Bird's Eye View Productions Ltd.

18/06/2024

This Friday 21st June, .tt Director of Operations will be giving an artist talk . You don’t want to miss it!
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You are invited to artist Arnaldo James’ talk about his exhibition ‘In the Interim’ and upcoming work on 21 June 2024, 6pm to 8pm at , 37 Brunton Street, Port of Spain, T&T hosted by . He’ll also share on the business of art - funding, exhibiting and networking.

Honouring the ingenuity and resilience of Black and Indigenous Caribbean peoples in a world-structure actively pursuing their exploitation, Arnaldo James works towards equity and prosperity. Centring sustainability and feminism in his endeavours, he organises safe spaces for collaboration and community building. A graduate of the University of the West Indies and Cardiff Metropolitan University, James holds an MSc in Advanced Product Design, a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Enterprise Management and a BA in Visual Arts.

For several years, James has supported and organised actions invested in healthy futures for all. He co-leads the mental health non-profit Mindwise Project; directs and produces digital media at North Eleven as well as documentary films at Bird’s Eye View Productions. He is a project and operations manager, product and communication designer, visual artist and curator from Trinidad and Tobago. 

In 2017 he was jointly awarded the James W Ray Venture Project Award and in 2021 the Caribbean Development Bank’s CIIF Biennial prize. His exhibition with Christopher Paul Jordan In the Interim: Ritual Ground for a Future Black Archive showed from February to May 2022 at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle USA and he’s developed Compassionate States, a collaborative artwork exploring the impacts of statelessness on Indigenous and LGBTQIA Caribbean peoples. 

His latest artwork Herbarium, a collaboration with artist Jana Zatvarnicka, delves into plants’ spiritual, colonial, medicinal and historical relationships in Slovakia and Trinidad and Tobago. James is the Photographer-In-Residence at New Waves 2024 in Barbados and the upcoming Artist-In-Residence at Wa Na Wari in Washington State, USA.

06/12/2023

We are grateful for the opportunity to have collaborated again this year with the UNHCR on a new documentary film, Starting Over, which explores refugees and migrants’ experiences of working in Trinidad and Tobago.

Starting Over (Empezar de nuevo) [2023. Trinidad and Tobago. 23’. Documentary Film] was produced by Bird’s Eye View Productions for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), with support from the European Union, through the Inclusive Cities/Communities of Solidarity (ICCS) project, with the aims of
* giving refugees and migrants a platform to share their stories regarding access to work,
* highlighting the accomplishments of those refugees and migrants able to work through the Government’s Migrant Registration Framework, and
* advocating for more opportunities for refugees and migrants to access work, contribute to the communities they live in and be able to support themselves.

Many thanks to our community of friends, family, and to our collaborators:
Director, Editor, Cinematographer and Producer Rhonda Chan Soo; Producer, Graphic Designer and Post Production Supervisor Arnaldo James; Community Liaison Grevic Alvarado; Cinematographer Kerron Lemessy; Production Assistant Anushka Robinson; Production Assistant, Driver and Transcriber Jonathan Chan; Composer D**e Samai; Translator Carissa Martinez; Transcriber Raquel Vásquez La Roche.
Special thanks to: Christian Sealy, GBest Consultants and their Entrepreneur Focus Group; “Coach Perry”, The Challengers Volleyball Club and Vincent Marchan; Luis Vásquez La Roche; Chuma Isi, Jewel Ali and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Trinidad and Tobago; Anndres Restaurant, staff and customers, Kalifa Clyne, Miriam Aertker and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Trinidad and Tobago.

Here are some moments from the premiere which was hosted at IMAX last month. Photo credits: Marcel Montrichard and the UNHCR. Visit our website at birdseyeviewtt [dot] [com] to read more about the film and the premiere. We look forward to sharing the film with you all soon.

09/06/2023

Clips from “The Challengers” Documentary:
“The Challengers”, a competitive underdog volleyball club, nurtures community for Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Trinidad and Tobago. In the film, we learn about the team’s fight for inclusion, spending time with some of the volleyball players, on and off the court, as they prepare for an upcoming tournament.

Have you seen the film?! Let us know your thoughts, feelings, questions!

A documentary by Bird’s Eye View Productions, produced for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with support from the European Union, through the Inclusive Cities/Communities of Solidarity project.

IOM Port of Spain IOM - UN Migration Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Refugees International The Caribbean Centre For Human Rights Equal Opportunity Commission of Trinidad and Tobago Social Integration Projects for the Caribbean Living Water Community La Casita Hispanic Cultural Centre

25/04/2023

The Challengers will be screening at Hairouna Film Festival on Sunday 7th May, online! See post below for more details, and to watch.

About the film:
2022. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 21’. DOCUMENTARY
“The Challengers”, a competitive underdog volleyball club, nurtures community for Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Trinidad and Tobago. In the film, we learn about the team’s fight for inclusion, spending time with some of the volleyball players, on and off the court, as they prepare for an upcoming tournament.

A documentary by Bird’s Eye View Productions, produced for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with support from the European Union, through the Inclusive Cities/Communities of Solidarity project.

Team:
Executive Producer: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Producer, Director, Editor, Story: Rhonda Chan Soo
Producer, Story, Stills Photographer, Graphic Designer: Arnaldo James
Cinematography, Story, Assistant Editor, Trailer, Post Production: Michael Rochford
Score: D**e Samai
Translations (English to Spanish): Raquel Vasquez La Roche

More info about the film at:
https://birdseyeviewtt.com/the-challengers/

16/04/2023

Wishing Junnel and Cleo Lewis all the best at the art fair in Venice!

15/02/2023

We’re excited to share THE CHALLENGERS with audiences in India at the Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival!

SCREENING INFO
Date: 20 February, 2023
Location: DOT School of Design, Ambattur
Time: 9am screening block

ABOUT | THE CHALLENGERS
2022. Trinidad and Tobago. 21’. Documentary Film
“The Challengers”, a competitive underdog volleyball club, nurtures community for Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Trinidad and Tobago. In the film, we learn about the team’s fight for inclusion, spending time with some of the volleyball players, on and off the court, as they prepare for an upcoming tournament.

A documentary by Bird’s Eye View Productions, produced for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with support from the European Union, through the Inclusive Cities/Communities of Solidarity project.

More info about the festival at: http://chennaifilmfestival.blogspot.com/
More info about the film at our website

19/12/2022

"... The Challengers as a short documentary film telling the story of an “everyday hero,” volleyball coach Kanhai "Perry" Sirjoo, who is pushing for the integration of Venezuelan players into national volleyball leagues. It is a celebration of how inclusion and integration of refugees and migrants can benefit their host community..."

Excerpt from "Challenge of The Challengers: Filmmaker documents volleyball coach's lobby for Venezuelan players", an article in yesterday's Newsday, written by Janelle De Souza, on our latest film "The Challengers" directed by Rhonda Chan Soo, and produced by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency with support from the EU Inclusive Cities, Communities of Solidarity.

CREDITS
Executive Producer: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Producer, Director, Editor, Story: Rhonda Chan Soo
Producer, Story, Stills Photographer, Graphic Designer: Arnaldo James
Cinematography, Story, Assistant Editor, Trailer, Post Production: Michael Rochford
Score: D**e Samai
Translations (English to Spanish): Raquel Vásquez La Roche

In her new documentary, The Challengers, filmmaker Rhonda Chan Soo said she was drawn to the idea that everyday people can make a difference in the lives of others. And … Continue reading Challenge of The Challengers: Filmmaker documents volleyball coach’s lobby for Venezuelan players

02/12/2022

The Challengers has been selected as 1 of 28 films selected to screen at the 9th Annual Souq Film Festival this weekend in Milan, Italy.

“The international film competition promoted for the 9th year by the Casa della Ca**tà pays particular attention to the issues faced by the daily social work of the Milanese Foundation: from immigration to human rights, from violence against women to the condition of prisoners.”

 SOUQ Film Festival

THE CHALLENGERS will screen in the Short Films in Competition (Group IV) + Q&A

On SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
From 15.00 – 17.30

At Anteo Palazzo del Cinema





13/11/2022

We are back from screening The Challengers at The Courage Film Festival in Berlin, an opportunity to raise awareness and continue dialogue on Venezuelan migration, integration and inclusion.

The Challengers | 2022. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 21’. DOCUMENTARY
A documentary by Bird’s Eye View Productions, produced for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with support from the European Union, through the Inclusive Cities/Communities of Solidarity project, on the power of sport for integration.

ABOUT | “The Challengers”, a competitive underdog volleyball club, nurtures community for Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Trinidad and Tobago. In the film, we learn about the team’s fight for inclusion, spending time with some of the volleyball players, on and off the court, as they prepare for an upcoming tournament.

https://twitter.com/UNHCRTT/status/1589232437598437376?t=EfZRpXtotROPBA_fJvjMYw&s=08

“We met Sofia during 🏐 screening at the last week in Berlin. She's a 🇻🇪 refugee living in 🇩🇪 for the last 5 years. Now 22, she studies electrical engineering at uni and is the winner of a Friedrich Naumann Stiftung scholarship.”

07/10/2022

'My Watershed, My Home' has been selected as one of 8 short films in competition at the 4th edition of FIFAC 2022, which takes place in French Guiana from October 11 - 15.

Screening info:
Saturday October 15th, 2022 | 2:30 pm, at The Transportation Camp
Also available online on the day of the screening, for 24 hours – from midnight to midnight – Guyana time (GMT-3)

About the festival (translated from French):
FIFAC is the promise of multiple journeys to unpublished Amazonian and Caribbean stories, a social and political road movie that gives us a better understanding of the South American continent and the great archipelago, and the many peoples who inhabit them - FIFAC

About the film:
Community members from St. Anns/ Fondes Amandes, Trinidad, work to regenerate and halt destruction of their natural environment that lies on the outskirts of the capital city.

Set in Trinidad and Tobago, this film takes us to Fondes Amandes, St. Ann's, a mostly residential area on the outskirts of the nation's capital where various community members come together to work to reforest their watershed and bring back its biodiversity. But they must also get creative to address the underlying issues that are fueling the lingering threat of wildfires. Akilah Jaramogi and her daughter Kemba, John Stollmeyer (Johnny) and Garth Pierre take us on this journey into their community, into nature, through issues and their work, as they explain why they do what they do, and also what is the stake if we do nothing.

Featuring: John Stollmeyer John Stollmeyer, Akilah Jaramogi, Kemba Jaramogi Kemi Kemzs, Garth Pierre, Jemac Francois, Julien Jeffrey Seeberath Foundation for the Bioregional Autonomy of the Orinoco Watershed, Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP)

More info on the film available at our website: birdseyeviewtt.com

03/10/2022

Available to watch via Hairouna Film Festival's YouTube:
The full Q+A at HFF22 that followed the screening of "My Watershed, My Home". The discussion was moderated by Carver Bacchus and featured two of the film's participants, John Stollmeyer and Kemba Jaramogi. Foundation for the Bioregional Autonomy of the Orinoco Watershed, Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP)

More info below.

21/09/2022

“No matter the obstacle, they're up for the challenge 🤾🏽‍♀️

📽️ Premiering in Birmingham tonight, The Challengers follows a volleyball team uniquely comprised of Trinidadian and Venezuelan athletes, and showcases the power of inclusion and diversity in sport.” UNHCR Caribbean

Executive Producer | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Producer, Director, Editor, Story | Rhonda Chan Soo
Producer, Story, Stills Photographer, Graphic Designer | Arnaldo James
Cinematography, Story, Assistant Editor, Trailer, Post Production | Michael Rochford
Score | D**e Samai
Translations (English to Spanish) | Raquel Vásquez La Roche

“No matter the obstacle, they're up for the challenge 🤾🏽‍♀️ 📽️ Premiering in Birmingham tonight, The Challengers follows a volleyball team uniquely comprised of Trinidadian and Venezuelan athletes, and showcases the power of inclusion and diversity in sport.”

15/09/2022

We are excited to announce that "The Challengers", has been accepted for inclusion at the Caribbean International Film Fest/CIFF2022, in the screening block "Changing Futures".

In the lineup, you can expect "Soca, Sci-Fi, Red Tape and Refugees. All these gripping stories capture lives at a turning point" -

The film screening and filmmaker panel takes place on on Wednesday 21st September, from 17:30 - 19:30 BST. Producer will be representing on the panel. If you're nearby, please join us over at The Mockingbird Cinema and Kitchen, Birmingham, UK, for an evening of film and conversation!

About THE CHALLENGERS
“The Challengers”, a competitive underdog volleyball club, nurtures community for Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Trinidad and Tobago. In the film, we learn about the team’s fight for inclusion, spending time with some of the volleyball players, on and off the court, as they prepare for an upcoming tournament.

A documentary by Bird’s Eye View Productions, produced for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with support from the European Union, through the Inclusive Cities/Communities of Solidarity project.

Executive Producer | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Producer, Director, Editor, Story | Rhonda Chan Soo
Producer, Story, Stills Photographer, Graphic Designer | Arnaldo James
Cinematography, Story, Assistant Editor, Trailer, Post Production | Michael Rochford
Score | D**e Samai
Translations (English to Spanish) | Raquel Vásquez La Roche

23/08/2022

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Arnaldo James, Bird’s Eye View Productions’ Director of Strategy, will be giving an intimate artists talk in Singapore on August 27

For more info, check the original post

20/06/2022

Trailer drop!

The Challengers - “A short film about the power of sport for integration”

We are honoured to have created this short documentary film for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with support from EU in Trinidad and Tobago through the Inclusive Cities Iniciativa Ciudades Incluyentes y Comunidades Solidarias project.

“Everyone has a right to feel safe. A big part of that is feeling included in your community.” - excerpts from UNHCR in Trinidad and Tobago’s post on Twitter

Producer, Director, Editor, Story: Rhonda Chan Soo
Cinematography, Story, Assistant Editor, Trailer, Post Production: Michael Rochford
Producer, Story, Photographer, Graphic Designer: Arnaldo James (Arnaldo JJ)

Film coming soon!

11/05/2022

"My Watershed, My Home" (🇹🇹 2020, 22 mins, documentary film) is screening today, Wed. 11th May, at Hairouna Film Festival "LitterBug: These environmental films will open your eyes to the urgent conservation issues affecting our region."

Screening block starts at 6PM AST TODAY, with a Q&A to follow at 8:45PM.

Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP) and Foundation for the Bioregional Autonomy of the Orinoco Watershed will be representing the film in the Q&A!

ABOUT:
Set in Trinidad and Tobago, this film takes us into Fondes Amandes, St. Ann’s, on the outskirts of the country’s capital where diverse members of the community come together to work at reforesting their watershed, and on bringing back its biodiversity. But they must also get creative to address the underlying issues fueling the persistent threat of forest fires.

Akilah Jaramogi and her daughter Kemba, John Stollmeyer (Johnny), and Garth Pierre take us on this journey into their community, into nature, through the issues and their work, as they make their cases for why they do what they do, and also what’s at stake if we do nothing. In the film, we also see and hear “King Kobo”, Johnny’s rendition of the traditional Carnival character the Midnight Robber, who performs “robber talk” as a form of resistance against forces of oppression. The voice of the robber provides lyrical exposition to help frame the issues in the film.

This film is an exploration of the value of the environment and its role in community and culture, in a high-income developing country that is grappling with safeguarding its long-term economic and social well-being. It explores ideas of home, questions around development, and also provides examples of how communities can begin to take charge of the environments in which they live.

Featuring: John Stollmeyer, Akilah Jaramogi, Kemba Jaramogi, Garth Pierre, Jemac Francois, Julien Jeffrey Seeberath.

11/05/2022

Our film "My Watershed, My Home" will be screening tonight virtually and in-person, at 6PM AST, followed by a Q&A at 8:45PM.

Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP) and Foundation for the Bioregional Autonomy of the Orinoco Watershed will be representing the film in the Q&A! See below for more details.

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VIncy posse don't forget, you can watch our selection of environmental films (tonight) and animation films (Friday, May 20) in-person at Carib Beans .

Dates:
TONIGHT May 11 at 6pm AST

The lineup:
🎥"Maravilloso" directed by Lin Yvette Velazquez-Ferrer
🎥"My Watershed, My Home" directed by Rhonda Chan Soo .tt
🎥"Very Short Shorts" directed by A Group of Artists, Sai Saidu, Gavin Luke, Makili Brooms, Drex Lee, Shane Manchouk, Solange Plaza and Riyadh Rahaman courtesy of
🎥"Carbon Bomb" directed by Shane Thomas McMillan
🎥"We Still Here/Nos Tenemos" directed by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

FRIDAY, May 20 at 7:45pm AST

The line up:
🎥"Caroni" directed by North Eleven's Johann Medford and Arnaldo James, with illustration/animation by Samantha Farmer
🎥"I Am Soil Breaking Off" directed by Paloma Sierra
🎥"TOL" directed by Dylan Attelly, Jérémy Gravinay, Joëllia Rose, Stephen Martingoulet, Matthieu Templet-Nadeau, Anne-Isabelle Zamant, Tiffani Browne .obj
🎥"Opal" directed by Alain Bidard

09/05/2022

Exciting news: two of our films have been selected for Hairouna Film Festival

"Nearest Neighbours" is screening today, Monday 9th May, at Hairouna Film Festival's New Horizons: These powerful films depict fictional and real-life accounts of migration throughout the diaspora.

Screening block starts at 6PM AST TODAY, with a Q&A to follow at 8:15PM

ABOUT NEAREST NEIGHBOURS (2019, 22 minutes, documentary film):
Since 2015, at least 16,000 Venezuelans are confirmed to have fled to Trinidad and Tobago. The twin island republic is of one of the most economically viable options for asylum seekers, yet many are unaware of the reality that is to welcome them. Nearest Neighbours interweaves the stories of four main sets of characters: a journalist; a couple with three young children and their abuela; a woman who is living in a horse stable among other refugees; and a computer engineer turned construction worker and his family. The film explores how these refugees and asylum-seekers navigate their environments daily and work to move their lives forward amidst many unexpected challenges, including rampant xenophobia and a lack of legal rights due to the absence of local refugee legislation.

And on Wednesday at 6PM, look out for "My Watershed, My Home", screening in the block: "Litter Bug: Environmental Films from the Caribbean - These environmental films will open your eyes to the urgent conservation issues affecting our region". More info to follow.

09/05/2022

Our film Nearest Neighbours is screening today - Monday 9th May - , with a Q&A to follow. Details below:

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Streaming tonight >> New Horizons: Tales of Migration at 6pm AST (Vincy Time).
Link in bio to get your FREE tickets now! 👉🏽 All films will be available for worldwide streaming for 48 hours until May 11.

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The lineup:
🎥"Asunder" directed by Janet Marrett
🎥"Nearest Neighbours" directed by Rhonda Chan Soo
🎥"No Entry" directed by Kaleb D'Aguilar @
🎥"Tarará" directed by Ernesto Fontan

22/04/2022

18/03/2022

This weekend, the Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP) is hosting their annual gayap!

The work of the FACRP alongside the Foundation for the Bioregional Autonomy of the Orinoco Watershed (FBAOW) was featured in our documentary film MY WATERSHED, MY HOME (2020. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 22’22”. DOCUMENTARY).

About the film:
Set in Trinidad and Tobago, this film takes us into Fondes Amandes, St. Ann’s, on the outskirts of the country’s capital where diverse members of the community come together to work at reforesting their watershed, and on bringing back its biodiversity. But they must also get creative to address the underlying issues fueling the persistent threat of forest fires.

To WATCH the film and learn more about the community’s efforts at regenerating their watershed, go to our website (LINK IN BIO). Profits from the VOD on this film are shared with the FBAOW.

SIGN UP for the gayap which takes place this weekend, from Friday 18th March through Sunday 20th March - 3 days to GET INVOLVED in community action surrounding forest fire prevention. Sign up form available on the ’s page

15/03/2022

And that's a wrap! Here is the first of three videos we produced for Green Market Santa Cruz and the British High Commission, Port of Spain, for their Commonwealth Day celebrations this year.

Looking forward to this year's Commonwealth Games with prospective athletes, and also looking back as T&T's 4X400 relay team gets together to reflect on taking home the gold medal, and setting a world record in 1966 at the Commonwealth Games which were held in Jamaica.

Director, Producer: Rhonda Chan Soo
Cinematography: Kerron Lemessy
Editor: Michael Rochford
Motion Graphics: Andrei Pierre
Additional camera: Rhonda Chan Soo

09/03/2022

'Newsday spoke with several Venezuelans about thelatest extension.

Carla Martínez said: “Thanks to God and to the TT government, those of us who have the work permit can rest easy for one more year.”

But she said she was a little disappointed that the exemption did not include other benefits.

“I have two children who are seven and nine years old and they are not studying. They have been here with me for three years and they are missing out on their education. I don't understand why the TT government still refuses to give migrant children the right to education,” she said.

Alfonso Rodríguez was also grateful for the extra year to stay in TT, but said he expected more.

“It's been almost three years now that we have simple work permits. There are no other benefits like education and health, beyond emergencies,” he said.'

https://newsday.co.tt/2022/03/08/venezuelans-get-one-year-work-permit-extension/

Venezuelans who registered for the amnesty granted by the government in 2019 will be allowed to live and work in Trinidad and Tobago for one more year. In Legal Notice no 53, published in the Gazette of March 1, the Ministry of National Security extended the validity of Venezuelans’ registration c...

14/02/2022

Celebrating the opening of company co-director Arnaldo James’ work alongside Christopher Paul Jordan at the Frye Art Museum. See details below:

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In the Interim: Ritual Ground for a Future Black Archive, a call and response between and myself. Curated by open at the Seattle USA showing 12 Feb to 15 May 2022. Excited to share more over time.

Thank you to the many folks who made this possible.

01/01/2022

Sharing some great news to start off the new year! Our film "My Watershed, My Home" (2020. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 22’22”. DOCUMENTARY) has been selected to screen at the 5th International Folklore Film Festival – IFFF 2022. The festival takes place from January 1 - 5, 2022, in India, as a hybrid virtual, and in-person festival. For more details head over to ifft.in/

If you haven't yet seen the film, you can watch it, via pay per view at our website.
Profit from this film is shared with the Foundation for the Bioregional Autonomy of the Orinoco Watershed, to help them continue their work of watershed regeneration.
Link in bio: birdseyeviewtt.com/watch

ABOUT THE FILM
Set in Trinidad and Tobago, this film takes us into Fondes Amandes, St. Ann’s, on the outskirts of the country’s capital where diverse members of the community come together to work at reforesting their watershed, and on bringing back its biodiversity. But they must also get creative to address the underlying issues fueling the persistent threat of forest fires.

Featuring: John Stollmeyer , Akilah Jaramogi, Kemba Jaramogi , Garth Pierre, Jemac Francois, Julien Jeffrey Seeberath.

16/12/2021

From the screening of our film Nearest Neighbours at GMFF over the weekend.


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On Saturday December 11, 2021 IOM Port of Spain Office hosted the Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) at Estate 101, Maraval. IOM, having recognised the vital role that films play in highlighting relevant issues within our international and national landscapes, launched the first GMFF in 2016. Since then, the festival has been held annually in 100 countries, to showcase the promise and challenges of migration through films and documentaries.

The film selected for the local edition was 2019 Trinidad and Tobago documentary Nearest Neighbours. The short film tells the story of Venezuelan migrants who are forced from their homeland to TT, with hopes of bettering their own lives and that of their families, while confronting various hurdles. Following the screening a panel discussion was moderated by Institute of International Relations, at The UWI lecturer Dr. Michal Pawinski and the panelists were Archbishop of Port of Spain Charles Jason Gordon, Chief Immigration Officer Charmaine Gandhi-Andrews, Co-Chair of the R4V Platform Miriam Aertker, and Nearest Neighbours director . Among those in attendance at the Festival were Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Laventille East/Morvant MP Adrian Leonce, other members of government, members of the diplomatic community, representatives of UN Agencies, members of the Gender-Based Violence Unit of TT Police Service, members of the TT Coast Guard, members of the Scout Association of TT, civil society representatives, and representatives of the migrant community including students.

At the event IOM Port of Spain Head of Office Jewel Ali and U.S. Embassy Trinidad and Tobago Political Officer John Miller brought remarks. The Festival was possible through the continued support of the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. The GMFF is being hosted by IOM Offices in various countries from November 28th to December 18th, when it culminates on International Migrants Day.


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