Play the Devil and The Cutlass – two much lauded local films, shared joint first place for the Best Trinidad and Tobago Feature Film last evening (27 September),  at the 2016 trinidad+tobago film festival Awards.

The winning films were among four local features that caused a stir during this year’s Festival, playing to sold out audiences, with continuing demand for additional screenings.

Play the Devil also won Best Film As Decided by a Youth Jury, while The Cutlass copped the People’s Choice Award for Best Feature Film.

Other local filmmakers taking home Awards included:

• Josiah Persad – Best T&T short film and People’s Choice Award for Best Short Film, for his film Sweat

• Amir Aether Valen Ali – Best T&T short documentary film, and the United Nations T+T Award for Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker, for his film Who I Say I Am

• Juliet McCawley – the RBC Focus Filmmakers’ Immersion Pitch Prize – for her film in development – Avalon

• With Karen Martinez and Sonja Dumas, sharing the Caribbean Film Mart Best Project Award for their films in development – Scattered and Angels Living in Tunapuna, respectively.

The full list of the Award are:

BEST FEATURE FILM–NARRATIVE

TT$12,500 / Sponsored by The National Gas Company

Winner: Antes Que Cante El Gallo (Before the Rooster Crows) – Arí Manuel Cruz, Puerto Rico

BEST FEATURE FILM–DOCUMENTARY

TT$12,500 / Sponsored by The National Gas Company

Winner: Se Bondye vie Yuli (God Willing Yuli) – Jean Jean, Haiti / Dominican Republic

BEST SHORT FILM–NARRATIVE

TT$7,500 / Sponsored by The National Gas Company

Winner:Carapazón (Shell) – Joa Vidal, Cuba

BEST SHORT FILM–DOCUMENTARY

TT$7,500 / Sponsored by The National Gas Company

Winner: Iceberg – Juliana Gómez, Cuba- WINNER

BEST T+T FEATURE FILM

Trip to Regional Festival/Market / Sponsored by The Trinidad and Tobago Film Company

Joint winners: The Cutlass – Darisha Beresford + Play The Devil – Maria Govan

BEST T+T SHORT FILM – NARRATIVE

Trip to Regional Festival/Market / Sponsored by the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company

Winner:

Sweat – Josiah Persad

BEST T+T SHORT FILM – DOCUMENTARY

Trip to Regional Festival/Market

Sponsored by the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company

Winner: Who I say I Am – Amir Aether Valen Ali

BEST FILM AS DECIDED BY A YOUTH JURY

TT$5,000 / Sponsored by COSTAATT

Winner: Play The Devil – Maria Govan, Trinidad+Tobago, The Bahamas, the USA-WINNER

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE

TT$5,000

Winner: Se Bondye vie Yuli (God Willing Yuli) Jean Jean, Haiti / Dominican Republic

UNITED NATIONS T+T AWARD FOR BEST EMERGING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER

TT$5,000

Winner: Who I Say I Am – Amir Aether Valen Ali

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

TT$5,000 each / Sponsored by Flow

BEST FEATURE FILM – NARRATIVE: The Cutlass – Darisha Beresford

BEST FEATURE FILM–DOCUMENTARY: Landfill Harmonic – Brad Allgood + Graham Townsley

BEST SHORT FILM: SWEAT-Josiah Persad

RBC FOCUS: FILMMAKERS’ IMMERSION PITCH WINNER

TT$20,000 / Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank

Juliette McCawley, Avalon

CARIBBEAN FILM MART BEST PROJECT AWARD JOINT WINNERS

6 month mentorship from international film industry professional, Sydney Levine

Karen Martinez, Scattered + Sonja Dumas, Angels Living in Tunapuna