme will be awarded the ttff/17 Experimental Film award valued at $5,000.

19–26 september

This work represents an attempt by the artists to explore their experience of a transnational encounter, and is composed by their interests in language, sound, video, memory and ritual.

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women in film THE POWER OF WOMEN IN FILM Sponsored by UN Women Friday 22 Sept 9.00am–4.00pm Registration from 8.00am Hyatt Regency Hotel

UN Women, the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI, and ttff, present a day of panels and presentations on the Power of Women in Film. Speakers from across the region will explore depictions of women and girls and how filmmakers can, and do, address issues of gender inequality and female empowerment, through film.

Participants must register in advance. Admission free. FEMINIST CINEMA Three days of films by or about women that present stories from a female point of view, highlighting political, economic or cultural discourse about women’s lives and critiquing the power structures holding gender inequality in place. The free screenings will be followed by facilitated discussions.

Friday 22 Sept 10.30am, MovieTowne POS 3 BELLEZAS (3 BEAUTIES) Carlos Caridad-Montero / 2014 / Venezuela / 97 minutes/ 16+ Objectification + representation of women

Saturday 23 Sept 7.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad CHOCÓ Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza / 2012 / Colombia / 80 minutes / 18+ Violence against women + girls

Perla’s obsession with having a beauty queen in the family instigates rivalry between her two daughters – for her affection and for the crown, in this dark comedy with a satirical message about the value placed on women’s bodies, perpetuated by a beauty industry intent on serving its own ends.

Chocó, who lives with her abusive husband and their children, is strapped for cash and desperate to buy a cake for her daughter’s birthday. The village shopkeeper is more than willing to provide it – but at what price? A hymn to female resilience and endurance in the face of societal violence.

Friday 22 Sept, 7.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven / 2015 / France + Turkey / 94 minutes / 18+ Gender inequality

Sunday 24 Sept 6.30pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad RAIN Maria Govan / 2008 / The Bahamas / 93 minutes / 14+ Female Empowerment

When five sisters in a small village in Turkey stop to play innocently with some boys on their way home from school, their uncle is outraged. Suddenly, home is transformed into a prison; school is banned, and marriages start being arranged. It will take all their female ingenuity to overcome these constraints.

Fourteen-year-old Rain had always dreamed of uniting with her estranged mother, but her dreams don’t match her reality. Her mother, a prostitute and drug addict, forces Rain to search deep within herself for the strength to find her own place in the world.

Saturday 23 Sept 5.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad LA MATAMOROS Delfina Vidal / 2017 / Panama / 60 minutes / PG / Q+A Female Empowerment

Sunday 24 Sept 8.30pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad IXCANUL Jayro Bustamante / 2015 / Guatemala + France / 93 minutes / 16+ Gender inequality

María, a 17-year-old Mayan girl, dreams of going to the big city. An indigenous woman, trapped by an imminent arranged marriage, she has no opportunity to change her destiny. Then, in a life-threatening twist, she is forced to go to the city, at great cost.

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19–26 september

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a look back at 2016

Sharing a sound bite at one of the pre-festival limes.

Part of a session at the RBC Focus: Filmmakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Immersion.

Lead actors from Play the Devil at the Opening Night red carpet.

Caribbean Film Mart one on one meetings with filmmakers.

Tenille Newallo sharing a moment at The Cultass launch at MovieTowne.

Part of the audience at the Awards Ceremony.

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time

venue

wednesday 20 sept

thursday 21 sept

friday 22 sept

10.30 am

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 7

Adama 85'

Jeffrey 78'

3 Beauties 93’

1.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 7

Dreamshire 33' + Yo Soy Un Politico (I Am A Politician) 90'

A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot Kingston 4' + How To Kill A Fish 10' + Shashamane 80'

Chocolate 11' + Nadie Nos Mira (Nobody's Watching) 102'

3.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 7

The Knot 15' + Santa and Andres 105'

Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat 76'

Short Drop 29' + Q+A + El Hombre Que Cuida (The Watchman) 85' + Q+A

6.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 7

El Despertar De Las Hormigas (Awakening Of The Ants) 18' + Journey (Viaje) 76'

Salty Dog 28' + Q+A + King Of Peking 88'

6:30pm Babe I Hate To Go 19' + I Am Not Your Negro 95'

8.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 7

We Love Moses 15' + The Violin Teacher 102'

Con Sana Alegría (With Wholesome Joy) 18' + Ultimos Días En La Habana (Last Days In Havana) 93'

9:00pm Charcoal 5' + Children Of The Mountain 100' + Q+A

10.30 am

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 8

The Tempest 94'

Reinbou (Rainbow) 100'

Angélica 95'

1.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 8

Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Sound of Silence 87'

Wildflower 15' + Keyla 90'

It Still Haunts Me 9' + Q+A + Dear Jane 15' + Flower 15' + Padlock 18' + I Wish I Were My Girlfriend's Cellphone 32'

3.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 8

E Yobida Di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain) 10' + Extra Terrestres 113'

Kafou (Crossroad) 48' + Kingston Crossroads 72'

Mermaids 15' + Enamorándome De Abril (Romancing April) 92'

6.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 8

Lipstick Under My Burkha 117'

One In 15' + Angélica 95' + Q+A

See You Yesterday 17' + Melocotones (Peaches) 87' + Q+A

8.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 8

The Weekend 30' + Q+A + The Lies We Tell 90' + Q+A

8.45pm Self 5' + Neruda 107'

8.30pm To Be A Renegade 45' + Q+A Sponsored by BPTT

10.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE POS SCREEN 8

10.30 am

MOVIETOWNE SAN FERNANDO

1.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE SAN FERNANDO

3.30 pm

10:15pm Unbound 30’ + Vientos De Havana (Winds of Havana) 95’

The Tempest 94'

Jeffrey 78'

Adama 85'

MOVIETOWNE SAN FERNANDO

Kafou (Crossroad) 48' + Kingston Crossroads 72'

Class 15 13' + Reinbou (Rainbow) 100'

E Yobida Di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain) 10' + Extra Terrestres 113'

6.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE SAN FERNANDO

Short Drop 29' + El Hombre Que Cuida (The Watchman) 85'

Mermaids 15' + Enamorándome de Abril (Romancing April) 92'

Rapatriation 2' + Féfé Limbé 28' + Le Gang Des Antillais (Gang of the French Caribbean)

8.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE SAN FERNANDO

Charcoal 5' + Children Of The Mountain 100'

Lipstick Under My Burkha 117'

Big Fish 15' + Cargo 105'

19–26 september

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saturday 23 sept

sunday 24 sept

monday 25 sept

tuesday 26 sept

11.00am Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat 76'

11.00am Invisi-Bill 9' + Pierott Noir 10' + Raindrops On My Head 9' + Talent Inc. 10' + Sorf Hair 24' + Men Are Dogs 21'

11.00am Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Sound of Silence 87'

Romeo and Juliet 117’

Entre 2 Rives (Between 2 Shores) 60' + De Kiskeya (Where Have Our Trees Gone?) 58'

Protest 3' + Wither 12' + Metiver In Paramin 9' + Sèptant Lanné Ansamn (70 Years Together) 13' + Birdsong 11' + Nariva 10' + Temple In The Sea 11' + Wetlands and Us 25' + To Be An All Star 20' + Q+As

Bearings 30' + Q+A + Nannan 60' + Q+A

One In 15' + Angelica 95'

Rapatriation 2' + Féfé Limbé 28' + Le Gang Des Antillais (Gang of the French Caribbean) 90' + Q+A

Finding Dowry 20' + Jess 25' + Back To Freeport 60' + Q+As

Tourments D’Amour (Torments of Love) 48’ + El Techo (On The Roof) 75’

Scarlett Angelina 10' + Jeffrey 78'

6:30pm One Decision 3' + Cargo 105' + Q+A

A Dark Horror 10' + Time To Die 10' + Quick Pick 90' + Q+As

Adero 13' + La Soledad (Desolation) 90'

We Love Moses 15' + The Violin Teacher 102'

Come Out Come Out 12' + Q+A + Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) 108'

The Weekend 30' + The Lies We Tell 60' + Q+As

Homeless 24 7' + Félicité 123'

The Knot 15' + Santa and Andres 105'

11.00am Roots 10' + A Caribbean Dream 82' + Q+A

11.00am Class 15 13' + Reinbou (Rainbow) 100'

11.00am Mermaids 15' + Panama Dreams 75'

Adama 85'

1.15pm Tourments D’Amour (Torments of Love) 48' + El Techo (On The Roof) 75' + Q+A

Pimento and Hot Pepper 60' + Q+A + Ray Funk Presentation "Mento and Calypso"

Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat 76'

Rapatriation 2' + Féfé Limbé 28' + Le Gang Des Antillais (Gang of the French Caribbean) 90'

3.45pm Homeless 24 7' + Félicité 123'

Dreamshire 33' + Yo Soy Un Politico (I Am A Politician) 90' + Q+A

Self 5' + Neruda 105'

Con Sana Alegría (With Wholesome Joy) 18' + Ultimos Días En La Habana (Last Days In Havana) 93'

6.30pm Jafta Propella 2017 60’ +Q+A

6.15pm Yo Soy De Allá (I Was Born There) 18' + Entonces Nosotros (About Us) 76' + Q+A

Babe I Hate To Go 19' + I Am Not Your Negro 95'

Chocolate 11' + Nadie Nos Mira (Nobody's Watching) 102'

Visibly Me 11' + Moko Jumbie 94' + Q+A

Salty Dog 28' + Q+A + King Of Peking 88'

Lipstick Under My Burkha 117'

Come Out Come Out 12' + Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) 108'

11.00am Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Sound of Silence 87'

11.00am Pierott Noir 10' + Raindrops On My Head 9' + To Be An All Star 20' + Sorf Hair 24' + Short Drop 29'

11.00am Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat 76'

Romeo and Juliet 117’

It Still Haunts Me 9' + Dear Jane 15' + Flower 15' + Padlock 18' + I Wish I Were My Girlfriend's Cellphone 32'

Protest 3' + Wither 12' + Metiver In Paramin 9' + Sèptant Lanné Ansamn (70 Years Together) 13' + Birdsong 11' + Nariva 10' + Temple In The Sea 11'+ Dancing On The Edge 20' + Q+As

Wildflower 15' + Keyla 90'

A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot Kingston 4’ + How To Kill A Fish 10' + Shashamane 80'

Men Are Dogs 20' + Time To Die 10' + Talent Inc 10' + Finding Dowry 20' + Back To Freeport 60' + Q+As

To Be A Renegade 45'

See You Yesterday 17' + Melocotones (Peaches) 80'

Adero 13' + La Soledad (Desolation) 90'

Visibly Me 11' + Moko Jumbie 94' + Q+A

Green Days By The River 100' + Q+A

The Book of Jasmine 14' + Jafta Propella 2017 60'

Unbound 30' + Vientos De Havana (Winds of Havana) 95'

The Weekend 30' + The Lies We Tell 90'

Babe I Hate To Go 19' + I Am Not Your Negro 95'

Con Sana Alegría (With Wholesome Joy) 18' + Ultimos Días En La Habana (Last Days In Havana) 93'

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time

venue

wednesday 20 sept

thursday 21 sept

friday 22 sept

11.00 am

MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

Centerstitch 10' + Q+A + Reinbou (Rainbow) 100'

Angélica 95'

The Tempest 94'

1.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

3.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

6.00 pm

MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat 76'

Mermaids 15' + Enamorándome de Abril (Romancing April) 92'

A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot Kingston 4' + How To Kill A Fish 10' + Shashamane 80'

8.30 pm

MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

Big Fish 15' + Cargo 105'

The Weekend 30' + The Lies We Tell 90'

Unbound 30' + Vientos De Habana (Winds Of Havana) 95'

3.30 pm

HYATT REGENCY TRINIDAD

5.00 pm

HYATT REGENCY TRINIDAD

7.00 pm

HYATT REGENCY TRINIDAD

Mustang 94'

12.00 pm

UWI - FILM PROGRAMME

Big Fish 15' + Panama Dreams 75'

1.00 pm

UWI - FILM PROGRAMME

La Matamoros 60' + Q+A

2.30 pm

UWI - FILM PROGRAMME

Bearings 15' + Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Nannan 60' + Q+As

5.00 pm

UWI - FILM PROGRAMME

Entre 2 Rives (Between 2 Shores) 60' + De Kiskeya (Where Have Our Trees Gone) 58'

7.00 pm

UWI - FILM PROGRAMME

7.30pm Babe I Hate To Go 19’ + I Am Not Your Negro 95’

19–26 september

high on film

Screenings are subject to change, so please check our website before attending a screening.

saturday 23 sept

sunday 24 sept

monday 25 sept

tuesday 26 sept Romeo and Juliet 117’

Wetlands and Us 25' + Q+A + To Be A Renegade 45'

Protest 3' + Metiver In Paramin 9' + Sèptant Lanné Ansamn (70 Years Together) 13’ + Nariva 10' + Temple In The Sea 11' + Birdsong 12' + Wetlands and Us 25' + Q+A

Salty Dog 25' + Sound of Silence 87'

Kafou (Crossroad) 48' + Kingston Crossroads 72'

Pierott Noir 10' + Raindrops On My Head 9' + To Be An All Star 20' + Sorf Hair 24' + Short Drop 29'

See You Yesterday 17' + Melocotones (Peaches) 80'

E Yobida Di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain) 10' + Extra Terrestres 113'

Men Are Dogs 20' + Time To Die 10' + Talent Inc. 10' + Finding Dowry 20' + Back To Freeport 60'

Tourments D'Amour (Torments Of Love) 48' + El Techo (On The Rooftop) 75'

Dreamshire 30' + Yo Soy Un Politico (I Am A Politician) 93'

Dream 5' + Q+A + Children of The Mountain 105'

Jess 25' + Quick Pick 60' + Q+A

Visibly Me 11' + Moko Jumbie 94'

The Book of Jasmine 14' + Jafta Propella 2017 60'

Two Soft Things Two Hard Things 71' + Q+A

La Matamoros 60' + Q+A

6.30pm Rain 93'

Chocó 80'

8.15pm Ixcanul 93'

Invisi-bill 10' + Just Cheer Up 19’ + A Dark Horror 10' + Culture Consciousness 19' + In Frame 28' + Sorf Hair 24’ + Q+As

A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot Kingston 4’ + How To Kill A Fish 10' + Shashamane 80' It Still Haunts Me 9' + Time To Die 10' + Finding Dowry 20’ + Back To Freeport 60' + Q+As

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FESTIVAL GUIDE

index of films 26 16 26 36 21 26 36 36 16 26 26 21 26 26 16 26 16 36 27 36 27 21 27 27 27 27 27 27 28

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A Broken Appointment A Caribbean Dream A Dark Horror A Dress to the Nation Adama Adero Afloat After La Monte Young Angélica Babe, I Hate To Go Back to Freeport Bad Lucky Goat Big Fish Birdsong Cargo Carl’s Present Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) Cathedral Centerstitch Chaotic Beauty Charcoal Children of the Mountain Chocolate Class 15 Come Out Come Out Con Sana Alegria (With Wholesome Joy) Culture Consciousness Dancing on the Edge De Kiskeya à Haiti: Mais où Sont Passés Nos Arbres? (Where Have our Trees Gone? 300 Years of Tree Cutting in Haiti) Dear Jane Dream Dreamshire E Yobida di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain)

19–26 september

28 El Despertar de Las Hormigas: Niñez (The Awakening of the Ants: Childhood) 17 El Hombre Que Cuida (The Watchman) 17 El Techo (On the Roof) 21 Enamorándome de Abril (Romancing April) 22 Entonces Nosotros (About Us) 28 Entre 2 Rives: de Saint-Domingue à Pointe-à-Pitre (Between 2 Shores: From Santo Domingo to Pointe-à-Pitre) 17 Extra Terrestres (Extra Terrestrials) 28 Féfé Limbé 22 Félicité 29 Finding Dowry 29 Flower 17 Green Days by the River 29 Homeless 24 29 How to Kill a Fish 22 I Am Not Your Negro 29 I Wish I Were My Girlfriend’s Cellphone 29 In Frame 29 Invisi-bill 29 It Still Haunts Me 35 Jafta Propella 18 Jeffrey 30 Jess 30 Just Cheer Up 30 Kafou (Crossroad) 22 Keyla 23 King of Peking 18 Kingston Crossroads 23 La Matamoros 23 La Soledad (Desolation)

23 Le Gang des Antillais (The Gang of the French Caribbean) 24 Lipstick Under my Burkha 18 Melocotones (Peaches) 30 Men Are Dogs 30 Mermaids 30 Metiver in Paramin 18 Moko Jumbie 24 Nadie Nos Mira (Nobody’s Watching) 30 Nannan; Alternative Art Explorations #Martinique 30 Nariva: An Under-Recognised Treasure 24 Neruda 31 One In 31 Paddlin’ Spirit: A Portrait of the Artist Laura Facey 31 Padlock 19 Panama Dreams 31 Pierott Noir ... A Gothic Trousseau of Trinidad + Tobago 31 Pimento and Hot Pepper — The Mento Story 31 Protest 19 Quick Pick 31 Raindrops on my Head 31 Rapatriation 36 Reforget 19 Reinbou (Rainbow) 32 Roots | Routes 32 Salty Dog 19 Santa y Andres (Santa and Andres) 32 Scarlett-Angelina 32 See You Yesterday 32 Self 32 Sèptant Lanné Ansanm

24 32 32 33 25 33 33 33 33 20 25 33 33 34 33 20 25 20 34 34 36 25 20 34 34 34 34 35 36 35 20

(Seventy Years Together) Shashamane Short Drop Snapshot Kingston Sorf Hair Sound of Silence Talent inc. Temple in the Sea The Book of Jasmine The Knot The Lies We Tell The Violin Teacher The Weekend Time to Die To Be a Renegade To Be an All Star Tourments d’Amour (Torments of Love) Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Ultimos Días en la Habana (Last Days in Havana) Un Desishon (One Decision) Unbound Uncertainty and Failure (Incertidumbre y Fracaso) Viaje (Journey) Vientos de Habana (Winds of Havana) Visibly Me We Love Moses Wetlands and Us Wildflower Wither Xerox Island Yo Soy de Allá (I Was Born There) Yo Soy un Politico (I Am a Politician)

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