Art Connect is a feature length documentary that reveals the impact that art and creativity had in a group of 'at risk' teenagers from Laventille, the most marred by violence community in Trinidad and Tobago. The story is told by these children who had access to different forms of art to express themselves.
By talking, painting, singing, dancing and filming they will allow us to come into their world.
Charlotte puts Rochester in the rear view as she runs away from her husband. She has never been on her own and doesn't know if she'll make it as her resources are stripped away. She meets diverse women who offer connection, insight, and laughter on the road to Florida and a possible new life.
United States
A farmer's fight for equal education in Northampton County, NC transforms him and his county in unimaginable ways. Chairman Jones tells the story of the director's father, James H. Jones, a self-educated farmer who disregards racism and lack of education and emerges as a trailblazer during the tense 1969 school desegregation crisis in Northampton County, leading the fight to end nearly a century of inequality in education. After freeing himself from Jim Crow sharecropping in the 1950's, he launches a campaign to free black children from Jim Crow education.
Jones places his own children on the front lines, brings blacks and whites together for dialogue, helps integration tip toe into Northampton, and transforms the educational landscape for everyone. His leadership as North Carolina’s first black school Board Chairman introduces a new era in education and has a marked effect on racial progress in the state.
Born on a former slave plantation in 1916, Jones died in 1984, the year that the Northampton County school system received accreditation for the first time in its history largely due to his vision and efforts. His story unfolds through his daughter Anna's conversations with those who lived during that time and witnessed his extraordinary courage and leadership.
United States
Ours has been called the age of loneliness. Immersed in our own echo chambers, our very health is being impacted by social isolation. Despite advances in technology, living conditions, education and healthcare, we seem to be unhappier than ever. At the same time, modern urban lifestyles are destroying our sense of community.
Why are we all so disconnected? Making a link between the various causes, this film asks what community wellbeing means to us and why it even matters. On a journey through the cities of North America, wellness expert Tamer Soliman learns that where we choose to live, what we choose to value, and with whom we choose to spend our time can have a profound impact on our health and happiness.
Meeting with not only experts but also ordinary people on the streets of Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles, Tamer discovers the truth in that old nursery rhyme: “The more we get together the happier we’ll be”.
(Cayman Islands)
Annette, a 1960's suburban housewife, comes face to face with her worst nightmare: the fear that her pretty (and youthful) maid, Mona, has seduced her husband, and may be plotting against her. Her fears are reinforced when their actions appear to be more and more suspicious. When decorating her home for a holiday party, she confides in her best friend, Shelley, who supports her suspicions and encourages Annette to act. At the party, Annette watches her husband give Mona a tin of cookies, and Mona flirtatiously laugh at his jokes. Finally pushed to the edge, Annette makes a decision from which there is no turning back. The result is the unraveling of the life she has created for herself, and the realization that not everything is as it seems.
United States
This documentary sheds light on gun culture in America focusing on urban and suburban neighborhoods. It breaks down & investigates the environment, results, and motives of our gun culture.
“The Culture” follows a variety of people with contrasting opinions over the issue of violence in our country and how to attack the problem with reasonable solutions. It chronicles street outreach workers, conservatives, and victims of gun violence. “The Culture” is the first documentary that truly gives unbiased look of guns in our country.
United States
Real Artists; a dark tale set in the near future, is based on Ken Liu’s short story of the same name. Sophia just scored every animator’s dream interview at world famous Semaphore Animation Studios. But when the Creative Director, Anne Palladon, reveals that she knows about Sophia’s fan-edit of Semaphore’s hit film Mythos, Sophia sees her dreams begin to slip away.
Was it Sophia’s rebel ethos and creative instincts that landed her the invitation? Or is everything not quite as it seems at Semaphore? To maintain her artistic integrity, it’s going to take all of Sophia’s instincts and nerve.
United States
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again.
Cocktails provided by Cayman Spirits Company
United Kingdom
FORCE BLUE is a new nonprofit 501(c)(3) initiative that seeks to unite the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of marine conservation for the betterment of both. FORCE BLUE gives former combat divers and SOF veterans the chance to experience and explore one of the most critically endangered ecosystems on the planet and to adapt their training and teamwork to aid in its protection.
Help us. Help vets. Help the planet.
Joe goes up to Big Bear to tell his three buddies (Adam Brody, Tyler Labine and Zachary Knighton) that his wedding is off, and thus so is his bachelor party. So they do what any good friends would; they throw darts at his head until he spills the whole truth. When Joe admits that his fiancé is in love with some other Dude they insist that what he needs is to stay the course and party, like a bachelor. It’s the next day that things really take a turn when Joe finds that his friends have kidnapped the Dude and now he’s tied up in the basement.
Adam Brody, Tyler Labine and Zachary Knighton all grew mustaches for the film, some came in better than others!
United States
Blue Air is a narrative short film about a young mother and her daughter who gain strength and inspiration from the great outdoors.
Written by Erin Derham and Paul Schattel
http://www.blueairfilm.com
Songs Of Redemption is a Jamaican documentary made in the prisons of Kingston.
Songs Of Redemption captures the moving story of redemption and rehabilitation of inmates of the General Penitentiary located in Kingston, Jamaica. The film features riveting interviews and powerful reggae music created, performed, and produced in a unique partnership by inmates and wardens.
Trinidad
Local designers Isy Obi, Olivia B and Kenzie Rose will be bringing their unique styles and fashion flair to the red carpet during the 2017 CayFilm Cayman International Film Festival which takes place from 30 June to 3 July at the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman. The trio will also be hosting a Q&A session on Monday, 3 July for aspiring fashion designers and people who are interested in the industry. Fashion is one of the new elements of the Festival this year. The event will also focus on food as well as film.
“Film and fashion are two industries that are very interrelated. Apart from the catwalk, the red carpet is the next best place for seeing the latest fashion trends worn by the Who’s Who in the fashion and entertainment worlds,” said Festival Director Tony Mark. “We want to showcase both the artists and their designs at the Festival. The quality of their work speaks for itself and we hope that CayFilm will expose them to a new, international and local clientele.”
The Isy B brand was founded by Isy Obi, and embodies the ease, glamour and understated refinement of modern island style. It is inspired by a love of contemporary design forms, a passion for all beautiful things, and the rich cultural diversity and uniquely cosmopolitan lifestyle of the Cayman Islands. Obi won the Designer of the Year award at Phoenix Fashion Week in 2016, and says she lives her dream every day, translating her passion for life, and her love for fashion into designing vibrant collections that make women feel special.
Olivia B first stepped onto the scene as a designer in 2014 at the Fashion At Heart Red Dress event in Grand Cayman, and in 2015 debuted her very first collection at Allure Fashion Weekend which was met with overwhelming support. Her second ready-to-wear collection ‘Parallel’, hit the runway at Cayman Islands Fashion Week in April 2016, which was another success. Recently, Olivia was selected by COSME (Caribbean Overseas Small to Medium Enterprise funded by the EU) to attend the 8th Annual BVI Summer Sizzle as an emerging designer from the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) and showcased at Nolcha Shows New York Fashion Week as an upcoming designer to watch.
K.Rose Cayman Islands is a fashion design house based out of George Town, Grand Cayman, which was launched in the spring of 2015.Founder and head designer Kenzie Rose has been sewing and designing since childhood;Her current collection for this season is titled “Gemini”, and explores the two very different sides of her design esthetic in honor of her 30th birthday this year. On top of showing this collection at CayFilm 2017; she will be showing at BVI Summer Sizzle 2017, Tortola, British Virgin Islands in July. She also hopes to present a future showing of her designs to fundraise and bring awareness to burn treatment, and a future burn survivors network locally.
