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
22nd
Time:
11am - 1pm
5 Best School Shorts 5 @ 5 mins each
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 [Wildlife] 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
[Grande Rivere] 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
Title:
Morning Glory
[
Director Present
]
Director: Kevin Bhall
Duration/Date: 4 mins/2005
Genre: Animation
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: A short Caribbean Fantasia, set to the
sound of hypnotic music. This piece exemplifies
art in motion.
Title: La Rebelle
[
Rated 18 & Over
] Director: Sacha Parisot
Duration/date: 93 mins.
Genre: Feature
Country; Haiti
Synopsis; A sweet teenager becomes a
foul-mouthed, alcohol-drinking, drug-taking,
promiscuous teen when she finds her single dad
with a new girlfriend. Just how far will she
take her personal rebellion?
Time :
3pm
- 5:30pm
Title: Given Enough Rope
[
Director Present
] Director: Roger Allan Jackson
Duration/Date: 6 mins/2003
Genre: Animation
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis A chance encounter sometimes makes a
big difference.
Title: El
Caracazo
[
Rated 18 & Over
] Director: Roman Chalbaud
Duration/Date: 107 min/2005
Genre: Feature
Country: Venezuela
Synopsis: In 1989 a sudden popular
rebellion erupted in the small Venezuelan city
of Guarenas and spread to Caracas. Unbridled
military force used against people protesting
the government’s hard economic measures resulted
in hundreds dead. This film attempts to
reconcile those events for the victims and their
families in the absence of any official
investigation and a veil of silence.
Time :
5:30pm
- 8pm
Title:
Black Men and Me
[
Rated 18 & Over
] Director: Michèle Pearson Clarke
Duration/Date: 6min/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Synopsis: Set in a barbershop, a Trinidadian
lesbian explores her complex relationships
with black men.
Title:
Paradise Lost
[
Rated 18 & Over
] Director: Inge Blackman
Duration/Date: 24min/2003
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: A personal, poetic journey to Trinidad
to see how gay people live in a deeply religious
society.
Title: Unease: An 8-Step Programme
[
Director Present
] Director: Jaime Lee Loy
Duration/Date: 8min/2006
Genre: Experimental video/short
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: The eight steps to normalcy - or eight
steps to being a natural or ideal woman - reveal
and question the psychological after-effects
women face when trying to fit themselves into a
life or a role they do not desire.
Title: Leftovers
[
Rated 18 & Over
]
[
Director Present
] Director: Janine Fung
Duration/Date: 6 mins/2005
Genre: Documentary
Country: T&T/Canada
Synopsis: Janine Fung questions family values
over dinner.
Title: The Doctor’s Daughter, or The Secret and
the Lie
[
Rated 18 & Over
]
[
Director Present
]
Director: Janine Fung
Duration/Date: 73min/2005
Genre: Feature
Country: Canada
Synopsis: Nikki and Regan become lovers in
Trinidad, while Regan is engaged to Howard. Six
years later in Toronto, they try to hide their
secret. At turns poignant and funny, the film
explores the volatile, compelling nature of
modern relationships.
Time :
8pm
- 10:30pm
Title: Testing
Times
[
Rated 18 & Over
]
[
Director Present
] Director: Christopher Din Chong
Duration/date: 8mins/2007
Genre: Drama
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Alex decides that an HIV test is
necessary, but struggles to combat the inner
demons in order to calm the qualms and fears
that arise.
Title: Does the President Have AIDS?
[
Rated 18 & Over
] Director: Arnold Antonin
Duration/Date: 125min/2006
Genre: Feature
Country: Haiti
Synopsis: Dao, “president” of the Compas music
scene lives a life of sex, drugs and alcohol,
until he becomes ill. He meets Nina and rescues
her from Larieux, the wealthy businessman her
mother wants her to marry. As romance blossoms
between Dao and Nina, Larieux plans his
revenge….
