Belize International Film Festival 4th Edition


From the Festival Director

The 4th Edition of the Belize International Film Festival closes!

suzette100x100After a hectic but fun filled 10 days of films, industry workshops, seminars and presentations from visiting filmmakers, film schools and film festivals, the Belize International Film Festival for 2009 has come to an end.
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Guests
  • Adrian Allen
    Award winning director, cinematographer and producer.
  • Paul Campbell
    Jamaica’s most popular contemporary actor of screen and stage.
  • Estrella Hendrickson
    Director, School of Informatics, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television, Cuba
  • Skip Weaver
    Prop Master
  • Matt Castagna
    Producer, THE ENEMY GOD (screening on July 25th in BIFF 2009)
  • Michael Jai White
    Popular African American actor
  • Riviera Maya Grip
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Seminars & Workshops
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Title: Café Series Presents PAR Pictures
Date: Thursday 23rd July
Location: The Café, Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts
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Café Series Presents PAR Pictures
PAR-logo-bannerTITLE: Café Series Presents PAR Pictures
GUEST SPEAKERS: Paul Campbell, Vivienne Chance, Adrian Allen
DATE & TIME: Thursday 23rd July (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
LOCATION: The Café, Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts
COST: FREE

As part of the ongoing Café Series at the Bliss Centre, the Belize International Film Festival presents an intimate and informal forum for industry professionals and independent filmmakers. This discussion with PAR Pictures focuses on their respective experiences in Caribbean Cinema and is an excellent prelude to the week long activities of the Festival. It will be an evening of socializing and industry discussion.

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Rules & Entry Form

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Be sure to review the Rules & Regulations.

 
Feature length docs
  • Blood and Water (2007) CANADA 78 min Dir: Rohan Fernando
  • Born Without / Nacido Sin (2007) MEXICO 87 min Dir: Eva Norwind
  • Final Solution (2005) INDIA 118 min. Dir: Rakesh Sharma (w/ Spanish titles)
  • Garbage Dreams (2009) USA / EGYPT 79 mins Dir: Mai Iskander
  • Jacques Roumain: the Passion for a Country / Jacques Roumain: La Passion d'un Pays (2008) HAITI/CANADA 111 min Dir: Arnold Antonin
  • The Fists of a Nation / Los Puños de Una Nación (2005) PANAMA 75 min Dir: Pituka Ortega Heilbron
  • Three Kings of Belize (2007) BELIZE 88 min Dir: Katia Paradis
  • White Bear / Oso Blanco (2008) PUERTO RICO 82 min Dir: Christian Suau + Ramiro Millán

 

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Press
1 Barrel Audience Awards !!!
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See all in the Gallery!
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Program
FILM-SCHEDULE
2009 Festival Schedule
 
Escuela Internacional De Cine y Televisión
EICTV_pag1TITLE: Escuela Internacional De Cine y Television, Cuba
PRESENTER: Estrella Hendrickson
DATE: & TIME: Wednesday, July 29th (2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: Bliss Round

COST: FREE

A special presentation on the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television followed by a screening of short student films. A question and answer session on the film school and filmmaking workshops offered at the school follows.

 

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Africala Film Festival

africalaTITLE: AFRICALA FILM FESTIVAL
PRESENTERS: Flavio Florencio
DATE & TIME: Monday 27th (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
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LOCATION: Bliss Centre
COST: FREE

A special presentation on the Africala Film Festival followed by a screening of short films from Rwanda that were presented in AFRICALA.

Flavio Florencio, Africala Festival Director, studied Arabic Philosophy at the University of Barcelona and later specialized in documentary cinema. He is the founder of the first African Film Festival in Latin America AFRICALA which takes place in Mexico, Chile, Venezuela and Brazil.

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Feature length fiction
  • A Winter Tale (2007) CANADA 100 min Dir: Frances Anne Solomon
  • Black Dynamite (2008) USA 90 min Dir: Scott Sanders
  • Cochochi (2007) MEXICO 87 min Dir: Laura Amelia Guzmán + Israel Cárdenas
  • El Benny (2006) CUBA 132 min Dir: Jorge Luis Sánchez
  • Finder of Lost Children (2009) CANADA 102 min. Dir: Ricardo Scipio
  • Gasoline / Gasolina (2008) GUATEMALA 80 min Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón
  • Hit for Six (2007) BARBADOS 99 min Dir: Alison Saunders-Franklyn
  • Kambakht Ishq (2009) INDIA 2 hr, 22 min Dir: Sabir Khan
  • Kangamba (2008) CUBA 95 min Dir: Rolando Perez
  • Karma Calling (2009) INDIA/USA 90 min. Dir: Sarba Das
  • Klimt (2006) AUSTRIA 97 min Dir: Raoul Ruiz
  • Lovesickness / Maldeamores (2007) PUERTO RICO 105 min Carlos Ruiz Ruiz
  • Lower City / Cidade Baixa (2005) BRAZIL 100 min Dir: Sergio Machado
  • The Cut / Le Couperet (2005) FRANCE 122 min Dir: Costa Graves
  • The Enemy God (2007) BELIZE 100 min Dir: Christopher Bessette
  • To the Other Side /Al Otro Lado (2005) MEXICO 89 min Dir: Gustavo Loza
  • What Sebastian Dreamt (2004) GUATEMALA 83 min Dir: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

 

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Short fiction
  • A Love Story: Lesley & Anne / Wan Lobi Tori (2005) SURINAME 40 min Dir: Sharda Ganga
  • Adolfo (2006) FRANCE / CUBA 43 min Dir: Sofi Delaage
  • Aphelium (2005) SWEDEN 60 min Dir: Mikis Mazarakis
  • Dem Bally Deh (2007) BELIZE 54 min Dir: Steve Berry
  • Gossip: Shirley & John / Sma Mofo (2008) SURINAME 55 min Dir: Sharda Ganga
  • Hejira (2005) CANADA 18 min Dir: Baharak Saeid Monir
  • Krismus Cheapo (2008) BELIZE 4 min Dir. Linda Blease
  • Mother / Mae (2008) BRAZIL 16 min Dir: Luis Antonio Pereira
  • Tomasa In Time (2007) BELIZE 15 min Dir: Steve Berry
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