The tenth edi­tion of Africa Film Trinidad and To­ba­go de­liv­ered on its promise to be a spec­tac­u­lar cel­e­bra­tion of cin­e­ma and cre­ativ­i­ty, fea­tur­ing a cu­rat­ed se­lec­tion of films, work­shops, pan­el dis­cus­sions, and net­work­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties.

On May 22, there was a open­ing night gala. The fes­ti­val, which ends to­day, al­so fea­tured the Caribbean pre­miere of ‘Good­bye Ju­lia’, an award-win­ning, Su­danese dra­ma film ex­ec­u­tive ex­ec­u­tive pro­duced by Os­car-win­ning ac­tress Lupi­ta Ny­ong’o.

To­day, at 2 pm, there will be a net­work­ing event and pan­el dis­cus­sion ti­tled ‘Cre­ators Con­nect: Nav­i­gat­ing Dig­i­tal Fron­tiers’ fea­tur­ing Har­bi and oth­er dig­i­tal ex­perts and pro­fes­sion­als from T&T.

Founder and di­rec­tor Asha Lovelace states, “As tech­nol­o­gy con­tin­ues to rev­o­lu­tionise how con­tent is cre­at­ed, dis­trib­uted, and con­sumed, stay­ing ahead of the curve is es­sen­tial for in­dus­try pro­fes­sion­als seek­ing to thrive in this rapid­ly evolv­ing land­scape.”

Lovelace said, “The con­nec­tion we con­tin­ue to build with Africa and the di­as­po­ra cre­ates a valu­able op­por­tu­ni­ty for col­lab­o­ra­tion and ex­change for our lo­cal film­mak­ers.”

Ac­cord­ing to fes­ti­val co­or­di­na­tor Melanie Jones Pow­ell, “one of our de­sired out­comes for this event is that at­ten­dees come to­geth­er to con­nect with in­dus­try peers, ex­perts, and in­no­va­tors where they can ex­change ideas, in­sights, and best prac­tices for nav­i­gat­ing dig­i­tal change.”

Over the past decade, the fes­ti­val has fea­tured an eclec­tic ar­ray of films emerg­ing from Africa and its Caribbean di­as­po­ra.