By Leah 'Simply Leah' McNeil It’s Jamaica night at the 2019 CaribbeanTales International Film Festival and the final presentation of the night is entitled Last Street. This full length film screened at The Carlton Cinemas in Toronto is directed by Amanda Sans Pantling who is based out of Barcelona, Spain, and Jamaica.
By Leah 'Simply Leah'McNeil
The 2019 CaribbeanTales Film Festival’s second presentation for Jamaica night is called Children Of The Incursion a short film directed by Ina Sotirova, Eka Campbell and Allan Powell. In 2010, Jamaica’s Tivoli Gardens made international headlines when a war between the supporters of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke and Jamaica’s law enforcement ensued. An extradition order for Coke was handed down from the US authorities, which led to the violence that took the lives of 73 people while Jamaica’s law enforcement attempted to enforce this order. Children Of The Incursion shares this story through the eyes of the children who were there, and made it through this horrific time.
By Nina Kalirai Three Minutes is a short film directed by Juliette McCawley, made in Trinidad & Tobago. The 13-minute film is a comedy about a couple taking a pregnancy test to find out if they’re pregnant.
By Nina Kalirai Released in 2018 and produced in Guadeloupe, The Unicorn is a short film written and directed by Johann Nertomb. Over the course of the 18- minute long film, we see Jacques (Jean-Baptiste Perran) and Sophie (Céline Morel) attempt to overcome the obstacles in their marriage, alongside their seven-year-old daughter Amélie (Camile Desfassiaux) with a plot twist that left the theatre in gasps.
By Nina Kalirai Maternal is a short film directed by Andrew Simpson and written by Richard Young, produced here in Toronto and released in 2018. The film follows Rebecca (Millie Davis) on the day she hoped to have heard back from an art camp, while her mother (Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah) opts out of fully explaining to Rebecca the status of her acceptance letter and why she would not be able to attend the camp.
By Nina Kalirai
Released in 2017 and produced in Trinidad and Tobago, Moving Parts is a film directed by Emilie Upzcak and proves that innocence is indeed more than meets the eye. During the 93 minute run time of the film, we are shown the raw, emotional trials and tribulations that those who leave their home country face, for a better.
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