CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution

Dr Keith Nurse will Speak at Distribution Forum this Weekend.

frances — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:30:09 +0000

div class=’posterous_autopost’pdiv class=’p_embed p_image_embed’ img alt=”Drkeithnurse-222×300″ height=”300″ src=”http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-16/AjJiCwxBuqCztpHrllmIneackgakfamoozjccljrJGHxFBndshnGeFEqzaqu/drkeithnurse-222×300.jpg.scaled500.jpg” width=”222″ / /div WHO:/p pDr Keith Nurse, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre, University of the West Indies, and Chair of CaribbeanTales Worldwide; Frances-Anne Solomon, CEO, CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution (CTWD)./p pWHAT:/p p’How To Make Money Off Films” – # 2 in a Series of Regional Workshops Covering Principles of Film and Television Distribution in the Caribbean./p pWHEN:/p pSaturday December 17th,nbsp;2011 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m./p pWHERE:/p pThe Shridath Ramphal Centre, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, University Hill, St Michael, Barbados./p pWHY/p pDr Keith Nurse, leading creative industries specialist, will headline a workshop on principles of film distribution this weekend, at the Shridath Ramphal Centre Cave Hill, UWI, Cave Hill, in Barbados. Dr Nurse, who is the Director of the SRC, is also the founding Chair of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution, the Region’s foremost film distribution entity. The workshop, the second in a series of planned regional collaborative ldquo;think-tanksrdquo;, comes as regional filmed content continues to expand and come to voice in the international marketplace. In the past months several Caribbean-themed films have found internatioanal recognition including ldquo;Fire In Babylonrsquo;, an inspirational ode to the glory days of Windies cricket; Laetitia Tonosrsquo; “La Hija Natural”, the Dominican Republic’s selection for US Academy Award nomination, and Storme Saulter’s “Better Mus Come” that has enjoyed a string of recent festival awards including Audience Award at the Bahamas International Film Festival./p pWhat do Caribbean producers need to know in order to make a living off their work and enjoy international recognition? These are some of the questions adressed by the workshop, which will explore key principles of Marketing and Distribution of Caribbean-themed content./p pThe session marks the solidification of two important long-time partnerships for CTWD — with UWIrsquo;s Shridath Ramphal Center, and with the Barbados Film and Video Assiciation — that envisions distinctive Bajan film and television content coming into its own and delivering compelling original programs to the regional mix./p pFrances-Anne Solomon, CEO of CTWD said: ldquo;We are delighted to build on and strengthen our strong relationships with these two extremely influential local organizations, that will see national content shortly begin to bear fruit.rdquo;/p pDavid Green, newly elected President of the Barbados Film and Video Associationnbsp;said.”The CTWD-led workshop is timely because programs Rommel Hall’s sitcom ldquo;Keeping Up With The Jonesesrdquo; and other film and television programs by local filmmakers are finding audiences and must also find ways to become sustainable.rdquo;/p pDr. Keith Nurse summed it up: ldquo;CaribbeanTales continues to deliver an essential service to regional producers by providing market driven perspectives on how to monetise content.rdquo; nbsp;/p pENDS/p p style=”text-align: left;”To register for this workshop, pls email a href=”mailto:info@caribbeantales-worldwide.com”info@caribbeantales-worldwide.com/a. Cost of the workshop is $25 USD or $50 Barbados.div class=’p_embed p_image_embed’ a href=”http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-16/belymDAgsxDvbmsDEJbvcyHHeAjbnjDzhEaaqkIHwfwDfsmoDkpEytbrmIuG/SRClogo_transparent.gif.scaled1000.gif”img alt=”Srclogo_transparent” height=”114″ src=”http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-16/belymDAgsxDvbmsDEJbvcyHHeAjbnjDzhEaaqkIHwfwDfsmoDkpEytbrmIuG/SRClogo_transparent.gif.scaled500.gif” width=”500″ //a /div div class=’p_embed p_image_embed’ img alt=”Bfva” height=”75″ src=”http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-16/DEcsEqionFhbruwgiqpbpuBFqwqicfBicmxFaghzaczFoxkJICzcjdqgnJil/bfva.jpg.scaled500.jpg” width=”200″ / /div /p/div

Distribution Workshop #2 : Barbados

frances — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:37:23 +0000

div class=’posterous_autopost’pDate: Dec. 17th br /Time: 1pm – 5pm br /Venue: Shridath Ramphal Center, University Hill, UWI, Barbados.br /div class=’p_embed p_image_embed’ a href=”http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-10/vexmulgDzhlhacClBjEntqFnuissGAjBcdgbIFGacJtuuenCvzIdjFuozjeH/DSC_0190.jpg.scaled1000.jpg”img alt=”Dsc_0190″ height=”335″ src=”http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-10/vexmulgDzhlhacClBjEntqFnuissGAjBcdgbIFGacJtuuenCvzIdjFuozjeH/DSC_0190.jpg.scaled500.jpg” width=”500″ //a /div span style=”font-size: small;”emThe second in a series of planned regional workshops on Film Distribution and Marketing will take place on Saturday the 17th December, 1-5 pm at the Shridath Ramphal Center, UWI, Cave Hill./em/spanp /span style=”font-size: small;”emHosted by CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution and led by international fllmmaker and CEO of CTWD Frances-Anne Solomon, this participatory workshop — entitled “How to make money off films” — will be intorduced by Creative Industries Expert Dr Keith Nurse, and is co-presented with the Barbados Film and Video Association and the Shridath Ramphal Center at UWI./em/spanp /span style=”font-size: small;”emThe event will focus on principles of marketing and distribution of audio visual content with a focus on Caribbean film and television, and is targetted at filmmakers and industry stakeholders, and is also open to members of the private sector, broadcast industry, and wider media who are interested in broadening their understanding of the opportunities and challenges of distributing filmed Caribbean content in the Digital Age./em/spanp /span style=”font-size: small;”emThe cost of the workshop is $50 Bdos or $25 US. Enrollment is limited to 30 persons so please register early for this unique event. To reserve a place, or for more information pls email a href=”mailto:info@caribbeantales-worldwide.com”info@caribbeantales-worldwide.com/a./em/span/p pemnbsp;/emdiv class=’p_embed p_image_embed’ a href=”http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-10/bwjEdkAfekGCusaHkInohHnJBjcjheyanIDdzEGaJlfobHioweHDHHoAtDxr/DSC_0193.jpg.scaled1000.jpg”img alt=”Dsc_0193″ height=”335″ src=”http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-10/bwjEdkAfekGCusaHkInohHnJBjcjheyanIDdzEGaJlfobHioweHDHHoAtDxr/DSC_0193.jpg.scaled500.jpg” width=”500″ //a /div strongspan style=”font-size: large;”SOLOMON: Filmmakers Must Be Mindful of Markets/span/strong/p pspan style=”font-size: x-small;”by Gillian Moore/span |span style=”font-size: x-small;” Reprinted from the Trinidad Guardiannbsp;/spanspan style=”font-size: x-small;” | Saturday December 3rd 2011./spanp /So, yoursquo;re a filmmaker. Yoursquo;ve purchased the latest digital movie camera and yoursquo;ve made your very first film. Now what? According to Toronto-based filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, many Caribbean movie makers find themselves in just this position, with a product in hand and nowhere to sell it. ldquo;With the affordability of the technology,nbsp; she said in an interview, film production took off a few years ago here. Everybody can make a film now.rdquo; But many movie makers donrsquo;t even consider the business end before setting out to make films. ldquo;A lot of filmmakers donrsquo;t understand how distribution works, internationally,rdquo; she said.br /nbsp;br /They seek funding and make movies without asking basic questions like, ldquo;How is it going to make money? Who is my market? Is it viable? How much can it make, and therefore how much can it be made for?rdquo; Without critical thought about business models, markets and distribution, many films are doomed to languish unseen, or worse, unsalable. Solomon, who is the founder and CEO of Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution, was in Trinidad to deliver a workshop on how to promote and distribute films on the international stage. She has joined forces with Animae Caribe (currently celebrating its tenth year) and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company, for the first in a series of regional workshops on International Film Distribution.br /nbsp;br /Entitled emTaking Caribbean Films to the World/em, the session took place on November 19, from 1-5 pm at Trinidad and Tobago Film Company, Bretton Hall, Victoria Avenue, Port-of-Spain.br /nbsp;br /It began with an Opening Adress by Trinidad and Tobago Film Company Chairman Dr Christopher Laird. who along with Animae Caribe CEO Camille Abrahams, co-presented the session. Aimed at film and television producers, film industry stakeholders and film and animation students, it covered principles of marketing and distribution of Caribbean content, and ways to work with international distributors. ldquo;When I started as a filmmaker over 30 years ago,rdquo; Solomon said, ldquo;I found no market. It was necessary to create a vehicle to sell my films. Thatrsquo;s why we started CTWD.”br /nbsp;br /Solomon is the driving force behind Caribbean Tales, an annual film festival based in Toronto, Canada, which features Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora movies. The festival has taken off, expanded now to New York and Barbados, where she has her Caribbean base. The Tamp;T native is now looking to forge links with the local industry, lending her expertise to developing the burgeoning sector.br /nbsp;br /strongNeed for local markets/strongbr /One major impediment for local filmmakers, Solomon says, is the absence of a local market. ldquo;There is no market domestically. Television stations do not support local content in any way. And this is really critical.br /nbsp;br /ldquo;Broadcasters still think filmmakers are supposed to pay them.rdquo; She contrasted the local situation with what obtains in other places, where ldquo;they have found ways to make it profitable.rdquo;br /nbsp;br /In Latin America, ldquo;they produce hundreds of telenovelasrdquo; every year, for television. In Canada, ldquo;filmmakers partner with government and businesses to create sustainable marketsrdquo; that are mutually beneficial. In the US, itrsquo;s fuelled by advertisements.rdquo; She said without a domestic market, local films lack a test audience. We lose the opportunity to build industry skills through the cycle of creation, production, marketing and screening. And without a local market, itrsquo;s that much harder/p pnbsp;/p/div

Forward Home Has Its Suriname Premiere

frances — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:39:36 +0000

Forward Home premieres today October 17th, at the TBL Cinema SURINAME.

Shot in 9 countries, Producer-Director Lisa Wickham, Director of Photography, Sheldon Felix, Executive Producer, Dr. Keith Nurse. Forward Home is a 50-minute documentary revealing the economic power of the Caribbean Diaspora, living in global cities and their significance to their homelands as travelers and entrepreneurs. This is the PROMO. Distributed by CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution.

Forward Home Has Its Caribbean Premiere

frances — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:18:46 +0000

Dr Keith Nurse is Director of the Shridath Ramphal Center at UWI, and Chair of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution. His ground-breaking documentary “Forward Home” about the economic power of the Caribbean Diaspora, had its World Premiere in Toronto earlier month at the CaribbeanTales 2011 Film Showcase. It will have its Caribbean premiere tonight, at the Olympus Cinemas in Barbados.

Diaspora tourism significant to Caribbean tourism

By RON FANFAIR

(Reprinted from Share Newspaper. Photo by Bevan Springer)

The results of groundbreaking research on Diaspora tourism and the significant economic power it wields have been made into a documentary that had its world premier screening last week at the opening night of the sixth annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival at Harbourfront Centre.

Forward Home sheds light on the conclusions of a two-year project by economist Dr. Keith Nurse and other University of the West Indies professors who studied four Caribbean countries and overseas communities in which there are large concentrations of nationals from those countries.

The links were Guyana and Toronto, Jamaica and London, the Dominican Republic and New York and Suriname and The Netherland Antilles.

The research project title was Strategic Opportunities in Caribbean Migration.

“We now have empirical data to back up what we have always known anecdotally and that is Diaspora tourism is a significant component of Caribbean tourism,” said England-born and Trinidad & Tobago-raised Nurse who is the 40-minute documentary executive producer. “In addition to looking at the impact of the Diaspora community on tourism in the region and the brain drain, we also looked at how people have been utilizing the movement of Caribbean professionals to advance the transfer of knowledge and the growth of intellectual property as a provision of services.

“In effect, the purpose of the research was to look at the relationship between global cities and Caribbean economies. What we found was that the Diaspora tourism economy is multi-faceted in that people come for educational, medical, festival and heritage events and not just leisure. The Diaspora tourism is not a monolithic construct and it also links into other key sectors like telecommunications, travel, shipping, media and a range of other key sectors which we found were critical for the development of economies in the Caribbean.

“Coming out of the research, we are trying to emphasize that there are investments that entrepreneurs are engaged in both in the Diaspora and back home to facilitate this trade and what we need to be doing is strategically looking at how we can expand this trade.”

The Ottawa-based International Development Research Centre funded the research project and collaborated with the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Law, Policy and Services at the UWI Cave Hill campus in Barbados to commission the film.

The findings of the study will also appear in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal.

“We are gratified by the relationship we have had with Canada in this process and it is for that reason that we are here to launch the documentary,” said Nurse who is the Shridath Ramphal Centre director and chair of Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution (CWTD) that aims to match content with buyers.

Nurse, who graduated with his first degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1986, said there is a plethora of Caribbean stories and a burgeoning regional audiovisual sector.

“It’s however one thing to tell a story and quite another to actually produce the content,” he said. “That’s why this distributing mechanism is essential in that it will help to get that content monetized and into the market spaces. That is what we have been missing…We need to create more market-ready content. There is a traditional notion that if you produce good content, the market will come to it.

“We are flipping the framework and saying let’s figure out what is the market first and then we could go ahead and create content that can be directed at that particular market. Most of the regional filmmakers are floundering largely because their product is not formatted in the right way for the specific market. The broadcast, academic and mobile markets all have very targeted requirements and so if you produce first without understanding what the market needs are, your product will most likely not get picked up.”

CWTD produced the Toronto Film Showcase & Market Access program that runs alongside the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which ends on Saturday. The event showcases the creativity of Caribbean filmmakers at a major film festival and connects them with industry specialists, potential partners, funders and business strategists in an intensive three-day training program.

Forward Home is distributed by CaribbeanTales World Wide Distribution. Buy a copy now for your school or institution. Includes Shipping and Handling to the US/Canada.

Special honour for TIFF co-director, Cameron Bailey

frances — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:41:00 +0000

By RON FANFAIR

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) co-director Cameron Bailey said the four years he spent growing up as a young lad with his grandparents in Barbados shaped his life.

In his acceptance speech last week at the opening of the sixth annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival showcase that honoured him for his dedication and contribution to the Caribbean film industry, the British-born film curator and media personality noted the lessons he learned in the Caribbean country serve him well in his artistic endeavours.

“I attended a small one-room school in St. James where we used little slates that resemble iPad tablets,” he recalled. “I learned respect, old-fashioned values and diligence and I also learned how to do things in an unconventional way because you have to in the Caribbean. But the most important thing I learned was the value of Diaspora and how to live that.

“When I go to Barbados’ east coast which is the most powerful part of the island for me, I look out to the sea and I feel as if there is nothing that separates me from Africa. I feel as if I could commune with that continent even though I am not physically there. I also feel like what we have in Barbados and the Caribbean is a connection to Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America because those are all a part of what makes us and we can take from them.

“We own those things. Lots have been taken from us, but I feel that now is the time we can take from all the different things that led into our tradition and heritage. When I travel around the world representing TIFF, I carry all of that with me – that sense of working hard, unconventionality, of being part of the entire world and owning the traditions and cultures of the world because they float through me in one way or another.”

Bailey accepted the honour from entrepreneur and community activist Denham Jolly.

“This is overwhelming and a great honour,” said Bailey who founded the Planet Africa section of TIFF which lasted nine years until 2004 and headed the Perspective Canada Series before being appointed a festival co-director in January 2008. “We have our little festival (TIFF) starting tomorrow night, but there is no place I would rather be tonight than right here.”

A 1987 University of Western Ontario honours graduate, Bailey was Canada’s first Black film critic. He co-hosted The Showcase Revue, co-founded the Black Film & Video Network and completed his first screenplay, The Planet of Junior Brown, which was named Best Picture at the 1998 Urbanworld Film Festival in New York. It was also nominated for a Best Screenplay Gemini award.
Bailey was a member of the city’s blue ribbon panel assembled earlier this year to update Toronto’s official culture plan. He also co-chaired Toronto’s Civic Action Arts & Culture Working Group and represented TIFF last April at the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival where he met leaders in China’s film industry.

“It’s important that we celebrate and honour our own, especially those who represent us on the world stage,” said Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution chief executive officer Frances-Anne Solomon.

“Cameron was the first to bring an intelligent, diversity-focused perspective to film criticism and appreciation here in Canada and further afield. He has consistently articulated the perspectives of people of colour around the world and has given us a voice in the mainstream of global society.”
The Trinidad & Tobago Consulate in Toronto hosted the opening night of the Caribbean Tales Film Festival showcase during which Bailey was honoured.

High Commissioner Philip Buxo congratulated Bailey, adding that the diplomatic mission in the city is honoured to support an event that provides international exposure to the region’s talented film industry and promote the Caribbean as an ideal production location.

“The Trinidad & Tobago government shares these goals as we have identified the film industry as one of the sectors to develop and diversify our economy through attracting international productions and generating local employment,” Buxo said.

T & T recently launched a competitive incentive program that provides cash rebates of up to 30 per cent for expenditures accrued while filming in the twin-island republic.

TONIGHT SEPT 16th, 6pm @CARIBBEANTALES

frances — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:46:12 +0000

THE SKIN: VIP Reception & Red Carpet Launch.

“The Skin is based on stories I heard as a child and in my research to write the screenplay, I discovered that the soucouyant can be traced back to Greek Mythology. Most likely it came to the Caribbean through Europe and not Africa as many would believe” Howard Allen, filmmaker.

The Skin screens tonight Friday 16th after a Red Carpet reception @ Harbourfront Centre

Howard and Mitzi Allen, the filmmaking duo behind Antiguan mythological thriller THE SKIN, speaking to the media in Toronto earlier this week.

TOMORROW SEPT 17th -SCHEDULE

11 am : Enjoy a carnival workshop with Christopher Pinheiro followed by the screening of the film Calypso Dreams. “Calypso Dreams is far and away the best film ever made about Calypso.” FREE

2pm : 10 years of A nimae Caribe: Camille Selvon Abrahams presents 10 years of Caribbean Animation - $12

5pm : Mas Man – Portrait of Carnival Artist Peter Minshall – The Director’s Cut / and the short films ASE by Nicole Brooks and Redemption by Sean Michael Field – $12

7.30pm : In Conversation with Ian Harnarine – filmmaker of “Doubles WIth Slight Pepper”, and the feature film Fire In Babylon - They brought the world to its knees, and a nation to its feet, witness the breathtaking story of the West Indies cricket team of the ’70s and ’80s.

Ticket Giveaway @CaribbeanTales !!!!

frances — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:27:18 +0000

Email CaribbeanTales@gmail.com with #HitMeWithMusic – 4 pairs of tickets to give away.

CARIBBEANTALES FILM SHOWCASE – SEPT 15th

frances — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:53:28 +0000

Well known Canadian Journalist Turned Movie Producer Premieres Film in Toronto

frances — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:51:42 +0000

Toronto - (September 10^th 20011) Former Canadian broadcast journalist Mitzi Benjamin will premiere her new feature film, The Skin, in Toronto this week.

Benjamin, the other half of HamaFilms, the dynamic husband and wife filmmaking duo based in Antigua, are here for the Red Carpet premiere of their fourth feature film at the CaribbeanTales Film Showcase at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre on Friday September 16th, at 6pm.

Benjamin, (now Allen) was the first black television news reporter on CFTO television in the 1980’s until she relocated to the islands of Antigua & Barbuda where she started her own film and television production company with her husband, Howard Allen, the film’s director.

The Skin, a supernatural thriller based on Caribbean mythology stars renowned Jamaican film star Carl Bradshaw, known for roles in iconic films such as The Harder They Come, Dance Hall Queen, and Third World Cop. The film also stars Canadian actor Peter Williams (Stargate SGI, A Winter Tale, and Da Kink in My Hair) and UK actor Jeff Stewart (The Bill, Dead Man Running and True Horrors).

“I am really excited to be back home in Toronto, to share the film with the community that nurtured my love for the arts”, says Benjamin-Allen. “The Skin is an example of how our traditional stories can become Hollywood blockbusters.”

The Antigua & Barbuda Consulate will co-host a reception for the filmmakers on September 16^th at Harbourfront Centre at 6 p.m. which will be followed by the screening at 7:30. A talkback session with the filmmakers will follow the screening.

The Skin premiered in Antigua & Barbuda in June and Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Hon. Baldwin Spencer, who has been following the duo’s work since their first feature, The Sweetest Mango in 2001, said, The Skin has proven that HAMAfilms has come of age and is taking the country with it.

Mitzi Benjamin-Allen who is also a facilitator in the Caribbean Tales Incubator sessions during the Toronto Film Showcase is using the opportunity to share her experience as a filmmaker with emerging filmmakers.

The Caribbean Tales Film Showcase is in its sixth year and has proven to be an excellent platform to highlight Caribbean-Canadian creativity.

For tickets, the schedule and general information about the CaribbeanTales Film Showcase and Market Incubator, visit www.caribbeantales-events.com.

Watch the movie trailer, see the behind the scenes video and read about the making of The Skin on http://theskinahamafilm.wordpress.com.

New Jamaican Action Drama set to premiere in Toronto

frances — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:50:59 +0000

Ghett’a Life, the much buzzed-about new action drama by respected director Chris Browne of Third World Cop, makes its North American debut on Tuesday, September 13 as part of CaribbeanTales 2011 Toronto Film Showcase. The long-awaited and much-anticipated film will screen at Harbourfront Centre’s Studio Theatre, at 7:30pm.

Ten years in the making, the wholly Jamaican film, funded by local investors and featuring indigenous talent and music, is a high octane no holds-barred depiction of what life is and can be like in inner city Kingston. The “against-the-odds” drama is set in a politically turbulent community and tells the story of Derrick, a determined teenager, struggling to realize his dream of becoming a champion boxer despite a country, community and family torn apart by divisive politics.

Ghett’A Life, a Jamrock film production, is written and directed by Chris Browne and stars Teddy Price, O’Daine Clarke, Chris McFarlane, Etana and Lenford Salmon. Browne, winner of the Grand Prize at the Hartley Merrill International Screenwriting Competition for Ghett’a Life at Cannes in 2006, has made it his passion to grow a film culture in the Jamaica. Ghett’a Life is his second feature film – his Third World Cop, released in 1999, still holds the record as the largest grossing Jamaican film of all time.

The CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase, among other goals, aims to raise the international profile of Caribbean film, support the growth of a vibrant world-class Caribbean film and television industry, and serve as a platform for promoting the Caribbean as a premier warm weather travel destination and location for film production.

Now in its sixth year, the 2011 Toronto Film Showcase, and the recently introduced Market Incubator, returns from September 7 to 17, 2011, engaging families, youth, community groups, and the celluloid industry in a program that includes workshops, screenings, networking sessions, and other activities all celebrating the burgeoning film and television sector in the Caribbean.

Many exciting films will be screened during the 10-day showcase which also features a market access incubator for Caribbean filmmakers, including Antigua’s The Skin, a mythological thriller that draw on Caribbean mythology, that will have its Red Carpet Launch on Friday 16th September.

The CaribbeanTales Film Showcase is co-produced with the Harbourfront Centre, and partners include Animae Caribe Animation and New Media Festival, The Consulate General for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Toronto, First Fridays, Green Light Artist Management, theInternational Development Research Centre, Pennant Media Group, Planet 3 Entertainment, Taffe Entertainment, Toon Boom Animation, the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services at the University of the West Indies, andWHATZHAPPNG.

For tickets, the schedule and general information about the CaribbeanTales Film Showcase and Market Incubator, visit www.caribbeantales-events.com

Trailer available here:
Ghett’a Life: http://www.ghettalifethemovie.co