BarriVision To Release New Film "The Gift Everlasting" In Jamaica and Florida

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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ollowing on the success of their first film, Just Another Friday, BarriVision Films and Jamaica Youth for Christ have partnered once more to produce The Gift Everlasting. The film features many of the same actors as before from the drama team, Acts 12, with a few additions, including the writer/director herself, Judith Falloon-Reid.


 

 

Sandra played by Judith Falloon-Reid

The trailer, which was released on Friday, June 20th at the Jamaica Youth for Christ headquarters in Kingston.

BarriVision head, Michael “Barri” Brown, expects The Gift Everlasting to be an even larger success than its predecessor. “We’ve completed the filming,” said Brown “and are looking forward to bringing the finished product to the screen in November. The story captures a wider audience and is universal. There are still some areas of financial need to complete the project, however, and we will be launching an Indiegogo campaign to help raise the funds.”

The Gift is scheduled to be released in Jamaica on November 20, 2014 and in South Florida on December 12, 2014.

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Jamaican Inspired Film - Home Again

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Home Again is a Canadian drama film directed by Sudz Sutherland, about people who have been deported back to Jamaica, despite having lived in Canada for most of their lives. The film was shot Trinidad and Tobago but set in Kingston, Jamaica.

 

Home Again is the story about three Jamaicans, who are deported from the U.S., Canada, and England and must make their way in a land that they are not familiar with. Once they landed in Kingston, without a compass of any kind, they discover every day is a fight for survival where family support, friendships, and shelter are elusive. They embark on a journey that pushes their endurance beyond measure and forces them to discover who they truly are.

 

A searing, fast paced drama Home Again asks the question, “How would you survive?”

 

Cast

Lyriq Bent as Dunston Williams

Tatyana Ali as Marva Johnson

Stephan James as Everton St. Clair

Fefe Dobson as Cherry C.

Richard Chevolleau as Jammix

Paul Campbell as Uncle Archie Morris

Kadeem Wilson as Jim "The Don" Gilbert

Brian Brown as Ras Leon

 

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Film: Half of a Yellow Sun to Premiere at Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival 2013

Monday, July 29, 2013

The film Half of a Yellow Sun, starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, based on the award-winning novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will open the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) 2013. The opening night gala takes place at Queen’s Hall on 17 September, and will kick off the two-week Festival, which runs until 01 October.

The screening of Half of a Yellow Sun as the ttff/13’s opening night selection will mark the film’s Caribbean premiere. It will also be only the second time audiences will get to see the film, after its world premiere a few weeks prior at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival.

 Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton

Half of a Yellow Sun is set in 1960s Nigeria; the story brings audiences into a country torn apart by civil war and shows how the interwoven lives of four central characters intersect during a struggle to establish the independent republic of Biafra.

The film boasts an impressive supporting cast that includes Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, The Princess and the Frog), John Boyega (Attack the Block), Joseph Mawle (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Awakening, Game of Thrones), Genevieve Nnaji, and Nigerian singer and actress Onyeka Onwenu.

Directed by acclaimed Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele, Half of a Yellow Sun is a product of “Nollywood” — the moniker bestowed on Nigeria’s booming film industry that produces over 2,000 movies a year and has become the third most valuable movie industry in the world behind only Hollywood and Bollywood. Half of a Yellow Sun is the country’s most ambitious and most expensive film to date, with a budget of N$1.27 billion (approximately US$8 million).

Produced by Bafta award-winner Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland) and Gail Ega (The Constant Gardner), the film is a British/Nigerian co-production and was shot at Tinapa Film Studio in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom.

“It’s a real honour to have Half of a Yellow Sun invited to be the opening night film of the trinidad+ tobago film festival,” said Calderwood, who will attend the opening. “The Festival has always been great supporters of this project, and as a groundbreaking film from top Nigerian talent telling this epic story on an international scale, this is the perfect way to introduce it to audiences in the Caribbean as we take the film out to the world.”

“We are proud that Half of a Yellow Sun will open the Festival,” added Bruce Paddington, Founder and Festival Director, ttff. “This continues our mandate to not only show films from the Caribbean and the diaspora but to also celebrate films made in Africa, one of our heritage countries.”

 

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Cuban Film ¨Pablo¨ Receives Nominations in the New York Film Festival

Thursday, May 9, 2013

¨Pablo¨, the first feature film directed by Yosmani Acosta Martinez is nominated in five categories in the next the New York International Film Festival.     Details of this event were revealed in a communication sent to Camaguey by Acosta Martinez from the United States, where he traveled to attend several events related to the audiovisual productions. This film is considered a public good campaign against domestic violence and it has been nominated in the categories of best foreign film, best director, best leading actor and actress, best supporting actor, and best original script. Javier Diaz Varona, born in Camagüey and who was 12 years old when filming the movie, took most of the role of the leading character, Pablo, briefly played in childhood by his brother Jadiel (five years at that time ), in a film shot in 2011 in the capital of the province. One of the few professional actors in the film, Omar Franco ,with remarkable scenic career was nominated in the category of Supporting Actor, for his performance of Rogelio, the father of Pablo, a victim of domestic abuse. Yosmani Acosta, Joel Ortega and Luisa Alejo are the authors of the script, which is a denunciation to a scourge of universal impact. Martinez Acosta's visit related to the presentation of the film in U.S. territory began in the Palm Beach International Film Festival, Florida. In addition to the scale of New York, the trip will include meetings in Tampa and Chicago, as well as commercial projections. It is also scheduled the film to participate in a forum in Saint-Julien-en Born, to be held in June in France. The first public screenings of the film took place last December in Havana, in an out of competition program at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

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Jamaican Gospel Movie " Just Another Friday" Premieres to a Sold-out Audience

Thursday, April 4, 2013

There was standing room only at Redbones in New Kingston at the recent premiere of Jamaica's first Gospel movie, Just Another Friday. The red carpet event drew a large audience from all walks of life, all dressed for the occasion, to witness the ground breaking movie which features Acts 12, the drama ministry of the Jamaica Youth for Christ and a number of gospel artistes.

Just Another Friday was produced and directed by veteran television producer Michael "Barri" Brown of BarriVision Productions and wife Judith Falloon-Reid Brown, author and screenplay writer, in association with the Jamaica Youth for Christ.

In his comments to the gathering, Michael responded to an inquiry about the challenges faced during the making of the movie with a popular quote "God does not call the equipped; he equips the called. My wife and I are grateful to have been among the called." He spoke briefly about the many difficulties of working with very little funding, scheduling actors who had full time jobs and ministry commitments and working with the ever changing weather conditions.

Judith added that the challenges were overshadowed by the many blessings they received from supporters. "The inspiration to complete the project," she said, came from our belief that the impact of the movie will be great, especially given the overwhelming response we received to the play version which was aired on TV. We want to be change makers, elevating the consciousness and offering a wholesome film experience which is in keeping with BarriVision's mission to provide family programming and Jamaica Youth for Christ's mission of reaching the youth."

Just Another Friday was filmed in Ocho Rios at the home of Reid-Brown's sister, and in Kingston at the Franklyn Town Church Of God.

The Jamaica Youth for Christ will be the main beneficiary of the movie with 60% of all proceeds, in perpetuity, being donated towards the work of the ministry.

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