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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Caribbean short films in spotlight for film festival

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The short and medi­um-length films that will screen at this year's T&T Film Fes­ti­val (TTFF) have been an­nounced.This is tra­di­tion­al­ly the largest sec­tion of the an­nu­al TTFF line-up, and 2014 is no ex­cep­tion. There are 68 short and medi­um-length films–all from the Caribbean–that will be shown at this year's fes­ti­val which runs from Sep­tem­ber 16�30.

A re­lease from the TTFF said the 68 film­srep­re­sent 18 coun­tries in the Caribbean and the di­as­po­ra. Twen­ty-five of the films are from T&T or its di­as­po­ra."Short films are of­ten seen as the younger, less glam­orous sib­lings of fea­ture films. But to make a great short takes as much skill as a fea­ture, and the best short films are no less en­joy­able and mem­o­rable," said Jonathan Ali, the TTFF's ed­i­to­r­i­al di­rec­tor."This year we have a di­verse line­up of both fic­tion and doc­u­men­tary short films. Some have been pro­grammed to screen with fea­ture films, while oth­ers have been grouped to­geth­er in cu­rat­ed pack­ages. Ei­ther way, we feel con­fi­dent we have a se­lec­tion of films that will en­gage, amuse, sur­prise, move and even chal­lenge our au­di­ences."

A to­tal of 23 of the films will com­pete for var­i­ous ju­ry prizes, and all the films will be el­i­gi­ble for the peo­ple's choice award for best short or medi­um-length film.To see the full se­lec­tion of short- and medi­um-length films play­ing at the ttff/14 and to read their syn­opses, vis­it www.ttfilm­fes­ti­val.com/shorts.


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