SHORTS-FL | 1261FF21

SHOWTIME

Fri, Nov 5 | 7:00 PM (AST)

VARIOUS DIRECTORS

All titles playing as part of this programme are eligible for the Awards for best short doc/narrative.

PROJECT H

Maharaki

FRANCE, Martinique | French with english subtitles
5 Minutes

Availability:

Grenada Premiere

To rebuild Haiti, three soldiers put together a plan of crazy audacity.

WADE IN THE WATER

David Bianchi

United States| English | 10 Minutes

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Caribbean Premiere

A chilling spoken word film, inspired by the old negro spiritual 'Wade in the Water'. It is told through the eyes of three men unveiling their struggle and fear of being a black man in America.

NOU SE FÒS

Chalky The King

United States | English | 30 Minutes

Availability

Grenada Premiere

NOU SE FÒS Short Film is the first Spiritual Fantasy, Haitian superhero film that follows our main protagonist JEAN (a Haitian teenager) as he awakens his unique supernatural abilities after being racial profiled by the police. The film is the short version for a feature length film series we look to get funded and picked up for distribution.

MIND OF STEEL

Nicholas Mc Millian

United States | English | 17 Minutes
Availability

Caribbean Premiere

A Mind of Steel is an emotionally driven drama about a graduate student, Emmanuel, who experiences Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing the murder of his brother by a police officer. At the same time, in an attempt to complete his thesis for his Masters in Music, he uses steelpan music, the love from his girlfriend Naomi and a spiritual connection with his dead brother
to build resilience and counter his PTSD.

DANCING IN MY SADNESS

Casual Affairs

France | English | 4 Minutes
Availability

Caribbean Premiere

A dark hip-hop song and its animated music video that tells the common story of a traffic stop going downhill, involving a young Black man and a White police officer.

MISS PANAMA

Lamar Bailey Karamañites, Pascale Boucicaut , David Felix Sutcliffe

United States, Panama | Spanish, English 28 Minutes

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Grenada Premiere

In 1980, Gloria Karamañites became the first black woman to win the Miss Panama competition, despite pageant officials maneuvering to deny her the crown. Reflecting on this history, her daughter Lamar meets characters who watched the competition live, and talks to friends and family who knew Gloria then and now, ultimately painting a vivid portrait of a country struggling with its own identity.