Welcome to CayFilm 2017. Schedule could have small changes as we get closer to event. All ages are welcome unless it has a MATURE rating. Those films need an adult to accompany anybody aged 17 or under.
Loren revolutionized the entire film industry through inventing, rendering and modeling algorithms for image synthesis and visual effects. In 2001 he, and 2 colleagues, were awarded the only Oscar statuettes ever given for computer science. He recently transitioned from his position... Read More →
Saturday July 1, 2017 10:45 - 12:15 EDT
Ballroom 3Ritz- Carlton Grand Cayman
Mixed Match is an important human story told from the perspective of mixed race blood cancer patients who are forced to reflect on their multiracial identities and complex genetics as they struggle with a seemingly impossible search to find bone marrow donors, all while exploring what role race plays in medicine. With the multiracial community becoming one of the fastest growing demographics in North America, being mixed race is no longer just about an identity, it can be a matter of life and death.
Kim Evey is a producer, writer and actor who began her new media career creating and starring in Japanese talk show parody “Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show” for Sony’s Crackle.com. She brought Felicia Day’s groundbreaking series “The Guild” to the web, working as President of Production for Day’s company during the show’s six-season run. “The Guild” has garnered numerous awards and spawned three hit music videos as well as a comic book serie... Read More →
Saturday July 1, 2017 11:00 - 13:00 EDT
Ballroom 2Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman
The rare gift of getting into all kinds of trouble is their family trait. What else can you expect from the ones raised among trolls in snowy lands? But now Kai and Gerda have grown up and entered a new stage - this time they are going to cause a global disaster...
Russia
Sunday July 2, 2017 13:30 - 15:00 EDT
Ballroom 3Ritz- Carlton Grand Cayman
And The Moon Stands Still 11 min The presence of the moon affects all under its glow. The film explores the lunar cycle and the energies invoked by its radiance. (Belarus)
Au Revoir Balthazar 10 min (Nominated) A scarecrow, a storm, a broken leg. The resonant sound of a sea shell. Leaving forever. (Switzerland)
CitiPati 7 min After being subjected to a cataclysmic meteorite impact, a small dinosaur attempts to battle the horrific aftermath both physically & psychologically. A tale about life, death & rebirth, told from a unique, prehistoric perspective. (Germany)
Count on Me 4 min Sara, a 7-year-old girl, loves to dance and draw. One bad day she suffers an attack and they take her to the hospital. Through her drawings, which come to life thanks to her imagination, we will witness her exciting but harsh history. (Spain)
Green Light 16 min With the ecosystem destroyed after a nuclear war, Mari, a survivor, does all she can to rebuild. When she stumbles upon a robot soldier in an abandoned city, everything changes. (Korea)
Heaven Kid 12 min ToTo by accident opened a device that transformed a chessboard into a Space Door. So, he and Ahya could become anything they wanted, going anywhere they wished. They fought with each other while playing out many different roles. This means they would be locked within, unable to escape. HeavenKid used his magic to awaken them teaching them the book Di-Zi-Gui. Finally, they having learnt their wrongs, corrected their ways, averting the crisis. (Taiwan)
In Exile 11min In Exile is the story of a boy who lives with his grandmother in an Eastern European village. His parents are both working abroad, so the boy is left to his own devices. He fills his time by playing in an abandoned shed on the river bank. Inside the shed he toils away at a mysterious project - a powerful ‘flying machine’ that would take him to his parents. This project keeps him going, until one day he makes an unexpected friend who needs his care and protection. So the boy has to choose between his all consuming dream of re-uniting with his parents or taking care of another living soul. (Germany)
Stars 5 min (Nominated) Grandpa and grandson street sellers sell stars in a town near the shore. One night, they run out of the stars… (United States)
Vienna Table Trip 2 min (Nominated) An animated whirlwind cinematic tour through Vienna staged with cups, saucers, plates, knives, forks, local specialties and products interspersed with different dimensions of Vienna’s contemporary urban life. Using stop-motion animation, Virgil Widrich’s team made 55,000 photos over five days to produce 2.7 terabytes of data. "We would have had enough material in the end to produce a 38-minute film taking a playing speed of 24 images per second", he says. It took weeks of work to compress the message into the film’s present length. You do not need to leave a Viennese coffee table to travel through the whole city! (Austria)
White Tunnel 22 Min (Nominated) There is an April day with inconsistent weather. A taxi driver, four passengers, sisters and brother are going to visit their mother. As strangers. Chaos is in silence, in their minds, on the road… (Taiwan)
Sunday July 2, 2017 18:00 - 20:00 EDT
Ballroom 3Ritz- Carlton Grand Cayman
Jose Manuel, who is originally from Cuba, works with Pro Island Films in the Cayman Islands. For more than 20 years he has enjoyed a career in the media as a television documentaries director. He also directs short films and music videos. Jose Manuel has been the recipient of awards... Read More →
Leonardo F. Rodriguez has been an independent producer for more than 10 years and is the owner of Pro Island Films based in the Cayman Islands. His work includes television programmes and documentaries of great historical value, as well as music videos for award-winning Hispanic... Read More →