2007 Award Winners

THE BARBADOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (BIFF)
ANNOUNCES 2007 AWARD WINNERS

Epic Drama PARTITION Garners Three Awards

The inaugural Barbados International Film Festival was held December 5th - 9th 2007, in Barbados, West Indies.  On the evening of December 8, the 2007 Festival Award winners were announced at the world-class luxury resort, Royal Westmoreland, St. James, Barbados.

Vic Sarin Director of 'Partition' which won the Golden Trident for Best Film, Best Director and Audience Choice Award with David Bryan Founder and Executive Director of BIFF (centre). On his right is Ramcess Jean- Louis Director of 'Sarbanes Oxley' holding the award for and on behalf of Shane Taylor who won Best Actor in the film at the Gala Awards held at Royal Westmoreland on Saturday, December 8th, 2007.

PARTITION garnered three awards including the festival's highest award the Golden Trident for Best Film, Best Director (Vic Sarin), and the Audience Choice Award.  The film, which stars Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk and Neve Campbell, was written and directed by Vic Sarin.  An epic tale set during the partition of India and Pakistan in the 1940s, the film follows two lives that are brought together in a profound and sweeping story that reveals the tenderness of the human heart in the most violent of times.  The story resonates today with its strong message of tolerance.

Best Documentary went to Andy Abraham Wilson's MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA. The film, shot like a thriller, captivates the viewer from the first moment. The true story of the cold-blooded murder of a young mother stirs up fear and talk of divine and vigilante justice on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. “An eye for an eye … and a tooth for a tooth,” originating in ancient Mesopotamia, takes on modern-day meaning in a forgotten village of the same name.

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OPENING NIGHT FILM: JUNO
PRESENTED BY MOUNT GAY® RUM

Juno is a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a "perfect" set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt. Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs.

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Opening Night Reception sponsored with the kind assistance of the Embassy of The United States, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.

CENTER PIECE FILM: RIPPLE EFFECT

A Los Angeles fashion designer who took a karmic wrong turn 15 years ago tries to engineer redemption, with surprising results.

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CLOSING NIGHT FILM: SAVAGES
PRESENTED BY MOUNT GAY® RUM

The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father's domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy is a struggling East Village playwright, AKA a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies and dating her very married neighbor. Jon is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage, is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones that can help. Now, as they put their already arrested lives on hold, Wendy and Jon are forced to live together under one roof for the first time since childhood, rediscovering the eccentricities that drove each other crazy. Faced with complete upheaval and battling over how to handle their father's final days, they are confronted with what adulthood, family and, most surprisingly, each other are really about.

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Frommers Caribbean states that "endless pink and white sandy beaches and a rich West Indian tradition are what put Barbados on the map, but it has more than just beach life.
 
 
 
It is a terrific destination for travelers interested in learning about West Indian culture and it offers more sightseeing attractions than most Caribbean islands.
 
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