The Bridgetown Film Festival
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Documentary - Bridgetown Film Festival 2009 view all
Title GEORGE WASHINGTON IN BARBADOS
Director Mary Jane Gomes
Duration 24 min
Actors Adam Thompson
Category Open
Country Barbados
Synopsis

Date Time Venue
Sat, 13 Jun 7:00 pm OceanSpray
Title JYANY LADE
Director Hossein Jehani
Duration 17 min
Actors
Category Open
Country Australia
Synopsis Saiwan Saeedan is at the College of the Fine Arts. He needs to complete his last project to get his degree. His project is based on a documentary on the daily life of some villagers. The life of the villagers will be photographed and then painted, which will be shown in an exhibition in the same village. For him it is important to document all aspects of life in this village. It is for this reason he is also concerned about a cow whose leg is broken after falling down in snow.

Date Time Venue
Sat, 13 Jun 7:00 pm OceanSpray
Title NAWAY BA BA ROSHTOO
Director Hossein Jehani
Duration 10 min
Actors
Category Open
Country Australia
Synopsis War has destroyed our lives and homes. The inhabitants of this village deserted this area for few years. After 1991 uprising in Kurdistan they came back. The area is planted with mines. The poor people excavate the mines and sell them back. They have lost 15 men and tens of them are disabled. The poor condition forced them to use the parts of the weapons to build their houses.

Date Time Venue
Thu, 11 Jun 9:00 pm OceanSpray
Title SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE
Director Melissa. A Gomez
Duration 38 min
Actors
Category Open
Country Antigua and Barbuda
Synopsis "Share And Share Alike" tells a story about what 'family' should be all about by exploring the relationships between three Antiguan brothers - George, Wayne and Christopher - and the unique way in which they continue to fight for their brother Gary, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia almost 25 years ago.

Date Time Venue
Thu, 11 Jun 9:00 pm OceanSpray
Title SLAVERY TO INDEPENDENCE AND BEYOND
Director Earl Maynard
Duration 34 min
Actors
Category Open
Country Barbados
Synopsis

Date Time Venue
Sat, 13 Jun 7:00 pm OceanSpray
Title SPEECHLESS
Director sara Chow - Quan
Duration 18 min
Actors
Category Open
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis "Speechless" unfolds the dilemma of love; embrace inexplicable joy fringed in pain. It discovers that love is an entity in which both happiness and pain reside; identifying the difference between genuine expressions and deceit. "Speechless" unmasks the "I love you" façade, unearthing it's misuse; showing the image of true love.

Date Time Venue
Wed, 10 Jun 7:00 pm OceanSpray
Title WRESTLING WITH THE ANGELS: AN EXPLORATION OF CARIBEANNESS
Director Marsha Pearce
Duration 91 min
Actors Walt Lovelace, Yao Ramesar
Category Open
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis An exploration of Caribbean identity through the images and sounds of a ubiquitous feature of contemporary popular culture: the music video. The work wrestles with issues of self, as music video directors, producers and artistes share their view on the complexities of portraying Caribbean people and life using the moving images and sounds of the music video format.

Date Time Venue
Fri, 12 Jun 7:00 pm OceanSpray