Festival Calendar : September 25th     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 25th     Time:  11am - 1pm  5 Best School Shorts 5 @ 5 mins each   Title: Schoolbreaker Director: Derek de Verteuil; Tamika Phillips; Sophie Wight Duration/Date: 28 minutes/2007 Genre: Drama Country: Trinidad & Tobago Synopsis: Four schoolgirls break the rules in this story of coming-of-age in contemporary Trinidad where the spectre of HIV/AIDS is much more real that they realize. Devised, acted and produced by the Tabaquite Youth Movement.   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 [Point Fortin] 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: 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 [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 [Blanchiseusse] 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: No Man’s Island [ Director Present ] Director: Edmund Attong Duration/date: 5 mins/2007 Genre: Experimental Country: T & T Synopsis: Based on John Dunne’s XVII Meditation – Devotion on Emergent Occasions - the film tells a simple story with a serious message; the importance of interconnectivity of all people on planet Earth while interestingly contributing to this important Universal message.   Title: Journey to Justice Director: Roger McTair, Milton Bryan Duration/Date: 47min/2000 Genre: Documentary Country: Canada Synopsis: The story of the little-known history of Canada’s civil rights movement, profiling those black Canadians who led the fight for equality between the 1930s -1950s.   Title: Of Men and Gods [ Rated 18 & Over ] Directors: Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire Duration/Date: ` 52 mins/2005 Genre: Documentary Country: Haiti Synopsis: The film examines the daily existence of several openly gay Haitian men and their relationship to the Voudun religion where they find an explanation for homosexuality and divine protection. Time :  5:30pm - 8pm Title: The Keepers  [ Director Present ] 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: 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: Christmas Day [ Rated 18 & Over ] Director: Steve Rahaman Duration/date: 69mins/2007 Genre: Feature – Action Country: T & T/US Synopsis: Two hired hit men are forced to work on Christmas Day but one, wanting a new life, is torn between the woman he loves and the intimidating mob boss. Events lead to disaster, when power overcomes friendship and loyalty triumphs. Time :  8pm - 10:30pm 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.