Participants who attended last year's showcase pictured here in Toronto.
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TORONTO, Canada -
The creativity of Caribbean filmmakers will be on show in Canada this
September when CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution's Toronto Film
Showcase returns to "Hollywood North".
Now in its sixth year,
the 2011 Toronto Film Showcase, and the recently introduced Market
Access Program, returns from September 7 to 17, 2011 and will run
alongside the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film
fest engages families, youth, community groups, and the celluloid
industry in a program which includes workshops, screenings, networking
sessions, and other activities celebrating the burgeoning film and
television sector in the Caribbean.
Frances-Anne Solomon, CEO
of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution (CTWD), reports the showcase
will celebrate 10 years of Caribbean animation. It will also feature the
highly successful Market Access incubator Program, now in its second
year, which connects Caribbean filmmakers with industry specialists,
potential partners, funders and business strategists in an intensive,
three-day training.
"Last year we
hosted a strong delegation of about 40 filmmakers and enthusiasts and we
are hopeful a number of them will return to update delegates on the
success of the partnerships they have forged and projects they have
developed," said Solomon, who also welcomed new attendees to make it to
Toronto in September.
Solomon also announced a new partnership
with the popular Harbourfront Centre, the headquarters for the 10-day
showcase which along with the market access incubator program, features
the launch of some exciting films, docu-dramas, and CTWD's 2011-2012
catalog of films.
The award-winning Trinidadian filmmaker
emphasized the region's premier film distribution company was definitely
on the move and full details of the showcase will be unveiled at a
press conference on July 20 in Toronto.
Among other goals, the
Toronto showcase aims to raise the profile of Caribbean filmmakers and
their products, support the growth of a vibrant world-class Caribbean
film and television industry, and serve as a platform for promoting the
Caribbean as a premier warm weather travel destination and location for
film production.
CTWD, a member of the BIM Ventures family of
entrepreneurs, has hosted two film festivals in Barbados, another in New
York, produced training workshops for filmmakers, and now has scores of
films in its catalog.
