archive for Film

• European Film Festival on Now in Kingston

  11 May 2010 by Karin in Film [ 2 comments ]

  The 2010 EU Film Festival is on now in Kingston from May 6 to 18. Staged as a major cultural event, the festival returns this year with an ambitious scope of European countries represented with major films that have proven ...

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• Jamaica World Cinema Showcase to Feature Local Indie Films

  15 March 2010 by Karin in Film,Happening on the Edge 2010 [ 2 comments ]

  Local young and aspiring film makers will have an opportunity to show their work at the Jamaica World Cinema Showcase from April 1 to 3. Local films to be featured are Kimala Bennett's "Hair", Mykal Cushnie's documentary "WAR Stories", Omaall Wright's "Real ...

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• Vote for this Video by SeBiArt

  4 March 2010 by Karin in Film [ 1 comment ]

  SeBiArt aka Berette Macaulay has entered her video "LABYRINTH OF FOREVER: Doorway for the Spirit Chasers" in the annual Art For Progress competition: Clash of the Artists 2010 and needs your vote! It's a small annual global contest with a handful ...

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• Reggae Film RiseUp Premieres in New York

  23 February 2010 by Karin in Film [ no comments ]

  RiseUp, directed by Luciano Blotta features reggae greats such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare and many up and coming rising stars.  This film is being hailed as "the best reggae film since The Harder They Come". Read ...

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• Classic Films We Loved Courtesy of the US Embassy

  16 February 2010 by Karin in Film [ no comments ]

  The US Embassy presents "Classic Films We Loved", a selection of films honoring the cultural and intellectual contributions of African Americans.

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• Coming Soon from Afflicted Yard: The Last Don

  3 January 2010 by Karin in Film [ no comments ]

  Peter Dean Rickards has brilliantly captured the essence of  Josef Bogdanovich, CEO of Downsound Records, in a thirty minute pilot episode of a new series,  DiMaggio: The Last Don (screened one night only last June). In the pilot, Bogdanovich, who runs ...

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• Best of CaribbeanTales 2010 : Film Festival and Symposium

  10 December 2009 by Karin in Film [ no comments ]

  The creative industries of film and television will receive a boost this February when CaribbeanTales, a Toronto-based multimedia company, brings together formidable local, regional and international partners to showcase, discuss and promote Caribbean film at  “The Best of CaribbeanTales Film ...

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• Francophone Film Festival On Now

  21 November 2009 by Karin in Film [ no comments ]

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