Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival launches this September in Miami for their first annual event. Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the festival will take place from September 29th to October 2nd at the ‘O Cinema Wynwood’, and will showcase both short and feature films. The festival, which was founded by Third Horizon, is a Miami-based collective of Caribbean creatives whose first short film, “Papa Machete”, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, and had its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. In September, the festival’s goal will be to celebrate and empower filmmakers from the Caribbean and its Diaspora.
This year, Third Horizon is partnering with the Caribbean Film Academy, a Brooklyn-based not-for-profit whose mission is to support and distribute the work of Caribbean filmmakers, to host the festival. The duo believes, that as film production is becoming more democratic, a new generation of Caribbean filmmakers are now seizing the moment to bring Caribbean stories to the screen. Also, with the current drive for diversity in film, the time has never been more apt for sharing these stories with the world. The Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival aims to highlight the filmmakers leading this charge, and to encourage other directors and filmmakers from outside the region to produce more work within the Caribbean.
People from all over the region are welcomed to take part in the excitement and opportunity. If you want to submit a film for the festival, here are the requirements; the deadline to enter via their website www. thirdhorizonfilmfestival.com, is August 12, 2016.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Short film, no longer than 18 mins
2. Made after January 1, 2015
3. Made by filmmakers from the Caribbean or of Caribbean heritage. Films about the Caribbean and its Diaspora by non-Caribbean filmmakers are also welcome.
Documentaries, narratives, and animated films are all welcome
Submissions must include:
1. Synopsis
2. Credits
3. Two high resolution production stills or screen shots
Your film as a high resolution .mp4 or .mov file
