Oya Belize/Canada/USA 4 mins., Color Short fiction, 1998 Language: English Writer / Director: Winsom Winsom

Oya is the wind of change. Many people fear her because she brings about the sudden structural change in people and things. Oya does not just rearrange the furniture in the house, she knocks the building to the ground and blows away the floor tiles. She is the cyclone and the earthquake. Oya’s duty is to remind us constantly of the brevity of our human lives and the importance of using out time on earth wisely and productively. Oya’s essence is both human and divine. Identifying with Oya is to merge with nature and the elements.
 

Yemaya Asesu Belize/Canada 4 mins., Color Short fiction, 2000 Language: English Writer / Director: Winsom Winsom

Yemaya is the spirit of all waters, the seas, co-creator of the kingdom, mother of the world and all Orishas. Yemaya is the first mother and with her the human race multiplied. She is mother of the world. She is the blood of the earth, the giver of life to all who live on this planet, whether human, animal or vegetable. Yemaya is the Mother of the Sea, the Great Water, the Womb of Creation. She is the Mother of Dreams, the Mother of Secrets. She is natural wealth. She is the mermaid, the full moon. Yemaya rules the house, nurtures the child in the waters of the womb; and has jurisdiction over the affairs of women.
 

Power Play Belize 7 min. Color Short Fiction, 2004 Language: Kriol, English Writers / Directors: Denvor Fairweather, Caleb Ortega, Edita Pariente, Louis Wade, Jr., Michael Coye, Javier Molina, Elijah Small, Leticia Guerra

Produced during the MiniDV production workshop at the 2004 Belize International Film Festival, this short is about an unscrupulous businessman who manipulates people to get what he wants.
 

Do You See What I See? Belize 20 min., Color Documentary, 2004 Language: English, Kriol w/ English Subtitles Producers / Directors: Suzette Zayden, Debbie Lisbey

A video review of the crime and violence situation among Belizean adolescents.
 

Feast of the Giant Sharks Belize/USA 30 min. Color Documentary, 2001 Language: English Directors: Carol Farneti Foster, Richard Foster

Every year from April to June, huge numbers of fish gather to spawn off Gladden Spit on Belize’s southern reef. Large numbers of whale sharks gather to feed on the spawn clouds. The film focuses on the recent discovery of this phenomenon and the adventures of the scientists and fishermen who have been fishing in the area for centuries.
 

The Hammock Belize 8 min., Color Short Documentary, 2004 Language: Ke’tchi w/ English Subtitles Director: Brent Toombs

80 year-old Emilio Choco may be the last living practitioner of an ancient Mayan art form. Now he is preparing to make what may well be the last hammock of his life.
 

A Howler’s Tale Belize 13 min. Color Natural History, 2004 Language: English Producer / Director: Tony Rath

In the rain forests of Belize, instincts drive the daily struggle for survival; and at the end of the day, some animals make it and some don't. This is the story of a young howler monkey separated from his mother. He soon becomes the focus of confrontation between two rival troops. Stranded 50 feet above the jungle floor, too far from his mother for rescue, the young howler is attacked by the large monkeys of the rival troop until the inevitable occurs.