THIRDTRAVELLINGCARIBBEANFILMSHOWCASE
SYNOPSISOFTHEFILMS
ANTIGUA&BARBUDAS
Title:Hooked
PennydecidestoendherrelationshipwithBenjaminwhenshelearnsthat
David, the father of her daughter, will be soon out of jail. Benjamin gets
madanddecidesnottoleavethehouse,becauseheintendstofaceDavid
andtheentiresituationthatcouldcomeoverhim.
BAHAMAS
Title:FreeSwim
FreeSwimisanawardeddocumentaryabouttheparadoxofpeoplewho
liveinthecoastandcannotswim.IttakesplaceinEleutheraIslandinthe
Bahamas,anditisaboutacrewofchildrenwhowanttogetovertheir
fears and become trusted and reconnect with their environment,
learningtoswimattheopensea.Withthefreshmemoryofafriendand
drowningtheproblematicofthegrowingtourism,tothesechildrenitis
notonlyaboutfloat,itisalsoaboutgettingnewskillsforthefuture.
BARBADOS
Title:HitforSix
Hit For Six!, a fullͲlength feature film, is the story of a playboy West
Indiescricketerwhofightsdemonsofhispast,includingamatchfixing
charge, and learns about love while struggling for his last chance to
playinamajorglobaltournamentandgaintherespectofhisfather,a
former great West Indies player. This emotional drama, punctuated
withexcitement,intrigueandlove,tellstheinspirationalstoryofAlex
Nelson, a talented but inconsistent cricketer, who has been sidelined
fromtheWIteamforscufflingwithhiscoach,AmirMisraofIndia.
BELIZE
Title:ThreeKingsofBelize
InasmallCentralAmericancountrywithapopulationof285,000,threeveteran
musicians share moments of their daily lives with us. Paul Nabor, 79ͲyearͲold
fishermanandlegendaryGarifunacomposer,hasplayedthesameguitarfor53
years.Eventhoughhehasforgottenmostofhissongs,hisspiritremainsstrong.
Florencio Mess, a Mayan harp player, spends his solitude making traditional
violins, guitars and harps while he awaits his next trip outside his small village.
Creole accordionist, Wilfred Peters, is proud to have played for the Queen of
England, hisineffablecharmandhumorishisidealantidotefortheoldage.As
time goes by and progress settles in, we are reminded that nothing is eternal.
Despite the lack of interest of the younger generation, these three extraordinary men offer us a
glimpseofhope,freedomandhumanity.
Title:Tomasaintime
In this short film based on the characters and storylines of the hit
television series Noh Matta Wat, Tomasa, the feisty matriarch of a
troubleplaguedfamilyisdeterminedtointervenewhenshelearnsthat
hergranddaughterLuisaistrappedinaseverelyabusiverelationship.
COLOMBIA
Title:Dolores
Itistheyearof1953inthevillageofSanJacinto,Colombia.Dolores
Salinasisa60ͲyearͲoldwomanwhomakesherlivingoutofpraying
inthefuneralsofthedeadpeopleleftbytheColombianpoliticalwar
period, and who had fought in the lines of the conservative party.
Butthen,shefacesahardideologicalstrugglewhenshereceivesthe
corpseofherson,aLiberalPartymilitant,andshecan’’tfindwhere
toburyhim.
Title:Benkos’’sons(LoshijosdeBenkos)
ThisdocumentaryisdedicatedtoAfricancultureinColombia,seen
and through its musical prism. The traditional rhythms take us to
past,toancientAfrica.Themodernmusicplayedbyyoungpeople,
bringsustoapresentmultiͲethnicandmultiͲculturalcountry,fullof
contradictions.
Title:Ahousebyitselfcrumbles(Unacasasolasevence)
The documentary is an intense testimony from Marta Palma in 1999, in the
Turbo coliseum. Marta was part of Clamores, a displaced women
organization from Cacarica, in Bajo Atrato region in Choco, that ask for
urban relocation in Turbo, a harbor placed in the Uraba Gulf over the
Atlantic Colombian sea. Most of those women have lost their husbands
and children, and have no more physical or psychological conditions to
returntotheirterritories;neitherthere’’sanyguarantyofsurvivalthere.
Title:Mario,thedrummerboy(Mario,elniñodelatambora)
This shortͲfilm tells the story of a child that wants to learn to play the
bassdruminordertoimpressaclassmategirl.Thisworkwasauthoredby
children of Nariño neighborhood in Colombia. The shortͲfilm was
producedbyComfenalcoandCartagena’’sFilmFestival.
Title:Milk
Jasón and Anthony, (8 and 10ͲyearͲold kids) live with their parents, a
humble couple from the south part of San Andrés Island. Joseph, the
fatherhasbeenunemployedforafewdaysandinthemorninghehasan
argument with his wife Wanda because they are out of milk, the only
breakfast they had for the children. While the parents are arguing the
children go outside to play and they find something that might change
theirlives.
COSTARICA
Title:DearCamilo(QueridoCamilo)
Camilo Mejias was the first soldier of the U.S. Army to refuse to come
back to Iraq’’s War and declared himself as consciousness objector. He
denouncedtheatrocitiesandthereasonsofWarandwascondemnedto
ayearinprisonbyamilitarycourt.ThefilmQueridoCamilotellsthestory
of this half Nicaraguan, half Costa Rican young man from a childhood
friend’’s perspective. Son of the singer Carlos Mejias Godoy and from a
familywhowasinvolvedintheSandino’’sRevolutionaryProcess,Camilois
todayPacifistMovementsymbolintheU.S.
CUBA
Title:BrokenGods(LosDiosesRotos)
Laura(35yearsold)isacollegeteacherwhoispreparingherMaster
degree work about famous Cuban pimp Alberto Yarini y Ponce de
León, who was shot by his French rivals that controlled prostitution
business in early 1900’’s Havana. She gets involved in a hideous and
yet thrilling net where past and present stories connect in present
Havanaunderworldfromwhichshecan´teasilyescape.
Title:20years(20años)
Awomanlivesgrappledtoahappypast,inaverydifferentpresent.
20yearsofindifferenceandmistreatmenthadchallengedtheloveof
thisperson.She‘‘lldoeverythingtogettheattentionofherhusband.
A shortfilm with anoutstanding animation work and a very moving
storyofloveanddisillusion.
Title:Asamerace(Unamismaraza)
Haitian culture is an important element for traditional culture in the region. To preserve their
ancients’’ legacy; ““Eva Gaspar in Memoriam”” Festival takes place at a small town of Sibanicú, on
January1stinCiegodeÁvila.Thispartyismorepopulareachyear.
Title:Thelongestjourney(Elviajemáslargo)
ChineseimmigrationtoCuba,anditsculturalresult,isanimportantelementofnationalmixture.
Title:CeciliaValdes
ThisanimationfilmstellsstoryofabeautifulCubanCreolewomanwho
dancesandsings,andfallsinloveinColonialHavana.
Title:AFairyTale(UncuentodeHadas)
TakingGlobalWarminganditsdramaticconsequencesasasubject,““AFairyTale””isafilmstatingthat
this threatening problem will specially affect children and coming generations. It is a modest
audiovisualpoemaimingourhearts.
Title:Puberty––Javier’’ssecret(Pubertad––ElSecretodeJavier)
Javier’’s gland has begun to burn, he is afraid it might be something
serious,butatthesametimeheisashamedofaskingaboutsomething
thatintimate.
Title:Puberty––Ilikeyou(Pubertad––Megustastú)
Mariana doesn’’t know if she is really in love with Javier, Alberto
doesn’’t know if Zenaida likes him for real. Everybody wonders what
lovereallyisandifthey’’vealreadyfoundtherightperson.
CURACAO
Title:Churandy
The great athlete Churandy Martina gets to the Olympics to fulfill his
sportcommitmentandgivepridetohishomeland,Curaçao.Isaslight
errorduringtheraceenoughtosurrender?
HAITI
Title:Woman!!
Awomanisbeatbyherhusbandandkickedoutofherhousewithher
son.Aneighborfindsheronasideoftheroadandtakesherbackto
her house. When the husband tries to beat her again, the neighbor
stands in the middle to find out that common sense is not always
presentinviolentsituations.
CAYMANISLANDS
Title:Haven
When a corrupt Miami businessman flees to the Cayman Islands with his
daughterandamilliondollarsindirtymoney,theresultinginfernothreatensto
consume father, daughter, and even a few unsuspecting innocents in a sun
soaked crime drama starring Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, and Agnes Bruckner.
Carl Ridley (Paxton) was desperate to escape the law when he boarded an
airplanefortheCaymanIslands,butastheheatstartstoriseinparadise,he's
about to realize that there are some fates far worse than prison time. As Carl
attempts to cleanse his illͲgotten gains with a little help from crooked British
investment banker Mr. Allen (Stephen Dillane), his resentful daughter Pippa
(Bruckner)setsouttoexploreherexoticnewsurroundingsonthearmofnative
badboyFritz(VictorRasuk).AlowͲlevelthugwhoseconnectionstoapowerful
localcrimelordthreatenstospelldoomforallinvolved,FritzdrawsPippainto
disastrous chain of events sparked by the forbidden desires of unsuspecting
loversShy(BloomandAndrea(ZoeSaldana).Now,astheWestIndiesthreatens
toexplodeintoviolence,Carlmustchoosebetweenthesafetyofhisdaughter
andfortunehe'stryingtohide
JAMAICA
Title:Annancyandthecommonsense
The common sense of everyone over the world cannot be stored in a
calabash.
GUADALOUPE
Title:Almendrón,myheart(Almendrón,micorazón)
ThebeautifullovestorybetweentheCubansandtheirbeautifulcarslasts
for decades. The cars cannot leave the island because they are part of
Cuba’’sheritage,likehistoricalmonuments!..
Theyarethemainsymbolofstrength,talentandthestruggleforsurvival
ofanoncommonpeople;theyareanemblemoftheCubanhistory.
MARTINIQUE
Title:SouthernLights.(Lumièressur)
The Martinique’’s cultural wealth got its highest expression in the most
diverseartisticmanifestations.
NICARAGUA
Title:Nevermore(Yanomás)
According to U.N., Domestic violence is, the most hidden and
extendedhumanrightsviolationintheworld.Itrepresentsthefirst
causeofdeathanddisabilityin15to45ͲyearͲoldwomenandcauses
more deaths than car accidents, cancer or even war. This
documentary shows the cruel reality of male violence reflected in
testimonies of several women that break the silence and beat the
fear, speaking to denounce the hidden drama of many others and
yellNEVERMORE!
Title: Women’’s courage. Struggle for the right to land. (El valor de las Mujeres. La Lucha por el
derechoalatierra)
During the last few years, big steps have been made toward the
equalityamongmenandwomen.Senaida,MariaGuadalupe,Silvia,
Maria Ana, Blanca y Analina, represent women from Honduras,
Guatemala and El Salvador, and all the Central America’’s
countrywomenthatobtained,thepossessionoflandsthroughtheir
organizedstruggles.
Title:Caribbean’’sLostTreasure(ElTesoroPerdidodelCaribe)
Calledinthepast““Caribbean’’sTreasure””,lobsterhadrepresenteda
bigincomesourceforNicaragua’’sAtlanticCoastpeople.Itstillis
today,thoughitgetsmorelimitedwithtime,anddemandsfrom
diversahigherprice.Thesemenworkininhumanconditions,which
causethemirreversiblehealthdamages,andevendeath.Besides,
thefishingofoutͲofͲsizeanimalsiscausingthedrainingofthe
resource.
DOMINICANREPUBLIC
Title:NeuYorlIII(NuebaYolIII)
OrodotoBalbuenaisaDominicanimmigrantthatworksinNewYork
City, hoping to obtain the Green Card. The near approbation of a
new AntiͲImmigrant Law, that threats them to deportation, takes
Balbuena––asmanyotherLatinosͲto““arrange””hismarriagewitha
local,sohecandeceivetheImmigrationOfficers.
Title:HomeDeliveredThieves(LadronesaDomicilio)
Home Delivered Thieves is a socioͲpolitical satire
that brings us to Bruno, family father and College
teacher whose only objective is to maintain his
family with honesty. Sandra, his older daughter, is
about to graduate from High School and she and
herfatherhopetoobtainascholarshipinafamous
private university…… unfortunately, sometimes
honestyisnotthewaytoobtainmoney.
SURINAME
Title:ALoveStory
Lesley and Anne come from very different worlds, but against all
oddstheyfallinlove.Willtheirlovebestrongenoughtobridgethe
differences and to counter their mutual prejudices? Everything is
moreconfusingastheyreceivetheresultoftheirHIVtest……
ST.MARTIN
Title:Panman:RhythmofthePalms
ThefirstinternationalfilmfromSt.Martin,tellsthestoryoftherise
andfallofthecareerofdrummerHarryDaniel.Harryisasymbolin
the Caribbean and his private lifefeels the consequences of putting
hismusicoverhisfamily.He’’sdesperatetogivetheflagofcultureto
ayoungergeneration.
VENEZUELA
Title:Bolivar,songtoTheLiberator(Bolívar,cantoalLibertador.)
AstatueofSimonBolivarshinesinanAndeanregionandtalkstoalostbirdandtells
ustorememberallwehaveforgotteninLatinAmerica.
Title:Machera
Machera: the Merida’’s Robin Hood, is a documentary with fiction
elements that explore the myth appeared around the life of Luis
EnriqueCerradaMolina(1956Ͳ1977),themostpopularmiraculous
death in Andean population, who was a famous thief because he
distributed all his holdup’’s booty with the people from poor
neighborhoods,andbecausehewasshottodeathbythepolice.
Title:LibertadorMorales
LibertadorMoralesisagoodtaxiͲbikedriverinCaracas.Heisafan
ofcityrulesandlaws,andSimonBolivar’’sfamousstatements.He’’s
alwaysbeenamodelcitizen.Atnightheturnsinto““ElJusticiero””,
fightingcrimeinthecommunity.
Title:Dotandline(Puntoyraya)
Part buddy movie, part political satire, Dot and line follows the
adventures of an unlikely duo, a crook enrolled by force in the
Venezuelan army (Roque Valero) and a honest and naive
Columbian (Edgar Ramírez) serving his country. Separated from
theirrespectiveunitsafterabattle,thetwonemeseswilldevelop
an unexpected friendship after multiple fights and various
encounterswiththeguerilla,thedrugcartelandtheirowncamps.
They will even settle the score while visiting their hometowns, as
the Columbian will lose his virginity with his companion's sister
whilethelatterwillfulfilltheformergirlfriend'sfantasies.
TRINIDAD&TOBAGO
Title:Calypso@DirtyJim’’s
CalypsoisthesoulofTrinidadIsland.Calypso@DirtyJim’’stellsthe
storyofthereunionsofanentiregenerationofartistsfromhighest
calypso’’s spheres in the ““Dirty Jim’’s Club”” famous scenario that
wasrebuiltforthemovie.Thismusicaldocumentaryisasensitive
evocationtothegoldenageofCalypso.