Nevis Film Festival launched

Films from Jamaica, Cuba, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Belize will be featured at the inaugural staging of the Nevis Film Festival. The event is being hosted jointly by the Community Cohesion Foundation, the Nevis Cultural Development Foundation and the Nevis Community Development Department at various venues across the island up until May 8.

According to Premier Parry, the Nevis Film Festival, on the island’s calendar of events, would promote the Nevis Tourism product and would add diverse activities.

The Festival has given film enthusiasts and visitors the opportunity to vacation on the island, while they viewed feature-length and short-films, animation, drama, documentary, experimental and hybrid new works by filmmakers from around the world.