The T&T Film Fes­ti­val (ttff) has an­nounced the first sec­tion of its pro­gramme of films for its 2013 edi­tion, the Caribbean fea­tures sec­tion. Twen­ty-two fea­ture-length Caribbean and di­as­po­ra films–ten fic­tion films and 12 doc­u­men­taries–will screen at the ttff/13, which runs from Sep­tem­ber 17�Oc­to­ber 1.

A re­lease from the ttff said the 22 films come from 14 Caribbean coun­tries, and all but one will be mak­ing their lo­cal pre­miere at the Fes­ti­val. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, five of the films will be world pre­mieres, nine will en­joy their Caribbean pre­miere, and two their in­ter­na­tion­al pre­miere.

Four­teen of the films will be in of­fi­cial com­pe­ti­tion, for one or more of four awards: Best Nar­ra­tive Fea­ture, Best Doc­u­men­tary Fea­ture, Best T&T Fea­ture and Best Caribbean Film by an In­ter­na­tion­al Film­mak­er.

"We have a very strong Caribbean pro­gramme this year, films from right across the re­gion, por­tray­ing us in all our di­ver­si­ty," said Annabelle Al­cazar, Pro­gramme Di­rec­tor of the ttff. "It's very ex­cit­ing to see the main sec­tion of our pro­gramme, grow."

Still to be an­nounced are the clos­ing night film, the sec­tion of Caribbean short and medi­um-length films, the panora­ma sec­tion of fea­ture-length films (films from world cin­e­ma), and the ex­per­i­men­tal films play­ing in the New Me­dia sec­tion.

Last week the Fes­ti­val an­nounced Half of a Yel­low Sun, the Niger­ian-UK dra­ma di­rect­ed by Biyi Ban­dele, as its open­ing night film.

TTFF 13

The full line­up of Caribbean fea­tures fol­lows. Films marked with an as­ter­isk (*) are in com­pe­ti­tion.

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Nar­ra­tive se­lec­tions

Abo So Juan - Fran­cis­co Par­do (dir), Aru­ba, 2013, in­ter­na­tion­al pre­miere*

Ana's Film � Daniel D�az Tor­res (dir), Cu­ba, 2012, T&T pre­miere

Chris­sy! � Mar­cia Weekes (dir), Bar­ba­dos, 2012, T&T pre­miere

God Loves the Fight­er � Dami­an Mar­cano (dir), T&T/USA, 2013, world pre­miere*

I Am a Di­rec­tor � Javier Col�n (dir), Puer­to Ri­co, 2012, T&T pre­miere*

Kingston Par­adise � Mary Wells (dir), Ja­maica, 2013, Caribbean pre­miere*

Melaza � Car­los Lechuga (dir), Cu­ba, 2012, T&T pre­miere*

Pay­day � Sel­wyne Bourne (dir), Bar­ba­dos, 2013, in­ter­na­tion­al pre­miere

The Swim­ming Pool � Car­los Macha­do Quin­tela (dir), Cu­ba, 2012, T&T pre­miere

Three Kids � Jonas d'Adesky (dir), Haiti/Bel­gium, 2012, T&T pre­miere*

Doc­u­men­tary se­lec­tions

Car­mi­ta � Lau­ra Guzm�n and Is­rael Car­den�s (dir), 2013, Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic//Mex­i­co/Cu­ba, Caribbean pre­miere*

Fa­tal As­sis­tance � Raoul Peck (dir), Haiti/France, 2013, T&T pre­miere*

For­ward Ever: The Killing of a Rev­o­lu­tion - Bruce Padding­ton (dir), T&T/Grena­da, 2013, world pre­miere

No Bois Man No Fraid � Christo­pher Laird (dir), T&T, 2013, world pre­miere*

Po­et­ry is an Is­land: Derek Wal­cott � Ida Does (dir), Aru­ba/The Nether­lands/Suri­name/Saint Lu­cia, 2013, world pre­miere*

Red, White and Black: A Sports Odyssey � Robert Du­mas (dir), T&T, 2012

Silent Mu­sic � Melis­sa Gomez (dir), An­tigua, 2012, Caribbean pre­miere

Songs of Re­demp­tion � Miquel Galofr� and Aman­da Sans Pantling (dir), Ja­maica/Spain, 2013, T&T pre­miere*

The Stu­art Hall Project � John Akom­frah (dir), UK/Ja­maica, 2013, Caribbean pre­miere*

Ten Days of Muhar­ram: The Ce­dros Hosay � Che Ro­driguez (dir), T&T, 2013, world pre­miere*

Vi­va Cu­ba Li­bre: Rap is War! � Jesse Aceve­do (dir), Cu­ba/Mex­i­co/USA, 2013, Caribbean pre­miere*

The Wind that Blows � Thomas We­st­on (dir), St Vin­cent and the Grenadines/USA, 2013, T&T pre­miere