"I want to do a documentary but.." Timehri Film Festival 2017

Still from Art Connect trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrOar7cehbo
"I want to do a documentary but .. " the young man smiled and said. He told me this was the first time he had come to a film festival in Guyana. He was surprised and happy.

The Timehri Film Festival is a gift to Guyana from Alysia S. Christiani , Romola Lucas and Justin Blaize working under the Caribbean Film Academy, Rewind and Come Again Blog  

The first festival was in 2016 and they have returned to Guyana with another one.

They want to show Caribbean films and to encourage film makers in Guyana. Adero by Kojo McPherson was screened in this festival to positive reviews. 

I had to stand outside as the place was packed.  It was very different from the first night a year ago.

There is a mix of feature length and short films. There are documentaries and narrative. Art Connect is a powerful documentary about work done in Trinidad & Tobago with some children in Laventille.  

One of the people who saw the film said he was from Trinidad. He saw Laventille in a different light after seeing the film as there is only one kind of story which comes out of the news media.

It was difficult find stories about the project behind the documentary - Google search results show news about the film.

The film's director, Miquel Galofré ,  is on a project 'T and T rocks' - I know that T&T kills is another kind of message this week with the high murder rates. 

There are multiple stories from any one place and the festival brings out many of the stories.

I am looking forward to the rest of the festival,

I am grateful to the organisers for pulling together the films. Some of the films are available on their video platform at Studio Anansi TV.


 Admission is Free.  You can bring your own plantain chips and nuts.

 






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