Festival Calendar : September 20th     Date / Venue Information : September 19 – 25  MovieTowne Entertainment & Shopping Complex Lot D, MovieTowne Boulevard Audrey Jeffers Highway Port of Spain Trinidad, West Indies Movietowne screenings $20. Schoolchildren in uniform $5.     Film Schedule : September 20th     Time: 11am - 1pm 5 Best School Shorts 5 @ 5 mins each   Title: Just One Director Jade Clarke Duration/Date: 16mins/2007 Genre: short drama Country Trinidad & Tobago Synopsis: A young man’s first sexual encounter….but is it safe?   Title: In Hot Water Director: Owen Day/Skene Howie Duration/Date: 15mins/2007 Genre: Documentary Country: T & T Synopsis: The story of the unprecedented mass coral bleaching that affected Caribbean reefs. What causes coral bleaching and what is being done to manage it?   Title: I Spy [Recycling] Director: Elspeth Duncan Duration/Date: 12 minutes/2007 Genre: Short documentary Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: Under the guidance of Multimedia artist Elspeth Duncan and using a video camera, children aged 7–10 conceptualised this series of four shorts that reveal their perspectives on the natural environment. I SPY Trees. I SPY Wildlife; I SPY Things in My Garden; I SPY Recycling:   Title: YES - Caribbean Young Explorers [Waterloo] Director: Lorraine O’Connor Duration/Date: 20-22min per episode/2006 Genre: Television series Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: A television series, hosted by children, that highlights our culture and traditions and the geographical make up of our islands. Each episode is set in a different part of the country and focuses on themes such as education, community development and environmental preservation. Time: 1pm - 3pm  5 Best School Shorts 5 @ 5 mins each   Title: The Keepers Director: Kwynn Johnson Duration/Date: 13 minutes/2007 Genre: Observational short film Country: Trinidad & Tobago Synopsis: A lyrical silent film that follows two beekeepers who harvest honey on a Maraval Estate. They intervene in Nature’s working but in are tune with its laws and are sensitive to its greatness.   Title: I Spy [Trees] Director: Elspeth Duncan Duration/Date: 12 minutes/2007 Genre: Short documentary Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: Under the guidance of Multimedia artist Elspeth Duncan and using a video camera, children aged 7–10 conceptualised this series of four shorts that reveal their perspectives on the natural environment. I SPY Trees. I SPY Wildlife; I SPY Things in My Garden; I SPY Recycling:   Title: YES - Caribbean Young Explorers [Nariva] Director: Lorraine O’Connor Duration/Date: 20-22min per episode/2006 Genre: Television series Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: A television series, hosted by children, that highlights our culture and traditions and the geographical make up of our islands. Each episode is set in a different part of the country and focuses on themes such as education, community development and environmental preservation.   5 Short Local Animations Time :  3pm - 5:30pm Title: Carnival in Northeast Trinidad [ Director Present ] Director: Oliver Roopsingh Duration/Date 24 minutes/2006 Genre: Documentary Country: Trinidad & Tobago Synopsis: Carnival in places such as Sangre Grande and environs exists but is just not given media coverage. This film puts those bandleaders, calypsonians, designers and beauty queens on the map.   Title: The Sign of the Loa Directors: Patricia Mohammed & Luke Paddington Duration/Date: 17 minutes/2007 Genre: Documentary Country: Trinidad & Tobago Synopsis: An exploration of Haitian creativity through the complex geometric design of the vévé - the abstract drawings made by voodoo priests to invite the divinities or loas – that shaped the unique Haitian aesthetic and is central to its art.   Title: The Insatiable Season: Making Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago [ Director Present ] Director: Mariel Brown Duration/Date: 52min/2007 Genre: Documentary Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: For four months every year, a camp of people in Trinidad converges for the ritual of making a Carnival band. The time together is intense and exhausting. When the insatiable season ends, art will have been made, worn and discarded…until the season returns. Time :  5:30pm - 8pm Title: Dancing Deities [ Director Present ] Director: Emilie Upczak Duration:/Date: 23mins/2007 Genre: Experimental documentary Country: T&T/USA Synopsis: An exploration of the cultural tradition and heritage of the Orisha in Claxton Bay, Trinidad. The film invites the viewer into the rich musical, rhythmic and mythological aspects of this blend of African and Caribbean culture to gain insight into the religious rites at the centre of the Orisha tradition.   Title: Cousines [ Rated 18 & Over ] Director: Richard Senecal Duration/Date: 100min/2006 Genre: Feature Country: Haiti Synopsis: Young Jessica lives a quiet life in Port-au-Prince but her father’s death in the USA changes everything. Now homeless, she goes to her friend, Johanne, who prostitutes herself to live. Will Jessica be forced to do the same? Time :  8pm - 10:30pm Title: La Belle Rosette [ Producer Present ] Director: Hugh Robertson Duration/Date: 54mins/1970’s Genre: Documentary Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: A profile of Trinidad’s iconic choreographer, dancer and folklorist, Beryl McBurnie.   Title: Bim [ Producer Present ] Director: Hugh A. Robertson Duration/Date: 100min/1974 Genre: Feature Country: Trinidad and Tobago Synopsis: One of T&T's first and most important feature films, set just prior to independence in 1962. It follows the life of young Bim from rural Trinidad to the streets of Port of Spain, from petty crime all the way to political office. A true classic of Caribbean cinema with an unforgettable André Tanker music score.