FIVE LOCAL feature length films: Green Days by the River, Moko Jumbie, The Lies We Tell, Quick Pick and Back to Freeport will be screened during the 12th Annual trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) from September 19 to 26, 2017.
This was revealed at the launch held at the Hyatt Regency yesterday.Nearly 120 feature-length, short and experimental narrative and documentary films from the Caribbean, its diaspora and contemporary world cinema will be screened including the five TT feature films, and over 34 short and experimental films, also made in TT.
Magella Moreau, Director of Public Relations, ttff said at the launch, “We continue to be excited by the quality of films made by local film-makers, many of you who are involved in the industry where you have to have passion to do this because it is not easy. The eternal search for funds etc it is very challenging, that you have to be either crazy or passionate to do it.” She then acknowledge and paid tribute to some of the film-makers who were present at the event.