Jamaica 2nd Reggae Film Festival !

An interesting event! Remind me this St Lucian group Psychokey (they not anymore in the country) who created a live music show based on a movie projected in the back of the stage, the story was about a Ras and his plantation burnt by helicopters... well for sure they could participate in this film festival. www.psychokey.com

Come Monday, February 23 to Friday February 27, 2009, Jamaica will host the second Annual Reggae Film Festival, at Emancipation Park, in Kingston. This event is organised by the Jamaica Film Academy (JFA), through the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS).

"As you know, the MICYS has many divisions that have film making arms, you have the Creative Production and Training Centre, Media Technology Institute, Jamaica Information Service, Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica, to name a few... plus it also has the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. So, this is really the place where we see we can finally make something equivalent to the Cuban Film Institute, which has film making under one umbrella, and has therefore become the most productive film country in the region, and one might even say, the hemisphere," Miss Hannah pointed out.

The patrons would see films that they have never seen in Jamaica and probably would never see in Jamaica, but for the Festival. Entries have already started to come in. "We already got a lovely entry from Italy that won the Babel Gum on-line Film Festival award that was judged by Spike Lee and the award was presented at the last Cannes Film Festival,".

The Festival is scheduled for Monday, February 23 to Friday February 27, 2009. There will be screenings in the day under a large tent and during the nights in the open air. Ms. Hannah is encouraging all Jamaicans to support the event, which is free to the public.

The first Reggae Film Festival was held in Kingston, from February 20 to 22, 2008, and showcased several films that have been made about Jamaica's Reggae music and culture. Most of the films were making their debut in Jamaica, as many of them had been made by non-Jamaicans living and working outside the country.

www.jamaicafilmacademy.org/