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Contents
Editorial The Regional AV Sector in Context Spotlight on the Global AV Sector
Five Key Questions - Film Entrepreneurs Film Commissions, Schools and Festivals Rough Cuts: CT Marketplace Pitches 2 3 4 5 8 13 18 19 20 22 23 24 25
Production Team
Dr. Keith Nurse - Director Shalisha Samuel - Research Consultant Stephanie Alleyne - Communications Consultant Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law Policy & Services CARICOM Research Building University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus St Michael, BARBADOS, BB11000 246.417.4805/246.471.4553 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shridathramphalcentre.org
www.creativeindustriesexchange.org
CTWD takes Caribbean Film to Toronto UNIDO/CEMA Awardees at TIFF Regional AV Sector Survey Results Film in the Commonwealth
What is the Creative Industry Exchange? CIE is an outreach project of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law which was initially funded by the UNESCO, Kingston of?ce.
Caribbean Export and the AV Sector Yes We CAN EPA and the AV Sector
On the cover: Colorful Caribbean Feelings. Illustration by JP Joyette St Vincent & the Grenadines
The CIE is a web portal that provides a Regional AV Sector Groupings 26 regional mechanism for the collection, Editorial collation, analysis and dissemination of data and information on the cultural/creative industries. This inaugural issue of Caribbean Creatives, sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), United Nations Educational, Scienti?c and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), puts the spotlight on the region’s Audiovisual What are the aims and objectives of CIE? Sector. The main focus is on documenting some of the key global and regional trends as well as some of the initiatives being pursued by creative entrepreneurs and organizations. The principal objective of the CIE is to document the economic impact and contribution of the cultural/creative industries to the Caribbean. The CIE aims to facilitate a stronger national and regional framework for the strategic management of the cultural/creative industries. The CIE aims to enhance the image and pro?le of the Caribbean cultural/creative industries sector in the regional and international context. In a question and answer segment select ?lmmakers, including Howard Allen (HAMA Productions), Frances-Anne Solomon (CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution) and Christopher Laird (Gayelle the Channel), provide their outlook on the ?lm and audiovisual industry in the Caribbean and offer advice to aspiring professionals. Included in this issue is a comparative analysis of the ?lm commissions, ?lm schools and ?lm festivals in the English, French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. The focus is on the main functions of these agencies in the audiovisual industry and their role in the advancement of the regional sector. The article also identi?es best-practices that can be used as a model for like bodies to emulate. In this regard, a thorough breakdown of the process required to ?lm in the Caribbean is outlined in the section on Film Commissions. The analysis also highlights and emphasizes the need to document the ?nancial contributions of “on location” ?lming and ?lm festivals. The segment entitled “Rough Cuts” features the work of ?lmmakers that pitched their projects at an international panel of buyers and distributors at the CaribbeanTales Marketplace which was co-hosted by the Shridath Ramphal Centre. Also included is an analysis of the visitor and audiovisual producers’ survey, conducted at the Caribbean Tales Film Festival in Barbados, March 2010. Caribbean Creatives concludes with a broad strategic look at the future of the audiovisual sector in the Caribbean and prof ?\?? ??YH ?X??[Y[?][???Z]?\??K ???[?[?]??X]]?H[? \? ?Y\?^?[??H\?X??? ?Y]?[\[?[? ?H??[?\??][?[ ?YH]??X?H[??\??X?\?????????X]]?Z[? \? ?Y\?^?[??K???B???? [YH H?\ [X?\? H??[X?\? ? L??