Green Screen reveals winners of Very Short Shorts competition

  • Nov, Mon, 2024

The Green Screen Environmental Film Festival has announced its winners of the 2024 Very Short Shorts competition.

In a statement, it said under this year’s theme, CONNECT, it received many “incredible submissions, exploring the connections between our changing climate and various aspects of human lives and livelihoods. “Submissions illustrated these important connections and illuminated the way that art can be meaningfully harnessed to drive impactful change in our environment and our world.”

Green Screen said the Overall Jury Award was presented to Crossroads by Romario Patrice.

“This minute-long documentary is dedicated to examining climate change and its impact on humanity in the form of visual poetry. This award is presented by Green Screen to Patrice in the amount of $12,000.”

The Youth Juror’s Award (for filmmakers aged 10-25) was presented to Connect Us by Joseph Carlton Francisco Brown and Johnette Ann Brown. It explained that Connect Us is a narrative comedy that follows protagonist Jane and her friends, who are the culprits of excess carbon emissions. It added that things begin to change when Jane experiences a peculiar interaction. The team received $5,000.

Green Screen said the People’s Choice Award was given to the team of Joseph and Johnette Brown for Connect Us.

The award was presented by the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) in the amount of $3,000.

The release said the Best Trinidad and Tobago film was presented to the short experimental Siren created by the filmmaking duo of Jerel Ramsey and Renaldo Matamoro. Green Screen said it was based in a forest; a lone hiker is drawn into an otherworldly experience deep within its confines. “Bewildered by an inexplicable sound, he finds himself at the edge of a tranquil lake, where the appearance of a mermaid from the depths beckons him into an aquatic odyssey. As he is transported through a surreal underwater world, the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur,” said the film festival.

The 2024 presentation of Green Screen was made possible through the support of National Gas Company (NGC), Republic Bank Limited, Patron the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) and Partners Freetown Collective and the Canadian High Commission (Port-of-Spain).

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