All Audiences
Location: University of Mauritius . Réduit
Hall: Lecture Theatre 2
Duration: 1h13
curation
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival
Location: University of Mauritius . Réduit
Hall: Lecture Theatre 2
Duration: 1h13
curation
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival
Free entrance
Friday 9 October at 12.30
Friday 9 October at 12.30
Today, Neha and Hanuman both celebrate their birthdays. But they cannot get along because of some communication problems.
Filmmaker in attendance
Filmmaker in attendance
Old Moon
Raisa Bonnet
Puerto Rico / 2013 / Fiction / 11′
Spanish, subtitled in English
Raisa Bonnet
Puerto Rico / 2013 / Fiction / 11′
Spanish, subtitled in English
Elsa’s husband has just died and her relatives come to take their leave of him. Elsa observes with concern the relationship between her son-in-law and his daughter. Nonetheless, she continues to go about preparing food, hanging out the washing, feeding the chickens and tending the garden. Only her face gives away her unease.
Grave Digger
Gabrielle Blackwood
Jamaïca/ 2012 / Fiction / 13′
English and jamaican creole, subtitled in English
Gabrielle Blackwood
Jamaïca/ 2012 / Fiction / 13′
English and jamaican creole, subtitled in English
Two kingston street boys, Brinks and Moses, make a living selling stolen items from freshly laid graves. One night in the graveyard they discover a stash of buried firearms. Brinks decides to sell the guns to an unscrupulous customer despite Moses’s objections – with serious repercussions.
Doubles With Slight Pepper
Ian Harnarine
Trinida and Tobago / 2012 / Fiction / 16′
English, subtitled in English
Ian Harnarine
Trinida and Tobago / 2012 / Fiction / 16′
English, subtitled in English
In rural Trinidad, Dhani struggles to support himself and his mother by selling doubles by the market. When his estranged father returns from Canada unexpectedly, Dhani must decide if he will help save his father’s life despite their strained relationship.
Abecé
Diana Montero
Cuba / 2013 / Documentary/ 15′
Spanish, subtitled in English
Diana Montero
Cuba / 2013 / Documentary/ 15′
Spanish, subtitled in English
Leoneidi is a 12-year-old girl with a baby living in Sierra Maestra, Cuba, where the incidence of child pregnancy is high. Forced to abandon school, and verbally abused by her baby’s father, she struggles with her childish urges to play, the demands of motherhood and the obligations of family life.
Un Toit Pour Mes Vieux Os
Julien Silloray
Guadeloupe / 2013 / Fiction / 22′
French, subtitled in English
Julien Silloray
Guadeloupe / 2013 / Fiction / 22′
French, subtitled in English
JBB is an old man in Guadeloupe. He lives in a shack on a plot of land from which he is set to be evicted. He despairingly seeks the help of Hilaire, a witch doctor. But Hilaire will cause a bigger mess for JBB than he’s already in.