After a quick hiatus, the Trinidad+Tobago Movie Competition (TTFF) is making a vibrant return this 12 months, powered by a brand new partnership with One Woodbrook Place (OWP).
Organisers and companions say the collaboration will infuse the nineteenth version of the pageant with new life, vitality, and accessibility—all anchored within the coronary heart of considered one of Port of Spain’s most dynamic neighbourhoods.
Describing the partnership as a pure match, OWP highlighted its distinctive mixture of procuring, eating, and leisure as the best backdrop for a pageant that thrives on neighborhood and creativity. “We’re honoured to accomplice with the Trinidad+Tobago Movie Competition for its nineteenth version,” mentioned a spokesperson for OWP. “We’re excited to assist create memorable experiences for filmmakers and audiences alike.”
The TTFF group welcomed the alliance, calling it each strategic and symbolic. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with OWP for the nineteenth version staging of the Trinidad and Tobago Movie Competition,” mentioned Melanie Archer, a member of the pageant’s advisory group. Archer mirrored on the realm’s cultural significance: “I’ve lived on this vibrant, inventive, and inventive centre of Port of Spain for nearly twenty years, and it’s been on the coronary heart of a few of my greatest pageant experiences—from experimental movies at Woodbrook artwork areas to outside screenings on The Avenue.”
She mentioned this return to Woodbrook alerts the TTFF’s intent to reclaim the thrill, vitality, and connection that after made it a beloved fixture on the Caribbean movie calendar.
Backing this renewed imaginative and prescient is Cinema One, proprietor of the IMAX and Gemstone Cinemas at OWP, which can function the first exhibition venue. “At Cinema One we really consider within the energy of native storytelling, so we’re honoured to be working with TTFF as the first exhibition accomplice for TTFF/25,” mentioned Ingrid Jahra, CEO of Cinema One. “We all know our audiences will benefit from the pageant expertise and the vary of fantastic Caribbean movies that shall be on provide.”
As a part of the collaboration, One Woodbrook Place will remodel right into a centralised pageant hub, offering fashionable screening services, on-site eating, and area for outside screenings, networking mixers, pop-up occasions, and filmmaker Q&As. Festivalgoers will have the ability to take pleasure in the whole lot from film premieres to themed occasions in a single walkable, social setting.
“With TTFF’s return, audiences can count on an thrilling and interesting celebration of Caribbean cinema. Keep tuned for the total schedule and be a part of us at One Woodbrook Place for an unforgettable movie expertise,” mentioned Archer.
The complete schedule of occasions is anticipated to be introduced within the coming weeks.
