TTFF is dedicated to facilitating growth through the annual festival, year round screenings and workshops and programmes as an avenue for film makers to network and hone their craft.
The Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) is back again and is celebrating its 11th edition with the Trinidad and Tobago premiere of Maria Govan’s “Play The Devil!”
The locally produced film, Play The Devil, which debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June, tells a universal story of self-denial and dysfunctional power dynamics within individuals, families and the wider society. Feeling the pressure to achieve what no one else in his family has managed to – excel at high school, win a scholarship to study abroad, become a doctor, rise beyond his humble beginnings and most importantly, make his grandmother proud – there’s pressure building beneath 18-year-old Gregory’s gentle exterior. When he befriends the sophisticated businessman, James (played by first time actor Gareth Jenkins), it seems that someone finally understands him and his secret desire to become a photographer. Though supportive of his artistic passion, James begins to push Gregory’s boundaries, fueling a powder keg of emotions, in a cat and mouse entanglement that will reach its crescendo on Carnival Monday, amidst the frenzied dance macabre of Paramin’s famed blue devil celebrations.
Other local features to look forward to this year at the festival are The Cutlass, Tomb, and Sanskara.
Also screening over the week long run of the festival from September 20th-27th will be a wide array of local and foreign Narrative and Documentary short and feature films, as well as experimental films.
Be sure to support the films screening this year!
Contact: Call 1.868.621.0709 for more information! Also, check out their website and Festival guides are available at Movietowne PoS, UWI, and their office at 199 Belmont Circular.
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