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Welcome to the twelfth annual contents

trinidad+tobago film festival!
1 who we are
1 festival basics
Welcome to the twelfth edition of the ttff. This year we are 2 sponsors + partners
particularly pleased to have added MovieTowne San Fernando 3 patriotism day
to our screening venues, to be working in close partnership 3 screenings at uwi
with a number of agencies to help strengthen the capacity 5 focus on youth development
and skills of filmmakers, and to put the spotlight on issues 6 industry activities
of gender and social justice. Through this support we have a 9 country in focus: costa rica
strong industry programme with a focus on screenwriting and 10 awards + juries
script development, co-productions — particularly with our Latin 13 opening night film
American neighbours, and an examination of the representation 13 special screening
of women and girls in film. 15 introduction to films
16 caribbean feature films
We are excited once again to be opening the Festival with a local 21 panorama feature films
feature — Green Days by the River — which was one of the 15 26 short + medium-length films
films in development that participated in our Caribbean Film 35 jafta propella
Mart in 2015. It is such a joy to see the film come to fruition. It 36 experimental film
will no doubt play to sold-out audiences across the country. It is, 37 women in film
of course, just one of the 100+ films we will be screening at five 39 a look back at 2016
venues across Trinidad and Tobago. 40 schedule at a glance
44 index of films
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
festival basics
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 WHERE TO GET TICKETS MERCHANDISE
role in our development. Tickets are available at venues Festival merchandise will be sold
at the time of screenings, and in at MovieTowne Port of Spain.
Thank you. 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  ttff office

MovieTowne 199 Belmont Circular Road
who we are Audrey Jeffers Highway Port of Spain
Port of Spain Trinidad+Tobago
Corinth Road, San Fernando Tel: (+)1.868.621.0709
THE FESTIVAL TEAM Lowlands Mall, Tobago Tel: (+)1.868.621.3473
Bruce Paddington Founder + Festival Director Tel: (+)1.868.627.8277 ttfilmfestival.com
Annabelle Alcazar Programme Director movietowne.com
Magella Moreau Director of Public Relations Please vacate the cinema
Melvina Hazard Director of Community Development between screenings.
Azreena Khan Events + Sponsorship Coordinator
Johanna Thomas PR + Marketing Coordinator The University of the West
Tamara Dwarka Administrative Coordinator Indies
Karina Wharton Hospitality and Industry Coordinator Film Programme Building
Ayrïd Chandler Graphic Designer 12 Carmody Road, St. Augustine
Shaun Rambarran Webmaster sta.uwi.edu
Judy Raymond Guide Editor + Writer
Aurora Herrera Writer + Blogger Hyatt Regency Trinidad
Dina Poon Chong Programme Committee Wrightson Road
BC Pires Youth Jury Mentor + Programme Committee Port of Spain
Neala Bhagwansingh Social Media Coordinator Tel: (+)1.868.623.2222
Whitney Punch MovieTowne Port of Spain House Manager trinidad.hyatt.com
Anne-Marie Thomas MovieTowne POS, House Manager/Schools
Dianne Hazard-Chase MovieTowne San Fernando House Manager Drink Lounge & Bistro
Susanne Ramrattan MovieTowne Tobago Coordinator 63 Rosalino Street Find us on
Dominic Koo Technical Manager Woodbrook
Jeunanne Alkins Industry Coordinator Tel (+)1.868.223.7243
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 VENUE PARTNERS IN-KIND PARTNERS The trinidad+tobago film festival
Embassy of Costa Rica MovieTowne Port of Spain Subway would like to acknowledge
Embassy of Panama MovieTowne San Fernando KFC the generous support of our
Embassy of Mexico MovieTowne Tobago Burger King sponsors and partners.
Canadian High Commission The University of the West Indies Royal Castle
Häagen-Dazs
The Plant People

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patriotism day screenings at uwi

A still from Pierott Noir ... A Gothic Trousseau of Trinidad + A still from I Am Not Your Negro,
Tobago, one of the2017 films showing on Republic Day one of the films screening at UWI.

SPOTLIGHT ON T+T FILMS Since our inaugural year, 2006, we have partnered with the UWI Film
IN CELEBRATION OF PATRIOTISM MONTH Programme to both provide students with a platform to showcase their
work and to screen some regional and international films from the festival. 
In support of National Patriotism Month from 31 August–24 September, In 2017, we will be screening on two days: Friday 22, documentary day,
and in partnership with the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Saturday 23, highlighting the work of the UWI students with Q+As
and the Arts, the ttff presents a day-long celebration of T+T through the promoting stimulating discussion.
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.
The Violin Teacher
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 ttff’s award
ceremony at the end of the Festival.

THE RBC YOUTH JURY

This Programme affords young people - aged 16–21, 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 Keyla
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.

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.
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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.
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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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 foreign-
language 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 works-
in-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.
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awards + juries

ttff/16 award winners At the ttff/16 awards ceremony

AWARDS SPECIAL PRIZES

The ttff awards prizes in three categories: jury prizes, people’s choice BEST T+T FILM IN DEVELOPMENT
awards, and special awards. The awards ceremony will take place on TT$10,000 / Sponsored by BP Trinidad and Tobago
Tuesday 26 September at the Central Bank Auditorium in Port of Spain.
BEST FILM AS DECIDED BY A YOUTH JURY
TT$5,000 / Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank
JURY PRIZES In competition:
BEST FEATURE FILM – NARRATIVE Green Days by the River - Michael Mooleedhar, Trinidad+Tobago
TT$10,000 / Sponsored by Flow Moko Jumbie - Vashti Anderson, Trinidad+Tobago
In competition: Reinbou - David Maler + Andrés Cubelo, Dominican Republic
Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) - José María Cabral, Dominican Republic The Violin Teacher - Sérgio Machado, Brazil
Cargo - Kareem Mortimer, The Bahamas El Techo - Patricia Ramos, Cuba
El Techo (On the Roof) - Patricia Ramos, Cuba Keyla - Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Colombia
Santa and Andres - Carlos Lechuga, Cuba
Ultimos Días En La Habana (Last Days In Havana) - Fernando Pérez, Cuba FUTURE CRITICS PRIZE
TT$5,000 / Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank
BEST FEATURE FILM – DOCUMENTARY Mentor BC Pires selects the top future critic from the COSTAATT
TT$10,000 / Sponsored by Flow journalism students participating in this initiative.
In competition:
Jeffrey - Yanillys Perez, Dominican Republic BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Kingston Crossroads - Oliver Becker + Jonas Schaul, Jamaica/Germany TT$5,000 / Sponsored by ttff
In competition:
BEST SHORT FILM Chaotic Beauty - Di-Andre Caprice Davis, Jamaica
TT$5,000 / Sponsored by Flow Cathedral - Juliette McCawley, Trinidad+Tobago
In competition: Reforget - Vonley Smith, Barbados
Con Sana Alegria (With Wholesome Joy) - Claudia Muñoz, Cuba Xerox Island - Alex Kelly, Trinidad+Tobago
Tourments D’Amour - Caroline Jules, Guadeloupe/France A Dress to the Nation - Richard Rawlins, Trinidad+Tobago
Chocolate - Fernando Peña, Dominican Republic Uncertainty and Failure - Luis Vasquez La Roche/Joanne Helfer, Venezuela/
Paddlin’ Spirit: A Portrait of the Artist Laura Facey - Amanda Sans, Jamaica Scotland
Féfé Limbe - Julien Silloray, Guadeloupe Afloat - Devon Narine Singh, USA
After La Monte Young - Sandra Vivas, Dominica
BEST T+T FEATURE FILM
TT$10,000
Sponsored by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE
In competition: TT$5,000
Moko Jumbie - Vashti Anderson In competition:
Green Days by the River - Michael Mooleedhar Cargo - Kareem Mortimer, The Bahamas
Entre 2 Rives: De Saint-Domingue à Pointe-à-Pitre (Between 2 Shores:
BEST T+T SHORT FILM From Santo Domingo to Pointe-à-Pitre) - Mariette Monpierre, Guadeloupe
TT$5,000 Jeffrey - Yanillys Perez, Dominican Republic
Sponsored by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts
In competition: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Short Drop - Maya Cozier TT$5,000 each / Sponsored by Flow
Salty Dog - Oliver Milne BEST FEATURE FILM – NARRATIVE
Visibly Me - Nicola Cross BEST FEATURE FILM – DOCUMENTARY
Temple in the Sea - Kevin Bhall 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).
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.

Steve Zebina Pamela Carmona

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.
SHORTS
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.

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 A film adaptation of Michael Anthony’s classic 1967 novel of the
same name, Green Days by the River, gets this year’s Festival
Director: Michael Mooleedhar off to a running start. Bringing to life childhood memories of the
2017, Trinidad + Tobago book, and a Trinidad perhaps long forgotten, director Michael
Narrative Feature / 100 minutes Mooleedhar’s film is set in the idyllic countryside of 1950s Mayaro
WORLD PREMIERE 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
TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER cunning. With adolescent hormones raging amidst the breath-
NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR THE taking beauty of the local girls and the Mayaro landscape, the quiet
PERFORMING ARTS (NAPA) storm that’s brewing may prove more than he can handle, and life as
Port-of-Spain he once knew it, will certainly never be the same again.

6.00pm – Cocktail Reception
7.30pm – Film Screening: Green Days by the River
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 fam-
ily 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 Trinidadian-American director, Anderson’s striking imagery mingles

Director: Vashti Anderson memory and imagining, the mundane and the supernatural, in
2017, Trinidad + Tobago, Trinidad English, with English subtitles examining family, race, class, and the quest for home.
Narrative Feature / 94 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE Moko Jumbie, Anderson’s feature film debut, was a selection at the
Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS 2017 LA Film Festival.

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Photo of Christiane Emmanuel

Company by Nadine Eversley.

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CARIBBEAN
The Caribbean section
comprises feature-length
films from the Caribbean,
the diaspora, and films by
international filmmakers made in
and about the region.
the ttff/17 film lineup
PANORAMA
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.
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SHORT AND MEDIUM-
LENGTH FILMS
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
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A CARIBBEAN DREAM
Director: Shakirah Bourne
2017, Barbados
Narrative Feature / 82 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.
Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8, Q+A
CARGO
Director: Kareem Mortimer
2017, The Bahamas
Narrative Feature / 105 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.
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
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ANGÉLICA
Director: Marisol Gómez Mouakad
2016, Puerto Rico English + Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 95 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
CARPINTEROS (WOODPECKERS)
Director: José María Cabral
2017, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 106 minutes
T&T PREMIERE
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 hot-
tempered Yanelly. But Julian and Yanelly are drawn to each other, and
in this intense, brutal atmosphere, the situation quickly escalates out
of control.
Sat 23 Sept, 9.00pm MovieTowne POS Screen 7
Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm MovieTowne POS Screen 8
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EL HOMBRE QUE CUIDA EL TECHO (ON THE ROOF)

(THE WATCHMAN)
Director: Alejandro Andújar Director: Patricia Ramos
2017, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles 2016, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 87 minutes Narrative Feature / 75 minutes
T+T PREMIERE 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?
Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm MovieTowne San Fernando
Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7, Q+A
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.
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 GREEN DAYS BY THE RIVER

(EXTRA TERRESTRIALS)
Director: Carla Cavina Meléndez Director: Michael Mooleedhar
2016, Puerto Rico + Venezuela Spanish, with English subtitles 2017, T+T
Narrative Feature / 113 minutes Narrative Feature / 100 minutes
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 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.
Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando
Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago
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.
Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A

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JEFFREY
Director: Yanillys Perez
2016, Dominican Republic/France Spanish, with English subtitles
Documentary Feature / 78 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.
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
MELOCOTONES (PEACHES)
Director: Héctor Valdez
2015, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 80 minutes
T&T 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.
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
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KINGSTON CROSSROADS
Directors: Oliver Becker + Jonas Schaul
2016, Germany/Jamaica Jamaican English, with English subtitles
Documentary Feature / 72 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando
Thu 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago
MOKO JUMBIE
Director: Vashti Anderson
2017, T+T Trinidad English, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 94 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
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 aban-
doned seaside coconut estate is not as tranquil as it looks. 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.
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
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PANAMA DREAMS QUICK PICK

Director: Alison Saunders Director: Miguel K Lashley

2017, Barbados/T+T French Creole with English subtitles 2017, T+T
Documentary Feature / 75 minutes Narrative Feature / 90 minutes
T+T PREMIERE 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-enact-
ments 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.
Fri 22 Sept, 12.00pm, UWI Film Programme
Mon 25 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
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

SANTA Y ANDRES
REINBOU (RAINBOW) (SANTA AND ANDRES)
Directors: David Maler + Andrés Cubelo Director: Carlos Lechuga
2017, Dominican Republic Spanish, with English subtitles 2016, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 100 minutes Narrative Feature / 100 mins
T+T PREMIERE 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 Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7
Thur 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7
Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

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THE LIES WE TELL
Director: Clifford Seedansingh
2017, T+T
Narrative Feature / 90 minutes
WORLD 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.
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
VIENTOS DE HABANA
(THE WINDS OF HAVANA)
Director: Felix Viscarret
2017, Cuba Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 96 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?
Fri 22 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne Tobago
Fri 22 Sept, 10.15pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando
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ULTIMOS DÍAS EN LA HABANA
(LAST DAYS IN HAVANA)
Director: Fernando Pérez
2016, Cuba Spanish with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 93 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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, espe-
cially when Miguel’s firebrand niece comes to stay with them. Despite
Diego’s inscrutable quality, the film is gentle and moving.
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
YO SOY UN POLITICO
(I AM A POLITICIAN)
Director: Javier Colon
2016, Puerto Rico Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 93 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
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ADAMA BAD LUCKY GOAT

Director: Simon Rouby Director: Samir Oliveros

2015, France French, with English subtitles
Animated Feature / 78 minutes
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
2017, Colombia Jamaican English, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 75 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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 charac-
ters—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

ENAMORÁNDOME DE ABRIL
CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAIN (ROMANCING APRIL)
Director: Priscilla Anany Director: Joel Núñez
2016, Ghana Twi, with English subtitles 2015, Mexico Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 100 minutes Narrative Feature / 90 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE CARIBBEAN PREMIERE

Essuman’s life collapses when her baby is born with disabilities. A yam-
seller 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.
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
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.
Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago
Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8

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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 intel-
ligence service at your side, and a powerful bureaucracy with which
you need to be able to dialogue. You also have people who are of-
ten 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 tra-
dition 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, Cram-
med Discs. Muambuyi, the singer, coached Tshanda and was gene-
rous 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 insa-
ne 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 Director: Alain Gomis

2016, Costa Rica Spanish, with English subtitles 2017, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Narrative Feature / 76 minutes Lingala and French, with English subtitles
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE 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 Félicité sings in a club, barely scraping a living in the tough city of
to work out their problems, and at first things go swimmingly, until Kinshasa — grittily, vividly conveyed here. Even fixing her fridge seems
Sofía meets an old friend, Malena. The chemistry between the three of too much. Then her son is badly injured in an accident and the fiercely
them sparks, fizzes and explodes as this romantic comedy lurches from independent Félicité must ask for help to raise the huge price of the
slapstick to bathos to bittersweet. 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
Sat 23 Sept, 3.45pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
Presented by the Embassy of Costa Rica Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO KEYLA

Director: Raoul Peck Director: Viviana Gómez Echeverry

2017, USA Documentary Feature / 93 minutes 2016, Colombia English + Spanish, with English subtitles
T+T PREMIERE 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 You can’t get away from the sea on the tiny island of Providence,
1960s US civil rights movement. Haitian director Raoul Peck helps between Jamaica and Colombia. Certainly it’s never out of Keyla’s mind
him posthumously bear witness, using Samuel Jackson’s voicing after her father and his fishing boat disappear. They call the Caribbean
of Baldwin’s writing, and television footage of the writer. The film is “the sea of seven colours” here, and among the bright hues of tropical
also a depiction of a disturbing, divided America and a paradoxically fish and corals are sinister tones. There are territorial disputes, rumours
intimate portrait of Baldwin himself, anguished yet calm, and rivetingly of drug-running, pirate legends; and all the complications of family and
charismatic. love, undercurrents of old hurts and the forging of new bonds as Keyla
comes of age.
Fri 22 Sept, 6.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7
Fri 22 Sept, 7.30pm, UWI Film Programme Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando
Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando

22 19–26 september 
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KING OF PEKING LA MATAMOROS

Director: Sam Voutas Director: Delfina Vidal

2017, China Mandarin, with English subtitles 2017, Panama Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 87 minutes Documentary Feature / 60 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE 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.
Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7
Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
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.
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

LE GANG DES ANTILLAIS

LA SOLEDAD (DESOLATION) (GANG OF THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN)
Director: Jorge Thielen Armand Director: Jean-Claude Barny
2016, Venezuela Spanish, with English subtitles 2016, Guadeloupe/France French, with English subtitles
Documentary Feature / 89 minutes Narrative Feature / 90 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE 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.
Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San Fernando, Q+A
Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne, POS Screen 7
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.
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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NADIE NOS MIRA

LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA (NOBODY’S WATCHING)
Director: Alankrita Shrivastava Director: Julia Solomonoff
2016, India Hindi, with English subtitles 2017, Argentina Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 117 minutes Narrative Feature / 102 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE 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 Shi-
rin 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

nd the Cold War

Chile. In congress,
o Neruda (Luis
es the government
the Communist
iftly impeached by
alez Videla (Alfredo
e Prefect Oscar
Gael García Bernal)
rest the poet.
to flee the country
he painter Delia del
s Morán), but they
hiding. Inspired by
vents of his new
, Neruda writes his
of poems, “Canto
while, in Europe, the
NERUDA
He plays with the inspector, leaving
clues designed to make their game
SHASHAMANE
oet hounded by the of cat-and-mouse more dangerous,
s, and artists led by more intimate. In this story of a
lamor for Neruda’s persecuted poet and his implacable
Director: Pablo Larrain
adversary, Neruda recognizes his Director: Giulia Amati
2016, Chile Spanish + French, with English subtitles
ver, sees this struggle own heroic possibilities: a chance to 2016, Ethiopia/Jamaica/UK
Peluchonneau as an become both a symbol for liberty and
nvent himself. Narrative Feature / 107 minutes
a literary legend. English + French, with English subtitles
T+T PREMIERE Documentary Feature / 80 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
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 Shashamane chronicles a chapter of the lengthy history of the African
story of how the beloved poet escaped capture, evading a pompous, diaspora, through the voices of men and women who have left the
bumbling policeman. Sometimes it’s a detective movie, sometimes West 400 years since the dawn of slavery, to return to their forefathers’
surreal; sometimes it resembles film noir, at other times a western. land and reclaim their African identity. It’s an exodus that becomes an
Neruda weaves together scenes of great beauty and bathos, between extraordinary homecoming to a place that for some is a haven, but for
the words of the poet, the Andean snows, and the plodding Inspector others a cage with no escape.
Peluchonneau.
Thu 21 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7
Thu 21 Sept, 8.45pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago
Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8 Sat 23 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San Fernando
Sat 23 Sept, 5.00pm, UWI Film Programme

24 19–26 september 
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SOUND OF SILENCE THE VIOLIN TEACHER

Director: Bijukumar Damodaran Director: Sérgio Machado

2017, India Hindi + Tibetan, with English subtitles 2015, Brazil Portuguese, with English subtitles
Narrative Feature / 87 minutes Narrative Feature / 100 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE 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.
Wed 20 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 8
Sat 23 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San Fernando
Mon 25 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago
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, 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 Director: Paz Fábrega

2016, Canada English/Inuktitut 2015, Costa Rica Spanish with English subtitles
Documentary Feature / 71 minutes Narrative Feature / 70 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE 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.
Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS Screen 7

Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Q+A Presented by the Embassy of Costa Rica

Presented by the Canadian High Commission

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A BROKEN
APPOINTMENT
Director: Kaleb D’Aguilar
2017, UK + Jamaica
Narrative Short / 2 minutes
T+T 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.
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
BACK TO FREEPORT
Directors: Jian Hennings + Kyle
Sahadeo
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 60 minutes
WORLD 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.
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
26 19–26 september 
A DARK HORROR
Director: Siobhan Millette
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 15 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
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.
Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film
Programme, Q+A
Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7, Q+A
BIG FISH
Director: Yonnette Belmar
2017, St Vincent and the
Grenadines
Documentary Short / 15 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne
Tobago
Fri 22 Sept, 12.00pm UWI Film
Programme
Fri 22 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
ADERO
Director: Kojo McPherson
2017, Guyana
Narrative Short / 13 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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?
Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
Mon 25 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
BIRDSONG
Director: Vibert Medford
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 12 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
BABE, I HATE TO GO
Director: Andrew Moir
2017, Canada/Jamaica
Jamaican Creole + English
Documentary Short / 19 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
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.
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
CARL’S PRESENT
Director: Kevin Taylor
2016, The Bahamas
Narrative Short / 17 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
Director: Celoi Carr
2015, T+T
Narrative Short / 12 minutes
T+T 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.
Wed 20 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne
Tobago, Q+A
COME OUT COME OUT
Director: Ron Morales
2017, USA
Narrative Short / 12 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
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
CHARCOAL
Director: Francesca Andre
2016, USA
Narrative Short / 6 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
“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 self-
worth and self-esteem. This film is
about their redemption, overcoming
pain and embracing their dark
skins.
Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
Fri 22 Sept, 9.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
CON SANA ALEGRIA
(WITH WHOLESOME JOY)
Director: Claudia Muñoz
2016, Cuba
Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Short / 18 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
CHOCOLATE
Director: Fernando Peña
2016, Dominican Republic
Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative Short / 11 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
CULTURE
CONSCIOUSNESS
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?
Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film
Programme, Q+A
high on film
CLASS 15
Director: Dean Leon Anderson
2016, UK
Narrative Short / 13 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
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. Fast-
forward 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.
Thur 21 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
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
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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.
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. transform her world and trigger her
Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
Sat 23 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne Tobago
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DEAR JANE
Director: John Quarrell
2016, UK
Narrative Short / 13 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.
Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
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
curiosity, anger, confusion, guilt and
fantasy.
Wed 20 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
Presented by the Embassy of
Costa Rica
DREAM
Director: Elspeth Duncan
2016, T+T
Narrative Short / 3 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
Dream is an exhilarating film about
a world where animals run free and
humans are at one with nature.
Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne
Tobago, Q+A
ENTRE 2 RIVES: DE
SAINT-DOMINGUE
À POINTE-À-PITRE
(BETWEEN 2 SHORES: FROM
SANTO DOMINGO TO POINTE-À-
PITRE)
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
DREAMSHIRE
Director: Vonley Smith
2017, Barbados
Narrative Short / 33 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
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
Director: Shivanee Loach
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 20 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.
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
IN FRAME
Director: Shane Lee Kit
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 28 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
FLOWER
Director: Che Walker
2017, USA
Narrative Short / 15 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
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.
Fri 22 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
INVISI-BILL
Directors: Jabari Daniel, Amrit
Galbaran, Riaz Jokan + Jairam
Hanuman
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 10 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
HOMELESS 24
Director: Damien Pinder
2015, Barbados
Documentary Short / 7 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
Sat 23 Sept, 3.45pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
IT STILL HAUNTS ME
Director: Anna-Lisa Wickham
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 9 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
high on film
HOW TO KILL A FISH
Director: Danielle Russell
2017, Jamaica
Narrative Short / 10 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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 GIRL-
FRIEND’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
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.
Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7, Q+A
Sun 24 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne
Tobago
MERMAIDS
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?
Thu 21 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne
Tobago
Thurs 21 Sep, 8:30pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
Fri 22 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
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JUST CHEER UP
Director: Sinead Hamel-Smith
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 19 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
Sat 23 Sept, 1.00pm, UWI Film
Programme, Q+A
METIVER IN PARAMIN
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.
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
KAFOU (CROSSROAD)
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.
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; Alternative art
explorations #Martinique
Directors: Aymeric Cattenoz,
Christian Foret
2017, Martinique
French, with English subtitles
Documentary Feature / 60 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
MEN ARE DOGS
Director: Steve Hernandez
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 21 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
NARIVA: An Under-
Recognised Treasure
Director: Akilah Stewart
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 10 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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
PIMENTO + HOT PEPPER
The Mento Story
Director: Rick Elgood
2016, Jamaica
Documentary Short / 58 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.
Sun 24 Sept, 1.00pm, MovieTowne POS,
Screen 8, Q+A
Presentation by Ray Funk “Mento and
Calypso”.
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
PROTEST
Director: Seon Thompson
2016, T+T
Narrative Short / 3 minutes
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!
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
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
RAINDROPS ON
MY HEAD
Director: Ayesha Jordan
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 9 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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, 11.00am, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
Sun 24 Sept, 11.00am, MovieTowne San
Fernando, Q+A
Sun 24 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne
Tobago
high on film
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
RAPATRIATION
Director: Jonathan Drumeaux
Drums
2017, Guadeloupe No Dialogue
Narrative Short / 1 minute
T+T PREMIERE
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
Director: Kia Redman
2017, Barbados No Dialogue
Narrative Short / 11 minutes
T+T 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.
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
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SALTY DOG
Director: Oliver Milne
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 26 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
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.
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
SCARLETT-ANGELINA
Director: Lorette Bayle
2017, USA
Narrative Short / 10 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
Never underestimate a little girl
with good manners. Scarlett-
Angelina, 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.
Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
SHORT DROP
Director: Maya Cozier
2017, T+T / US
Narrative Short / 28 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.
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
SEE YOU YESTERDAY
Director: Stefon Bristol
2017, USA
Narrative Short / 17 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
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.
Fri 22 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
Mon 25 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne
Tobago
Tue 26 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
SNAPSHOT KINGSTON
Director: David Johnson
2016, Jamaica
Narrative Short / 4 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
Director: Shari Petti
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 24 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.
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
THE KNOT
Director: Davina Lee
2017, St Lucia
Narrative Short / 15 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.
Wed 20 Sept, 3.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
Tue 26 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
TALENT INC.
Director: Taromi Lourdes Joseph
2016, T+T
Narrative Short / 10 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
THE WEEKEND
Director: Sean Hodgkinson
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 30 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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?
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
TEMPLE IN
THE SEA
Director: Kevin Bhall
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 15 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
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.
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
TIME TO DIE
Director: Joel Joseph
2017, T+T
Narrative Short / 10 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
high on film
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
TO BE AN ALL STAR
Director: Mario Faggion
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 20 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
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.
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
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.
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
VISIBLY ME
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.
Sat 23 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 8
Sun 24 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne San
Fernando
Mon 25 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne
Tobago
34 19–26 september 
TOURMENTS
D’AMOUR
Director: Caroline Jules
2017, Guadeloupe/France
French, with English subtitles
Narrative Short / 54 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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.
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
WE LOVE MOSES
Director: Dionne Edwards
2016, UK
Narrative Short / 15 minutes
CARIBBEAN PREMIERE T+T 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?
Wed 20 Sept, 8.30pm, MovieTowne POS
Screen 7
Tue 26 Sept, 6.00pm, MovieTowne
Screen 7
UNBOUND
Director: David Johnson
2017, Jamaica
Narrative Short / 30 minutes
T+T PREMIERE Narrative Short / 3 minutes
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.
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
Director: Omodara Mills
2017, T+T
Documentary Short / 25 minutes
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
UN DESISHON
(ONE DECISION)
Director: Chantal Anthonia
2017, Netherlands Antilles
Dutch, with English subtitles
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
WILDFLOWER
Directors: Kerry-Lyn Coppin +
Allison Philips
2017, Barbados
Narrative Short / 16 minutes
T+T PREMIERE
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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WITHER
Director: Chenelle Spooner
2017, T+T No Dialogue
Narrative Short / 12 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE Boruca, with English subtitles
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 +
Documentary Short / 18 minutes
T+T PREMIERE to use the affordable public transportation system to get to work, but on
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
high on film
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
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
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 AFTER LA MONTE YOUNG CATHEDRAL REFORGET

2016 Jamaica | 2:25 mins 2017 Dominica | 1:50 mins 2017 T+T | 1:34 mins 2017 Barbados | 5:25 mins
Director: Di-Andre Caprice Davis Director: Sandra Vivas Director: Juliette Mc Cawley 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 A DRESS TO THE NATION XEROX ISLAND UNCERTAINTY AND FAILURE

2017 USA | 6:43 mins
Director: Devon Narine Singh
A personal journey through OCD
and memory as told by the water
cycle.
2017 T+T | 1:00 min
Director: Richard Mark Rawlins
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.
2017 T+T | 0:021 secs (looped)
Director: Alex Kelly
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.
(Incertidumbre y Fracaso)
2017 T+T, Venezuela, Scotland
8:18 mins
Directors: Luis Vasquez La
Roche, Joanna Helfer
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.

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

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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
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
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.
Friday 22 Sept, 7.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad
MUSTANG
Deniz Gamze Ergüven / 2015 / France + Turkey / 94 minutes / 18+
Gender inequality
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.
Saturday 23 Sept 5.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad
LA MATAMOROS
Delfina Vidal / 2017 / Panama / 60 minutes / PG / Q+A
Female Empowerment
A factory seamstress in the 1940s, she became a unionist and interna-
tional activist, fighting for the rights of women, workers and her country-
men. 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.
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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.
Saturday 23 Sept 7.00pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad
CHOCÓ
Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza / 2012 / Colombia / 80 minutes / 18+
Violence against women + girls
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.
Sunday 24 Sept 6.30pm, Hyatt Regency Trinidad
RAIN
Maria Govan / 2008 / The Bahamas / 93 minutes / 14+
Female Empowerment
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.
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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ttff’s Caribbean Film Database (CFDb) is poised to be the largest

single source of information on films produced in and about the
Caribbean- specifically the insular Caribbean plus Belize, Guyana,
Suriname and French Guiana.

The definitive authority on Caribbean film for researchers, distributors,

academics, film lovers:

• Independent made in and about the Caribbean after 2000

• Information on more than 600 films from the English, Dutch,
French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean
• Classic Caribbean films section
• No subscription or registration required

The CFDb an initiative of the trinidad+tobago film festival in association

with the Fundación Global Democracia y Dessarollo from the
Dominican Republic, the Association for the Development of Art
Cinema and Practice in Guadeloupe, the Foundation of New Latin
American Cinema in Cuba and the Festival Régional et International
du Cinéma de Guadeloupe.

Phase 1 of the CFDb was funded by the Cultures+ Programme, funded

by the European Union (European Development Fund) and implemented
by the ACP Group of States.

For more information visit

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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: Filmmaker’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

MOVIETOWNE POS
10.30 am Adama 85' Jeffrey 78' 3 Beauties 93’
SCREEN 7

A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot

MOVIETOWNE POS Dreamshire 33' + Yo Soy Un Politico Chocolate 11' + Nadie Nos Mira
1.00 pm (I Am A Politician) 90'
Kingston 4' + How To Kill A Fish 10'
(Nobody's Watching) 102'
SCREEN 7 + Shashamane 80'

MOVIETOWNE POS The Knot 15' + Santa and Andres Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat Short Drop 29' + Q+A + El Hombre
3.30 pm 105' 76' Que Cuida (The Watchman) 85' + Q+A
SCREEN 7

El Despertar De Las Hormigas

MOVIETOWNE POS Salty Dog 28' + Q+A + King Of 6:30pm Babe I Hate To Go 19' + I Am
6.00 pm (Awakening Of The Ants) 18' +
Peking 88' Not Your Negro 95'
SCREEN 7 Journey (Viaje) 76'

Con Sana Alegría (With Wholesome

MOVIETOWNE POS We Love Moses 15' + The Violin 9:00pm Charcoal 5' + Children Of The
8.30 pm Teacher 102'
Joy) 18' + Ultimos Días En La
Mountain 100' + Q+A
SCREEN 7 Habana (Last Days In Havana) 93'

MOVIETOWNE POS
10.30 am The Tempest 94' Reinbou (Rainbow) 100' Angélica 95'
SCREEN 8

It Still Haunts Me 9' + Q+A + Dear

MOVIETOWNE POS Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Sound of Silence Jane 15' + Flower 15' + Padlock
1.00 pm 87'
Wildflower 15' + Keyla 90'
18' + I Wish I Were My Girlfriend's
SCREEN 8
Cellphone 32'

MOVIETOWNE POS E Yobida Di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain) Kafou (Crossroad) 48' + Kingston Mermaids 15' + Enamorándome De
3.30 pm 10' + Extra Terrestres 113' Crossroads 72' Abril (Romancing April) 92'
SCREEN 8

MOVIETOWNE POS See You Yesterday 17' + Melocotones

6.00 pm Lipstick Under My Burkha 117' One In 15' + Angélica 95' + Q+A
(Peaches) 87' + Q+A
SCREEN 8

MOVIETOWNE POS The Weekend 30' + Q+A + The Lies 8.30pm To Be A Renegade 45' + Q+A
8.30 pm We Tell 90' + Q+A
8.45pm Self 5' + Neruda 107'
Sponsored by BPTT
SCREEN 8

MOVIETOWNE POS 10:15pm Unbound 30’ + Vientos De

10.00 pm Havana (Winds of Havana) 95’
SCREEN 8

MOVIETOWNE
10.30 am The Tempest 94' Jeffrey 78' Adama 85'
SAN FERNANDO

MOVIETOWNE
1.00 pm SAN FERNANDO

MOVIETOWNE Kafou (Crossroad) 48' + Kingston Class 15 13' + Reinbou (Rainbow) E Yobida Di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain)
3.30 pm SAN FERNANDO Crossroads 72' 100' 10' + Extra Terrestres 113'

Rapatriation 2' + Féfé Limbé 28' +

MOVIETOWNE Short Drop 29' + El Hombre Que Mermaids 15' + Enamorándome de
6.00 pm Le Gang Des Antillais (Gang of the
SAN FERNANDO Cuida (The Watchman) 85' Abril (Romancing April) 92'
French Caribbean)

MOVIETOWNE Charcoal 5' + Children Of The

8.30 pm Lipstick Under My Burkha 117' Big Fish 15' + Cargo 105'
SAN FERNANDO Mountain 100'

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saturday 23 sept
11.00am Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky
Goat 76'
Entre 2 Rives (Between 2 Shores) 60'
+ De Kiskeya (Where Have Our Trees
Gone?) 58'
Rapatriation 2' + Féfé Limbé 28' +
Le Gang Des Antillais (Gang of the
French Caribbean) 90' + Q+A
6:30pm One Decision 3' + Cargo 105'
+ Q+A
Come Out Come Out 12' + Q+A +
Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) 108'
11.00am Roots 10' + A Caribbean
Dream 82' + Q+A
1.15pm Tourments D’Amour (Torments
of Love) 48' + El Techo (On The Roof)
75' + Q+A
3.45pm Homeless 24 7' + Félicité 123'
6.30pm Jafta Propella 2017 60’ +Q+A
Visibly Me 11' + Moko Jumbie 94' +
Q+A
11.00am Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Sound of
Silence 87'
It Still Haunts Me 9' + Dear Jane 15'
+ Flower 15' + Padlock 18' + I Wish I
Were My Girlfriend's Cellphone 32'
A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot
Kingston 4’ + How To Kill A Fish 10' +
Shashamane 80'
Adero 13' + La Soledad (Desolation)
90'
Unbound 30' + Vientos De Havana
(Winds of Havana) 95'
sunday 24 sept
11.00am Invisi-Bill 9' + Pierott Noir 10' +
Raindrops On My Head 9' + Talent Inc.
10' + Sorf Hair 24' + Men Are Dogs 21'
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
Finding Dowry 20' + Jess 25' + Back To
Freeport 60' + Q+As
A Dark Horror 10' + Time To Die 10' +
Quick Pick 90' + Q+As
The Weekend 30' + The Lies We Tell 60'
+ Q+As
11.00am Class 15 13' + Reinbou
(Rainbow) 100'
Pimento and Hot Pepper 60' + Q+A
+ Ray Funk Presentation "Mento and
Calypso"
Dreamshire 33' + Yo Soy Un Politico (I
Am A Politician) 90' + Q+A
6.15pm Yo Soy De Allá (I Was Born
There) 18' + Entonces Nosotros (About
Us) 76' + Q+A
Salty Dog 28' + Q+A + King Of Peking
88'
11.00am Pierott Noir 10' + Raindrops
On My Head 9' + To Be An All Star 20' +
Sorf Hair 24' + Short Drop 29'
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
Men Are Dogs 20' + Time To Die 10' +
Talent Inc 10' + Finding Dowry 20' +
Back To Freeport 60' + Q+As
Visibly Me 11' + Moko Jumbie 94' +
Q+A
The Weekend 30' + The Lies We Tell 90'
monday 25 sept
11.00am Paddlin' Spirit 30' + Sound of
Silence 87'
Bearings 30' + Q+A + Nannan 60' +
Q+A
Tourments D’Amour (Torments of Love)
48’ + El Techo (On The Roof) 75’
Adero 13' + La Soledad (Desolation) 90'
Homeless 24 7' + Félicité 123'
11.00am Mermaids 15' + Panama
Dreams 75'
Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat 76'
Self 5' + Neruda 105'
Babe I Hate To Go 19' + I Am Not Your
Negro 95'
Lipstick Under My Burkha 117'
11.00am Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky
Goat 76'
Wildflower 15' + Keyla 90'
To Be A Renegade 45'
Green Days By The River 100' + Q+A
Babe I Hate To Go 19' + I Am Not Your
Negro 95'
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tuesday 26 sept
Romeo and Juliet 117’
One In 15' + Angelica 95'
Scarlett Angelina 10' + Jeffrey 78'
We Love Moses 15' + The Violin Teacher
102'
The Knot 15' + Santa and Andres 105'
Adama 85'
Rapatriation 2' + Féfé Limbé 28' + Le
Gang Des Antillais (Gang of the French
Caribbean) 90'
Con Sana Alegría (With Wholesome Joy)
18' + Ultimos Días En La Habana (Last
Days In Havana) 93'
Chocolate 11' + Nadie Nos Mira
(Nobody's Watching) 102'
Come Out Come Out 12' + Carpinteros
(Woodpeckers) 108'
Romeo and Juliet 117’
See You Yesterday 17' + Melocotones
(Peaches) 80'
The Book of Jasmine 14' + Jafta
Propella 2017 60'
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

Centerstitch 10' + Q+A + Reinbou

11.00 am MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO (Rainbow) 100'
Angélica 95' The Tempest 94'

1.00 pm MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

3.30 pm MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO

A Broken Appt 2' + Snapshot

Carl's Present 17' + Bad Lucky Goat Mermaids 15' + Enamorándome de
6.00 pm MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO 76' Abril (Romancing April) 92'
Kingston 4' + How To Kill A Fish 10'
+ Shashamane 80'

The Weekend 30' + The Lies We Unbound 30' + Vientos De Habana

8.30 pm MOVIETOWNE TOBAGO Big Fish 15' + Cargo 105'
Tell 90' (Winds Of Havana) 95'

HYATT REGENCY
3.30 pm
TRINIDAD

HYATT REGENCY
5.00 pm
TRINIDAD

HYATT REGENCY
7.00 pm Mustang 94'
TRINIDAD

12.00 pm UWI - FILM PROGRAMME Big Fish 15' + Panama Dreams 75'

1.00 pm UWI - FILM PROGRAMME La Matamoros 60' + Q+A

Bearings 15' + Paddlin' Spirit 30'

2.30 pm UWI - FILM PROGRAMME + Nannan 60' + Q+As

Entre 2 Rives (Between 2 Shores)

5.00 pm UWI - FILM PROGRAMME 60' + De Kiskeya (Where Have Our
Trees Gone) 58'

7.30pm Babe I Hate To Go 19’ + I Am

7.00 pm UWI - FILM PROGRAMME Not Your Negro 95’

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saturday 23 sept sunday 24 sept monday 25 sept tuesday 26 sept

Romeo and Juliet 117’

Protest 3' + Metiver In Paramin 9' +

Sèptant Lanné Ansamn (70 Years
Wetlands and Us 25' + Q+A + To Be
Together) 13’ + Nariva 10' + Temple In Salty Dog 25' + Sound of Silence 87'
A Renegade 45'
The Sea 11' + Birdsong 12' + Wetlands
and Us 25' + Q+A

Pierott Noir 10' + Raindrops On My

Kafou (Crossroad) 48' + Kingston See You Yesterday 17' + Melocotones
Head 9' + To Be An All Star 20' + Sorf
Crossroads 72' (Peaches) 80'
Hair 24' + Short Drop 29'

Men Are Dogs 20' + Time To Die 10' +

E Yobida Di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain) Tourments D'Amour (Torments Of Love) Dreamshire 30' + Yo Soy Un Politico
Talent Inc. 10' + Finding Dowry 20' +
10' + Extra Terrestres 113' 48' + El Techo (On The Rooftop) 75' (I Am A Politician) 93'
Back To Freeport 60'

Dream 5' + Q+A + Children of The The Book of Jasmine 14' + Jafta
Jess 25' + Quick Pick 60' + Q+A Visibly Me 11' + Moko Jumbie 94'
Mountain 105' 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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index of films
26 A Broken Appointment 28 El Despertar de Las Hormigas: 23 Le Gang des Antillais (The Gang of (Seventy Years Together)
16 A Caribbean Dream Niñez (The Awakening of the Ants: the French Caribbean) 24 Shashamane
26 A Dark Horror Childhood) 24 Lipstick Under my Burkha 32 Short Drop
36 A Dress to the Nation 17 El Hombre Que Cuida 18 Melocotones (Peaches) 32 Snapshot Kingston
21 Adama (The Watchman) 30 Men Are Dogs 33 Sorf Hair
26 Adero 17 El Techo (On the Roof) 30 Mermaids 25 Sound of Silence
36 Afloat 21 Enamorándome de Abril 30 Metiver in Paramin 33 Talent inc.
36 After La Monte Young (Romancing April) 18 Moko Jumbie 33 Temple in the Sea
16 Angélica 22 Entonces Nosotros (About Us) 24 Nadie Nos Mira (Nobody’s 33 The Book of Jasmine
26 Babe, I Hate To Go 28 Entre 2 Rives: de Saint-Domingue Watching) 33 The Knot
26 Back to Freeport à Pointe-à-Pitre 30 Nannan; Alternative Art Explorations 20 The Lies We Tell
21 Bad Lucky Goat (Between 2 Shores: From Santo #Martinique 25 The Violin Teacher
26 Big Fish Domingo to Pointe-à-Pitre) 30 Nariva: An Under-Recognised 33 The Weekend
26 Birdsong 17 Extra Terrestres (Extra Terrestrials) Treasure 33 Time to Die
16 Cargo 28 Féfé Limbé 24 Neruda 34 To Be a Renegade
26 Carl’s Present 22 Félicité 31 One In 33 To Be an All Star
16 Carpinteros (Woodpeckers) 29 Finding Dowry 31 Paddlin’ Spirit: A Portrait of the Artist 20 Tourments d’Amour
36 Cathedral 29 Flower Laura Facey (Torments of Love)
27 Centerstitch 17 Green Days by the River 31 Padlock 25 Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things
36 Chaotic Beauty 29 Homeless 24 19 Panama Dreams 20 Ultimos Días en la Habana
27 Charcoal 29 How to Kill a Fish 31 Pierott Noir ... A Gothic Trousseau of (Last Days in Havana)
21 Children of the Mountain 22 I Am Not Your Negro Trinidad + Tobago 34 Un Desishon (One Decision)
27 Chocolate 29 I Wish I Were My Girlfriend’s 31 Pimento and Hot Pepper — The 34 Unbound
27 Class 15 Cellphone Mento Story 36 Uncertainty and Failure
27 Come Out Come Out 29 In Frame 31 Protest (Incertidumbre y Fracaso)
27 Con Sana Alegria 29 Invisi-bill 19 Quick Pick 25 Viaje (Journey)
(With Wholesome Joy) 29 It Still Haunts Me 31 Raindrops on my Head 20 Vientos de Habana
27 Culture Consciousness 35 Jafta Propella 31 Rapatriation (Winds of Havana)
27 Dancing on the Edge 18 Jeffrey 36 Reforget 34 Visibly Me
28 De Kiskeya à Haiti: Mais où Sont 30 Jess 19 Reinbou (Rainbow) 34 We Love Moses
Passés Nos Arbres? (Where Have 30 Just Cheer Up 32 Roots | Routes 34 Wetlands and Us
our Trees Gone? 300 Years of Tree 30 Kafou (Crossroad) 32 Salty Dog 34 Wildflower
Cutting in Haiti) 22 Keyla 19 Santa y Andres (Santa and Andres) 35 Wither
28 Dear Jane 23 King of Peking 32 Scarlett-Angelina 36 Xerox Island
28 Dream 18 Kingston Crossroads 32 See You Yesterday 35 Yo Soy de Allá (I Was Born There)
28 Dreamshire 23 La Matamoros 32 Self 20 Yo Soy un Politico
28 E Yobida di Ayera (Yesterday’s Rain) 23 La Soledad (Desolation) 32 Sèptant Lanné Ansanm (I Am a Politician)

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