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
21st
Time:
11am - 1pm
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 [Things in my Garden] 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
[Plymouth] 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:
1pm
- 3pm
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: 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 [Arima] 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: Holding
On [
Rated 18 & Over
] [
Producer Present
]
Director: Laura Lin Hutchinson
Duration/Date: 40 mins/2007
Genre:` Drama
Country: Barbados
Synopsis: Three very different sisters reunite
to decide the fate of the valuable family home
but Scott’s presence ignites other
possibilities. A humorous look at family,
fortune and fame – every choice has a price!
Title: 2020 FTP
Director: Mathew Hudson
Duration/Date: 3 mins/2006
Genre: Animation:
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Environmental issues in our own
Caribbean space are dealt with in this dynamic
short.
Title: The
Kite Flyer [
Rated 18 & Over
] [
Producer Present
]
Director: Thom Cross
Duration/Date: 72min/2007
Genre: Feature
Country: Barbados
Synopsis: Jamal loves flying kites but his
stepfather’s physical abuse drives him into the
fold of a sadistic gang leader. Soon people are
out to get Jamal and his girl is kidnapped,
taking matters to crisis point.
Time :
5:30pm
- 8pm
Title: Herman's Tales: Kidnapped
[
Director Present
]
Director: Kirk Budhooram
Duration/Date: 20mins/2007
Genre: Comedy
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Herman, Poui Village's storyteller, is
kidnapped. Staring
danger in the face, he tries to divert the
kidnapper from his course
of action while Mandy, Herman's cousin, hatches
a plan to catch the kidnapper and get all the
glory.
Title: Karma
[
Director Present
]
Director: Frankie Sooknanan
Duration/Date: 110mins/2007
Genre: Drama
Country: Guyana
Synopsis: Based on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet,
Karma explores how love can turn to hatred, and
the human need for revenge. Two Guyanese friends
tragically fail to overcome romantic betrayal.
Time :
8pm
- 10:30pm
Title:
Elogio de la Virtud Director: Roberto Chile
Duration/Date: 30mins/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: Cuba
Synopsis: A celebration of Fidel Castro’s 80th
birthday, and a portrait of the man, his
humanity, his love of his people.
Title: Viva Cuba Director: Juan Carlos Cremata
Duration/Date: 80min/2005
Genre: Feature
Country: Cuba
Synopsis: Malu and Jorgita are sworn to lifelong
friendship despite the bitter enmity between
their families. When Malu’s grandmother dies and
his mother decides to leave Cuba, Malu and
Jorgita seek to escape in search of hope for
their love.
