Festival Guide 2017
The objective of the Barbados Visual Media Festival is to celebrate the work of local, regional and international independent film makers while being a catalyst for the development of the Barbadian visual media industry. The Festival not only features the screening of local, regional and international content but it also includes a 48 Hour Film Challenge, Industry Workshops as well as the Industry Awards for Films in Barbados (ViMAs). This festival is extremely important as it gives local filmmakers a platform to have their films shown, it gives them feedback, it helps them to improve, it facilitates networking with other players in the industry which could potentially birth future projects and it gives them the tools to get their content out to the world.
The objective of the Barbados Visual Media Festival is to celebrate the work of local, regional and international independent film makers while being a catalyst for the development of the Barbadian visual media industry. The Festival not only features the screening of local, regional and international content but it also includes a 48 Hour Film Challenge, Industry Workshops as well as the Industry Awards for Films in Barbados (ViMAs).
This festival is extremely important as it gives local filmmakers a platform to have their films shown, it gives them feedback, it helps them to improve, it facilitates networking with other players in the industry which could potentially birth future projects and it gives them the tools to get their content out to the world.
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#Bethevoiceofchange<br />
(<strong>2017</strong>/Barbados/Short Doc/3min)<br />
Dir: Clish Gittens<br />
A three minute short that seeks to<br />
ask questions in relation to the<br />
future of environmental decisions<br />
in the Caribbean and Latin<br />
America. (Wednesday October 25 th<br />
@ 7pm)<br />
Abiola<br />
(<strong>2017</strong>/Barbados/Narr/Comedy/102min)<br />
Dir: Rommel Hall<br />
Abiola recounts the adventures of Abiola<br />
Adams: a 37-year old woman, as she<br />
looks back on her life as a teenager,<br />
twenty years earlier in 2016 and <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
(Friday October 27 th @ 10am & 7pm)<br />
Case Unknown (2016/USA/Short<br />
Narr/Drama/18min)<br />
Dir: David Jaure Rosenbaum<br />
In the dangerous living conditions of Human<br />
Trafficking, Ana tries to escape the darkness<br />
and repressed underground World, but is<br />
scarred forever. (Tuesday October 24 th @ 8pm)<br />
Barrow: Freedom Fighter<br />
(2016/Barbados/Doc/84min)<br />
Dir: Marcia Weekes<br />
Errol Barrow: Freedom Fighter<br />
is a passionate story about the<br />
courage of one man who<br />
relentlessly preached a gospel<br />
of economic self reliance and<br />
self respect to the people of his<br />
native country Barbados and<br />
beyond. He defied the status<br />
quo, confronted racism and<br />
classicism, fought colonial<br />
oppression and selflessly led<br />
his people to political and<br />
economic freedom.<br />
(Wednesday October 25 th @<br />
7pm)<br />
Blue Division<br />
(2012/Spain/Short<br />
Narr/Comedy/12min)<br />
Dir: Sergi Marti<br />
German attempts to conquer<br />
the strategic location of<br />
Leningrad have failed<br />
miserably.<br />
Hitler, desperate, plays his<br />
last available card: Mission<br />
Spark.<br />
But to carry out the mission<br />
he will need his best men. He<br />
will need the Spanish soldiers<br />
of the: BLUE DIVISION.<br />
(Saturday October 28 th @<br />
7pm)<br />
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