ST. BARTH FILM FESTIVAL
CINEMA CARAIBE
23-28 April 2004

The St. Barth Festival of Caribbean Cinema (Cinéma Caraïbe) celebrates its 9th anniversary April 23-28, 2004 on the island of St. Barthélemy in the French West Indies. This ninth edition of the festival once again offers the population of St. Barthelemy the chance to discover films and filmmakers of the Caribbean basin, as well as thought-provoking international films. Festival guests include filmmakers, producers and cinematographers, as well as cinema professionals from around the world who have a strong interest in Caribbean film and culture.

THE 2004 SCHEDULE

Friday April 23 - Nada by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (Cuba/France, 2002) 35mm at AJOE, (in Spanish with French Subtitles)

Saturday April 24 – The Agronomist/ L’Agronome by Jonathan Demme (Haiti/USA, 2003) 35mm at AJOE (in English, French, and Creole with French subtitles)

Saturday April 24 – Karukera-Gorée, memory of tomorrow, (Guadeloupe, Documentaire, 2003), a video by Tony Coco-Viloin, at La Bibliotheque Municipale in Gustavia, presented by the director (in French) Introduced by short films by students from local schools.

Sunday April 25 – Nha Fala by Flora Gomes (Guinea Bissau, 2003) 35mm at AJOE presented by Fatou N'Diaye (in Portuguese with French subtitles)

Monday April 26 – Entre dos Ciclones/ Entre deux Ciclones / Between two Hurricanes by Enrique Colina (Cuba / France), presented by Didier Couedic, 35mm at AJOE (In Spanish with French subtitles)

Tuesday April 27 – Nord-Plage by Jose Hayat, (Martinique 2003), 35 mm at AJOE,
presented by Jose Hayot and Patrick Chamoiseau (in English with French subtitles)

Wednesday April 28 – Nosotros la Musica/ Nous la Musique/ We are the Music by Rogelio Paris (Cuba, 1965), presented by Rogelio Paris, video projection at The Buena Vista (in Spanish with French subtitles)

The St. Barth Film Festival was launched in 1996, allowing the island to open its doors to the cultural richness of the Caribbean by way of its cinema. The success of the first festival encouraged its growth into an annual event, with the second festival in 1997; the third, fourth, and fifth years of the festival confirmed the role of "Cinéma Caraïbe" as an important showcase for Caribbean cinema. Now an established event on the island's cultural calendar, the festival has put St. Barth on the map as a meeting place for regional filmmakers to come together to screen and discuss their work.


In addition to the 35mm films screened in the evenings at A.J.O.E. in Lorient, the St. Barth Film Festival also organizes film-in-the-schools programs in which filmmakers work with the island's students to help them discover filmmaking as both a career option and a tool of cultural expression. The festival will also present an annual round-table discussion on Caribbean Cinema and an afternoon of video screenings, open free to the public. All films and videos in the festival are presented in their original language and sub-titled in French (see attached list for all films presented since 1996).