The second edition of the Barbados Independent Film Festival continued last evening with the Opening Gala on the still relatively new grounds of the Walled Garden Theatre located at the Barbados Museum in the Garrison.
The red carpet affair was a welcome improvement over the previous night’s activity which was affected heavily by an island wide power blackout. Several members of the film fraternity on the island and international guest stars, such as Deborah Kara Unger, Vincent Spano, Lacey Dorn and Horacio Guerrero, were in attendance. The director of the highly anticipated Green Days by the River production, Michael Moodleedhar, was also in attendance. The Caribbean premiere of the new thriller TORCH by the international film maker, Christopher Coppola, was the main event of the night. The film follows the protagonist Clara, who grew up in the jungles of Belize but was sent to live in San Francisco after a traumatic childhood incident. Read Entire Article: http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2018/01/11/a-celebration-of-film/ For the film and television industry in British Columbia, 2017 was a tough year to beat.
A record-breaking $2.6 billion streamed into the province last year, much of it coming from international productions. Prem Gill, CEO of Creative B.C. who has been named one of the province’s most powerful women leaders, said there has been tremendous growth in the industry in the past few years and it won’t slow down anytime soon. Read Article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2018-perfect-storm-for-local-filmmakers-says-creative-bc-1.4480225 |
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