ADELINE GREGOIRE
OPENING NIGHT
Wed. 24 May 2023, 7pm
Central Bank Auditorium, (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
XALE
Moussa Sene Absa,
101', Fiction - Sénégal/ Côte d'Ivoire - 2022
Awa, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, is happily living her teenage years alongside her twin brother Adama who dreams of Europe. When their grandmother dies, her aunt Fatou and her uncle Atoumane promise to marry in order to preserve the family union. But Fatou does not love Atoumane and the latter, tired of waiting to consummate his marriage, commits an act from which there is no going back.
Thu. 25 May 2023, 7pm
Big Black Box ( Port of Spain, Trinidad)
WORLD AFRICA DAY
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE
Pickney, ’16, Micheal Jenkins, UK
Sheltering in Place, ‘6:14, Mandisa Pantin, T&T
AGWE, '17:34, Samuel Frantz Suffren Haiti
Going Pan, ‘2, Walt Lovelace T&T
Our Menopause, '20:16, Nicola Cross, U.K T&T
Iconography: Roy Cape, ’40, Mikhail Gibbings, Aviel Scanterbury, 2022, T&T
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Admission $50
Fri 26 May, 5pm
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
ROOTS, ROUTES AND BELONGING
Join us as we explore notions of where we came from (roots), how we got here (routes) and how that shapes who we are as people of the African diaspora in this multiethnic space of Trinidad and Tobago.
YOUTH PANEL DISCUSSION IN COLLABORATION WITH
Fri. 26 May 2023, 7pm
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
MARRIED TO WORK
2022, Romance/Comedy, 1h 16m
Zaki, the incidental owner of a failing Tanzanian real-estate firm must pretend to be married to. Malaika, an overbearing heartbroken consultant from Kenya, in order to impress Nigerian investor, Mrs. Ezenna, to save the company and family's legacy. Will the serenity of Zanzibar make it easier for Zaki to prentend loving someone he loathes?
Admission $50
Sat. 27 May 2023, 7pm
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, ’82 France/ Somalia/ Germany/ Finland, PG14+
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive operation to treat chronic kidney disease.
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Admission $50
Fri. 26 May 2023, 9pm
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
FEVER -
THE HOTTEST AFROBEATS PARTY
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR $50
Sun. 28 May 2023, 7pm
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
WALTER RODNEY:
WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Daniyal Harris-Vajda and Arlen Harris, '72, UK, PG14+
‘Walter Rodney: What they don’t Want you to Know’ is an original 72-minute documentary featuring a murder, Cold War conspiracies, Black Power, the end of Empire, and how that connects to the policing, surveillance practices and social movements of today. This is the first film where Walter’s widow reveals the personal impact on the family of Walter’s assassination.
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Admission $50
Thu. 25 May 2023, 2pm
UTT, National Academy for the Performing Arts ( Port of Spain, Trinidad)
BRIDGE SESSION
The World of Talent Representation • Film Finance Fundamentals • Building our Bridge (The Caribbean / Africa)
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AFTT in collaboration with Film TT presents its first installation of the Bridge Session at AFTT 2023 with Fela Oke, a multifaceted creative industry executive, dealmaker and facilitator of culture. With an expansive network from Europe, USA and Africa. The Bridge Session is geared towards all creators in the film and media industry including actors, directors, screenwriters, producers.
Fri. 26 May 2023, 2pm
UTT, National Academy for the Performing Arts ( Port of Spain, Trinidad)
AGENCY LAB
Self-Taping Fundamentals • Audition Preparation • Working through text
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With Fela Oke - an audition workshop with front of camera talent.
Sat. 27 May 2023, 2pm
Big Black Box ( Port of Spain, Trinidad)
INDUSTRY
ONE ON ONE
Co-Production Opportunities • Extended Financing Fundamentals
With Fela Oke Filmmakers with projects in development exploring pathways towards financing and production.
Sat. 27 May 2023, 5pm
Big Black Box ( Port of Spain, Trinidad)
WORKING WITH A COMPOSER
with award winning Navid Lancaster. This workshop goes through the dynamics of the Director / Composer relationship, the process of scoring to picture, how to handle rejection and general advice for both Directors and Composers.
INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS
TRINIDAD
25-28 May 2023
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Opening hours 5-8pm
AFROVIVE
Featuring young and emerging artists from Trinidad & Tobago
ART EXHIBITION
Sat. 27- Sun. 28 May 2023
Big Black Box (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Opening hours 10-4pm
AFTT MARKET
