Man­ag­ing di­rec­tor of Colum­bus Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Bri­an Collins says the Trinidad and To­ba­go Film Fes­ti­val (TTFF) has the abil­i­ty to each year pro­duce a fes­ti­val that some­how seems to top the one from the pre­vi­ous year. He said so last Wednes­day at the open­ing night of the fes­ti­val. Ad­dress­ing guests at the open­ing, Collins said Colum­bus Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Trinidad Lim­it­ed (CCTL), through its Flow brand, was proud to once again be the pre­sent­ing spon­sor of the film fes­ti­val. Collins said this was the fifth year of Flow's part­ner­ship with the fes­ti­val.

He said the fes­ti­val com­mit­tee had "clear­ly de­vel­oped a recipe for tak­ing the film in­dus­try in T&T to new heights." Fes­ti­val di­rec­tor and founder, Dr Bruce Padding­ton, who al­so at­tend­ed said: "This year, 120 films from 30 coun­tries will be screened, more than any oth­er year." In­clud­ed in the line up is the film, Mar­ley which was screened on open­ing night. The fes­ti­val was found­ed in 2006 and is the largest event of its kind in the Eng­lish-speak­ing Caribbean. This year it runs from Sep­tem­ber 19 to Oc­to­ber 2.