The Trinidad and To­ba­go Film Com­pa­ny (TTFC) will launch the first of its T&T Film Nights�Cin­e­ma Show­case projects this evening, un­der the stars at the Nor­folk Street Park, Bel­mont. The out­door cin­e­ma project will screen five lo­cal films to the Bel­mont com­mu­ni­ty and is a col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween the Trinidad and To­ba­go Film Com­pa­ny Ltd (TTFC), the Of­fice of the May­or of Port-of-Spain and the Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion of Bel­mont. The project has al­so at­tract­ed pri­vate spon­sor­ship from First Cit­i­zens, the spon­sor of the huge 30-foot screen which will be used to show the films. The Cin­e­ma Show­case will screen a range of films to com­mu­ni­ties through­out T&T in 2010. The project has been de­vel­oped in con­junc­tion with the Of­fices of the May­ors in sev­er­al bor­oughs and cities, in­clud­ing Port-of-Spain, Ari­ma, Point Fortin and San Fer­nan­do.

It is de­signed to show­case the work of lo­cal and re­gion­al film-mak­ers and al­low com­mu­ni­ties to view films rarely seen in the lo­cal cin­e­mas and on tele­vi­sion. Film-mak­ers will be in the au­di­ence to re­spond to the ques­tions from the au­di­ence and en­cour­age in­ter­est in lo­cal films. May­or Murchi­son Brown has ex­pressed plea­sure to as­sist the TTFC with this project and, in the spir­it of mak­ing the event open to the en­tire com­mu­ni­ty, he has agreed that his of­fice will ab­sorb the cost of ad­mis­sion, which was be­ing charged to­wards pay­ing the pro­duc­ers for their films. Brown not­ed, "We look for­ward to the res­i­dents of Bel­mont com­ing out in their num­bers to en­joy lo­cal films and we are pleased to col­lab­o­rate with the TTFC and oth­er spon­sors in mak­ing the event pos­si­ble."

The films

The films that launch the Cin­e­ma Show­case in Bel­mont tar­get chil­dren and adults. Two episodes of Her­man's Tales will be screened, as well as the short film Coolie Pink and Green by Pa­tri­cia Mo­hammed and an­i­mat­ed shorts. Her­man's Tales is a se­ries based on the ad­ven­tures of the love­able but trou­ble-prone pup­pet Her­man, while Coolie Pink and Green is a short award-win­ning film about a young girl who is si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly learn­ing and ex­pe­ri­enc­ing the beau­ty of her cul­ture in the rit­u­als and prac­tices of Hin­duism, and an el­der in her com­mu­ni­ty who at­tempts to hold her fast in a tra­di­tion­al mould.

Mem­bers of the pub­lic are in­vit­ed to come out and at­tend this out­door cin­e­ma event and can walk with their pic­nic blan­kets and snacks to en­joy the leisure­ly, fam­i­ly am­biance. Com­fort­able seat­ing, se­cu­ri­ty and tents will be avail­able for all at­ten­dees and doors open at 5.30 pm, with a prompt start at 6 pm. The Park in Bel­mont is sit­u­at­ed on Nor­folk Street and pa­trons can be as­sured of a fun-filled evening un­der the dis­tin­guished pa­tron­age of the Port-of-Spain May­or Murchin­son Brown.

Con­tact:

Patrice Matthews, Mar­ket­ing De­part­ment�TTFC

1-868-625-3456

in­fo@trinidadand­to­bagofilm.com