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Barbados to Host Caribbean Tales Film Festival

The creative industries of film and television will receive a boost this month when CaribbeanTales, a Toronto-based multimedia company, brings together local, regional and international partners to showcase, discuss and promote Caribbean film at “THE BEST OF CARIBBEANTALES FILM FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM.”   The showcase will take place at the Olympus Cinema, Sheraton Centre, and at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus, from February 23 to March 2, 2010.

Directed by accomplished Toronto-based Trinidadian filmmaker, whose most recent award-winning feature film, “A Winter Tale,” has won international acclaim, the CaribbeanTales Film Festival is North America’s only standalone festival showcasing the best of Caribbean cinema from around the world.   Ms. Solomon, who has also been a visiting lecturer at the University of the West Indies, explained that, “for our 5th anniversary we have planned a number of exciting events and initiatives to promote Caribbean film and TV, including a presence at Cannes 2010. It seemed fitting that we kick off this extraordinary year with a discussion in the Caribbean and Barbados is dynamic, central and accessible. "

This year 2010 the CaribbeanTales Film Festival welcomes three new Associate Directors who will work alongside Solomon to program, manage and promote the festival.  Jamaican filmmaker, Ms. Mary Wells, whose first feature film “Kingston Paradise” recently finished production, joins the festival’s  management team as the Co-ordinator of the Barbados event.  Trinidad-based, Producer-Director-TV-Personality Ms. Lisa Wickham, CEO of E-Zone Entertainment, and Director of the Caribbean Film and Media Academy, (CFMA) will assist with the event production. The CFMA will also host a number of workshops as part of the festival activities.   Mrs.  Mitzi Allen, CEO and Co-owner of HAMA TV in Antigua, will be an Associate Director.

The festival is incredibly proud to partner with a number of local organisations including One Caribbean Media, the Shridath Ramphal Centre, the Barbados Film and Video Association, the Caribbean Film and Media Academy and UltimaxTV.   One Caribbean Media will co-host a one day Symposium on Global Distribution.  The symposium will feature a presentation by OCM Group CEO, Mr. Terrence Farrell, as well as contributions from leading international players in the distribution field.

The Shridath Ramphal Centre at UWI, will co-host a Film Market at the Festival.  Modelled on the Rotterdam Cinemart, producers will have an opportunity to pitch their projects and have one-on-one meetings with regional and international film and TV buyers, broadcasters, cinema owners, and government representatives.

The Barbados Film and Video Association (BFVA) will host a workshop at the festival, and there will be educational screenings for high school students, alongside a week of public screenings of some of the best Caribbean and Black international feature films and shorts produced in recent years.  In commenting on the festival, BFVA President Ms. Penelope Hynam remarked, “I am delighted that Barbadian audiences will get to see some of the wonderful films we saw at the Caribbean Tales Festival in Toronto this year, including a fantastic cross section of work by our most important filmmakers from around the Diaspora.” 

The Festival in partnership with the Caribbean Film and Media Academy and UltimaxTV will host a number of master classes and workshops including “Lighting and Camera Operation for Film and Video” conducted by UK Cinematographer, Mr.  Lincoln Ascott.

Further information on the 2010 the Best of the Caribbean Tales Film Festival and Symposium is available at website www.caribbeantales.ca.

Source: www.caribbeantales.ca