Four recognized figures of world-wide celluloid productions will be honored during the 34th edition of the International New Latin American Cinema Festival in the Cuban capital from the 4th to the 14th of December.
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British actress of Jamaican and Trinidadian parentage NAOMIE HARRIS
For 50 years, the leading ladies of the James Bond movies have been impactful. From the unforgettable scene with Ursula Andress emerging from the blue Caribbean waters in Doctor No or Halle Berry in Die Another Day or Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die, the women of Bond have added their own spark to every scene. Skyfall features Bérénice Marlohe and Naomie Harris. Bérénice stars as a mysterious femme fatale and Naomie as a gun-toting MI6 agent.
The best of contemporary European cinema will be on showcase over the next two weeks, as the European Film Festival (EFF) takes place from 3–16 October at MovieTowne, Port of Spain, and 9–16 October at MovieTowne, Tobago.
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The French Fleet Of Antigua (la Flotte Française d’Antigua) Sur Pirates of the burning sea.
with Les Soldats de la burning sea, La Marine Royale, La Marine Russo, Les Francs D’Amérique, The French Resistance, Order of The griffin, Teenage Mutans ninja frogs, The French Rebellion, and all french Societies qui viennent en Port Battle.
Music: Avatar, Vangelis conquest of the Paradise, and, of course, Pirates of the caribbean.
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Golden Eye, Oracabessa, Jamaica
The little villa that started it all. Former intelligence officer Ian Fleming penned his first James Bond novel in 1952 at his vacation home, Golden Eye, and the island inspired many of the novels themselves.
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Caribbean Athletes & Olympians
Belize International Film Festival 2012
Frances-Anne Solomon reminds us that the seventh edition of the Belize International Film Festival is on! The festival will open with a red carpet opening gala at the Bliss Centre in Belize City today (Friday, July 13). Opening night will feature three Belizean films, including for the first time, a full-length feature film, 2012, Kurse of Di Xtabai.(Directed by Matthew Klinck, “Kurse of Di Xtabai” is done completely in the Kriol language, and produced by ‘Make-Belize Films’.)
Sixty-four films made the cut to be showcased in the Festival, from an astonishing 120 entries submitted from countries like Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Brazil, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Chile, which will all be screened at the Princess Cinemas from Saturday, July 14 to Monday, July 16.
Festival activities will include an audio-visual symposium at the House of Culture in Belize City on Monday, July 16. Film awards will be presented to the winners at an award ceremony at the House of Culture on Tuesday night, July 17.
The festival presents a perfect opportunity to view Belizean, regional and international movies, documentaries, narratives and music videos not normally seen by local audiences. This year’s submissions include narratives, feature length documentaries, short narratives and documentaries and short animations from 24 different nations.
Festival director Suzette Zaiden said, “For the first time ever, the festival has invited an international jury consisting of three renowned filmmakers: Caribbean filmmaker, Frances Anne Solomon; Central American filmmaker, Edgar Soberon Torchia; and Mexican filmmaker, Oscar Urrutia Lazo.”
Among the must-see films to be showcased will be “Espiral” by Jorge Perez Solano, a film about those who leave Mexico in search of their destiny and those who stay behind to shape it. From Cuba comes “Ticket to Paradise”, a film about a young couple’s search for paradise on the road to Havana; and “Habanastation” by Cuban director Ian Padron.
From Jamaica come trio of films about our neighbors across the sea: “Ghett’a Life”, “Out of the Gate”, and “Akwantu: The Journey” about Jamaica’s maroon community directed by Roy T. Anderson.
The festival also included a number of entertaining short films.
For more information and a complete list of films along with synopses and trailers can be found on http://www.belizefilmfestival.com
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