Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase

TCFS films cover a wide variety of subjects: short, feature length and animated films for people of all ages. The Showcase is a creative and effective way to share films that are not readily available online, in theatres or in stores. All films are subtitled when not in English.

TCFS has received support from ICAIC, UNICEF, UNESCO, and MINCULT, and seeks to encourage film and audiovisual co-productions among Member States as well as promote the exchange of films and audiovisual productions and their dissemination through the national broadcasting TV stations of the Member States.

TCFS films from previous showcases have aired on Cayman 27, at Cayfest, Red Sky at NIght and at outdoor venues. Selections have included the Cuban masterpiece “20 Years” by Barbaro Joel Oritz, Jennifer Galvin’s poignant documentary “Free Swim”, set in the Bahamas, and the wonderful children’s film, “The Baobab Tree” by Claire Ince, which was also a selection for the Chicago International Children’s Festival.

Are you a Caymanian filmmaker interested in submitting to the TCFS?  Please contact us at [email protected] for more information or you may send films on DVD by mail (contact Post Office for pricing) directly to: Ofincina de la Muestra Itinerante de Cine del Caribe. Calle 12, No. 555 entre 21 y 23, Vedado. Ciudad de Le Habana, Cuba. CP. 10500

Attention: Jessica Flores or Rigoberto Lopez

Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase

About TCFS

TCFS is produced by the Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase Office, a division of the Cuban film Institute (ICAIC) located in Havana, Cuba. CNCF is the Organizing Committee for the Cayman Islands.

The films cover a wide variety or subjects; TCFS offer short, feature length and animated films for people of all ages. The Showcase is a creative and effective way to share films and not readily available online, in theatres on in stores. Organizations, businesses and schools are welcome to attend the Festival as well as browse the film synopses from the various Showcases and rent TCFS films. All films are subtitled when not in English.

TCFS is supported by ICAIC, UNICEF, UNESCO, and MINCULT, and seeks to encourage film and audiovisual co-productions among Member States as well as promote the exchange of films and audiovisual to be disseminated through the national broadcasting TV stations of the Member States.

Where traditional education sometimes leaves gaps, TCFS movies often fills them in. and just when you think you have a grasp on the history of the region, a film appears that inspires the viewers to dig deeper. TCFS films from previous showcases have also aired on Cayman 27. Selections included the Cuban masterpiece 20 years by Barbaro Joel Oritz, Jennifer Galvin’s poignant documentation Free Swim, set in the Bahamas, and the wonderful children’s film. The Baobab Tree by Claire Ince, which was also a selection for the Chicago International Children’s Festival.

Once you’ve been to a TCFS screening, you return to your daily activities more aware of the Caribbean’s myriad stories. Stephanie and Steve James, Lester Hamlet, Gerado Chijona, Maria Govan, Catherine Murphy, Frankie Flowers, Rigoberto Lopez, Francis Anne Solomon, Ernesto Padron… these are just a few of the names to keep in mind when it comes to film in the Caribbean… and the list goes on. Get in touch with CNCF to learn more about this unique festival.

Are you a Caymanian filmmaker interested in submitting to the TCFS?

Please contact us at [email protected] for more information on send films on DVD by mail (contact Post Office for pricing) directly to: Ofincina de la Muestra Itinerante de Cine del Caribe. Calle 12, No. 555 entre 21 y 23, Vedado. Ciudad de Le Habana, Cuba. CP. 10500

Attention: Jessica Flores or Rigoberto Lopez