From Guardian Media

Twenty-six feature films from beyond the Caribbean will screen in the Panorama section of the 2013 T&T Film Festival (TTFF).

The Festival, now in its eighth year, takes place from September 17 to October 1, and screens feature-length, short and experimental films from the Caribbean and its diaspora.

The Festival also screens feature-length fiction and documentary films from world cinema in its Panorama section.

A release from the TTFF said this section comprises films from Latin and North America, as well as from T&T’s “heritage” regions, including countries in Africa and Europe, India, and, for the first time, China.

The majority of these are new or recent films which had their world premiere at some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, including Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and Berlin. The announcement of the 26 Panorama films brings the number of features screening at this years Film Festival to 49. The total number of films screening at the Festival, including short films and experimental film and video works in the New Media section, is 151.

“The TTFF will present a programme of world cinema, alongside our Caribbean selection of films, in order to offer our audiences the opportunity to see films primarily from the global south that will enlighten and entertain,” said Emilie Upczak, Creative Director, TTFF

“And we are pleased to be able, with the support of our partner diplomatic missions, to host a group of filmmakers and talent from selected Panorama section films to be present to engage with our audiences.”

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Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Pablo Larraín

Region: Chile

Year: 2012

Running Time: 118 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: PG-13

Screening Times

Sept 20, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre

Sept 23, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne POS

 

Papilio Buddha

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Jayan Cherian

Region: India

Year: 2012

Running Time: 108 mins

Language: English, English subtitles, Malayalam

Rating: 16+

Screening times

Sept 19, 5.30 pm, Little Carib Theatre

Sept 25, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre

 

Pirogue, The

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Moussa Touré

Region: Senegal

Year: 2012

Running Time: 87 mins

Language: English Subtitles, French and Spanish, Wolof

Rating: PG-13

Screening Times

Sept 24, 6 pm, MovieTowne POS

Sept 29, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre

 

Portrait of Jason

Type: Documentary Feature

Director: Shirley Clarke

Region: USA

Year: 1967

Running Time: 105 mins

Language: English

Showing At: Studio Film Club

 

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Hernán Jabes

Region: Venezuela

Year: 2012

Running Time: 111 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: 18+

Screening Times

Sept 19, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre

Sept 28, 11 pm, MovieTowne POS

 

Senoritas

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Lina Rodríguez

Region: Colombia

Year: 2013

Running Time: 87 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: 18+

Screening times

Sept 23, 5.30 pm, Little Carib Theatre

Sept 26, 5.30 pm, Little Carib Theatre Q&A

 

Anina

Type: Animated, Narrative Feature

Director: Alfredo Soderguit

Region: Colombia

Year: 2013

Running Time: 80 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: GA

Screening times

Sept 18, 11 am, MovieTowne POS

Sept 24, 11 am, MovieTowne POS

Sept 28, 11 am, MovieTowne POS

 

Born to Hate… Destined to Love

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Habib Faisal

Region: India

Year: 2012

Running Time: 120 mins

Language: English subtitles, Hindi

Rating: 16+

Screening Times

Sept 21, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne POS

Oct 1, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne POS

 

Candid

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Vishnu Seesahai

Region: Trinidad + Tobago, USA

Year: 2012

Running Time: 92 mins

Language: English

Rating: 18+

Screening Times

Sept 21, 11 pm, MovieTowne POS

Sept 26, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre, Q&A

 

Dream of Lu, The

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Carlos Sama

Region: Mexico

Year: 2011

Running Time: 106 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: GA

Screening Times

Sept 18, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS

Sept 28, 5.30 pm, Little Carib Theatre, Q&A

 

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

Type: Documentary Feature

Director: Shola Lynch

Region: USA

Year: 2012

Running Time: 102 mins

Language: English

Rating: GA

Screening Times

Sept 22, 6 pm, MovieTowne POS

Sept 27, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS, Q&A

Sept 28, 8 pm, MovieTowne Tobago, Q&A

Oct 1, 8 pm, MovieTowne Tobago

 

Gloria

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Sebastián Lelio

Region: Chile

Year: 2013

Running Time: 110 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: 16+

Screening times

Sept 19, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS

Sept 28, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS

 

Handsworth Songs

Type: Documentary Feature

Director: John Akomfrah

Region: United Kingdom

Year: 1986

Running Time: 61 mins

Language: English

Rating: GA

Screening times

Sept 23, 3.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS

Sept 30, 11.45 am, UWI

 

The Kid Who Lies

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Marité Ugás

Region: Venezuela

Year: 2011

Running Time: 100 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Screening Times

Rating: GA

Screening Times

Sept 23, 11 am, MovieTowne PoS

Sept 24, 11.45 am, UWI

Sept 27, 11 am, MovieTowne PoS

 

The Last Summer of La Boyita

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Julia Solomonoff

Region: Argentina

Year: 2009

Running Time: 93 mins

Language: English Subtitles, Spanish

Rating: PG-13

Screening Times

Sept 24, 8.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS, Q&A

Sept 30, 6 pm, MovieTowne PoS

 

Middle of Nowhere

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Ava DuVernay

Region: USA

Year: 2012

Running Time: 97 mins

Language: English

Rating: PG-13

Screening Times

Sept 20, 6 pm, MovieTowne PoS

Sept 29, 3.30 pm, MovieTowne PoS

 

Neighbouring Sounds

Type: Narrative Feature

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Region: Brazil

Year: 2012

Running Time: 131 mins

Language: English, English Subtitles, Mandarin, Portuguese

Rating: 16+

Screening Times

Sept 18, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre

Sept 23, 8 pm, Little Carib Theatre

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