Patty vs. Patty

Patty vs Patty

Director: Chris Strikes

Country: Canada

Language: English

Grenada Premiere


The story of Toronto’s bizarre 1985 “Patty Wars,” when Jamaican bakers went head-to-head with the Canadian government over the name of their beloved beef patty, as told by Michael Davidson of Kensington Patty Palace.


SHORTS PROGRAM |

Conquering!

SHOWTIME

Thur, Oct 27 | 5:00 PM (AST)

Runtime: 90 Mins

Availability: Deluxe Cinema

VARIOUS DIRECTORS

All titles playing as part of this programme are eligible for the Awards for best short doc/narrative.

Civic

Director: Dwayne LeBlanc

Producer: Zane Kalnina

Country: United States

Language: English

Grenada Premiere


CIVIC is a short film that follows Booker on his first trip back home to South Central, L.A. after several years of self-imposed exile. Without any clear motive, or even a warning, Booker returns to the place that holds his origins and the people who shaped him. Framed almost exclusively inside of his car, CIVIC tracks Booker’s fleeting and fragmented encounters around his old streets.

Booker spends most of his time with his childhood best friend, Tee. They ride around to liquor stores and lingering in parking lots after closing time. Closeness and distance ebbs and flows between them as they talk about their lives, old and new. The repaved ground between them allows Booker to dive deep into the past, seemingly letting go of the tension in the present. However, we soon realize Booker is avoiding his responsibility to his family members across this trip. Just as he plans his disembark from L.A., he has an unexpected encounter that helps to reframe his perspective in the world.


Raw Material

Director: Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly

Country: Jamaica

Language: English

Grenada Premiere

Synopsis

A fashion prodigy who is struggling to find his direction must overcome and abusive community to fully embrace his talent and identity.

Raw Materials is a coming-of-age drama. Sixteen years old Malik, a fashion prodigy struggles to understand his sexuality because his homophobic community automatically labels him gay.


Malik has but one friend Tara, as his daily life often
includes abuse from his hyper masculine father Derrick, community way wards, and a pedophiliac Christian woman, Mrs. Johnson.


Lifeline

Director: Timothy Joseph

Country: Trinidad and Tobago

Language: English

Grenada Premiere


Synopsis

An overconfident young university graduate working at a suicide call center, encounters a caller that not only challenges her competence but resurrects memories long forgotten.

Mangos From the Valley

Director: Aryana Mohammed

Producer: Danielle Lewis

Country: Trinidad and Tobago

Language: English

Grenada Premiere


Inspired by the migrant experiences of Venezuelan women in Trinidad and Tobago, Mangoes From the Valley, takes an intimate look into a young woman’s reliving of a night she desperately wants to forget.