2024 Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Belize International Film Festival

Eladio is a failed actor who has been working for many years as a maintenance employee at a television station in the capital. He will have to return to Maracaibo to take care of his niece, a rocker teenager who will make his life impossible.

A new documentary that follows a multigenerational group of inspiring women leaders striving to protect Belize’s world-renowned barrier reef system. WEALTH UNTOLD shares a revealing look at the multi-disciplinary, multi-decade, community-based conservation work led by women in the fisheries, tourism, and non-governmental sectors in Belize. Their collaborative vision to preserve a unique and threatened ecosystem serves as a model for coastal communities around the world.

Determined to pave her own way, a young photographer risks breaking the taboo in her superstitious community to pursue her dreams; only to discover that some myths are indeed true.

Paraguay, 1947. Nina is a 20 year old young woman living in Asunción at the height of the Paraguayan Civil War that ended with the Democratic Spring. She longs to be a singer, but when her revolutionary family flees abruptly she is forced to live in the house of a conservative family as a maid. She offers her services to the revolution and frees various political prisoners, including Raúl, a communist with whom she has an affair and becomes pregnant. She is later forced to flee the country herself after her lover abandons her.

Dir. Yannick Rosine
Guadeloupe, 2023 | 16 min / Social | French Créole with English Subtitles | Rated PG | Belize Premiere

Two young people are faced with a decisive life choice: whether or not to continue an accidental pregnancy.They disagree while universes parallels overlap.

Torn between love and faith, a monk goes on a pilgrimage looking for a sign.

ART: By Any Means Necessary is a groundbreaking exploration of freedom through the interconnected stories of two Caribbean art institutions. In Haiti, former graduates turned custodians of their famed film school have been entrusted with upholding the vision of the Artists Institute, established and nurtured over two decades by an American filmmaker and philanthropist before his departure.

Fito has a very ordinary life. One night, something makes him very angry. A revealing dream will make him take a different approach to life.

This film introduces Kien-On Zhang, a master craftsman, who makes Hakka lion heads. Master Zhang started learning lion dance when he was 17 years old. Now almost in his 80s, he still participates in tours and teaches classes on making Hakka lion heads and performing lion dances, hoping to pass down this culture so that more and more people will want to continue and promote it.

Part narrative performance film, part documentary, A LITTLE HOPE FOR CHICAGO is a walk through the life of a Chicago hustler, narrowly avoiding the devastating consequences of death and incarceration, as he reflects on the systemic root causes of the violence and trauma that consume youth in urban centers like Chicago.

Perry and Linda are deeply in love with each other and are content with their quiet life. They lived in a small, peaceful community until some mysterious strangers invaded their community. In pain, sorrow and disbelief, Perry found himself in a totally strange land, far away from his soulmate. Their lives were turned upside down.

Dir. Akley Olton
St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 2023 | 22 min | Social-Historical | Language w/ English Subtitles / Rated: | Central American/Belize Premiere

Madulu, The Seaman is a lyrical documentary that attempts to preserve the rich history of a dying tradition in the wake of the economic struggle at the hand of the tourism industry. Interweaving documentary footage with animated sequences of young Amari’s drawings, the film uses a touch of magical realism to explore the divide between past and present and new interpretations of old traditions.

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