Third Caribbean Film Mart Announces 12 Participants
The 12 successful applicants for the third Caribbean Film Mart, 22–23 September, during the trinidad+tobago film festival have been announced. The Caribbean Film Mart fosters relationships between T+T filmmakers and the international film industry, by stimulating and facilitating dialogue and sharing of expertise.
The selected filmmakers will meet one-on-one with international film professionals specializing in production and distribution. The Mart will include presentations on international appeal and viability of local films and funding including co-productions. Robert Maylor, producer of Sprinter, together with director Storm Saulter who workshopped his project at CFM 2015 and which has recently been released to wide acclaim, will present a case study.
At the end of the second the filmmakers will ‘pitch’ their project to an international panel of judges.The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $TT 75,000 sponsored by BP Trinidad and Tobago. A second prize of a year’s mentorship by international industry expert Joanne Butcher will also be awarded.These winners will be announced at the ttff’s awards ceremony on September 25.
The successful participants and their projects are:
Dance the Cocoa — Juliette McCawley
Mas Slaughter — Christopher Din Chong
The Jaguar — Ryan Khan
Virus — Michael Rochford
Steel — Glenford Adams
Igual Paradise — Shea Best
Wishing for Wings — Kim Johnson
Silk Road — Janine — Mendes-Franco
Trinidad’s Missing — Reynald Seydass
Hey Handsome — Roderick Weever
Fairway — Kafi Kareem Farrell
Right and Left — Sonja Dumas
The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) celebrates films from and about the Caribbean and its diaspora, as well as from world cinema, through an annual festival and year-round screenings. In addition, the ttff seeks to facilitate the growth of Caribbean cinema by offering a wide-ranging industry programme and networking opportunities. The ttff is given leading sponsorship by BP Trinidad and Tobago, the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts; supporting sponsorship by The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago and Republic Bank Limited; and contributing sponsorship by FilmTT and The National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB).
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