FILMCO heads to Cannes!
—Published on 16th May, 2023.
FILMCO is pleased to announce the participation of member, Akkel Charles, in the Cannes Marché du Film development programme, ImpACT Lab! A...
So you want to be a Line Producer!
—Published on 27th Apr, 2023.
The list of producers on a project can go on and on. But what about line producers? What exactly is their role and what are their responsibi...
12 Questions with Rhian Vialva
—Published on 22nd Mar, 2023.
Rhian Vialva freelanced in the film industry for 10 years, working on the production of documentary and fiction films as well as in televisi...
MARCHÉ DU FILM – CALL FOR PRODUCERS NETWORK and impACT LAB APPLICATIONS
—Published on 9th Mar, 2023.
FILMCO in partnership with Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Market), is pleased to announce a call for appl...
Learn the ins and outs of being an AD!
—Published on 3rd Mar, 2023.
Are you able to multitask and delegate? Are you an effective communicator and have a good sense of organization? Have a good understan...
23 young people to benefit Young Filmmaker Lab
—Published on 2nd Mar, 2023.
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, 02 March, 2023 — FILMCO: The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, is kicking off its first ever Young...
FILMCO leads six-member delegation to international film market in Berlin, Germany
—Published on 13th Feb, 2023.
Six producing filmmakers, members of FILMCO: The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, depart for Berlin, Germany to attend the E...
Our collaborative is growing!
—Published on 7th Feb, 2023.
We are excited to announce that our FILMCO family is expanding to include seven new members. Since FILMCO’s inception in 2017, our mandate...
We’re hiring a technical coordinator!
—Published on 1st Feb, 2023.
Come and join our dynamic team and be part of building the Trinidad and Tobago film industry. FILMCO is hiring a part-time technical coordin...
Jian Hennings + Rhian Vialva head to producer’s workshop in the DR
—Published on 19th Jan, 2023.
Big congratulations are in order for FILMCO members, TT producers Jian Hennings and Rhian Vialva who will be participating in an intensive p...
INFO SESSION: EXPLORING exporTT’s GRANT FUND FACILITY
—Published on 3rd Jan, 2023.
On Thursday January 26th at 1:00PM, FILMCO will host an Info Session, featuring a presentation by exporTT on accessing their Grant Fund Faci...
Job opportunity: general manager
—Published on 19th Dec, 2022.
FILMCO has been growing steadily and is seeking to accelerate growth. The board is looking for a mission-focused, creative, strategic, and p...
TT FILMMAKERS HEAD TO BERLIN FOR EFM TOOLBOX
—Published on 30th Nov, 2022.
We’re delighted to announce the selected filmmakers for the EFM Doc and Fiction Toolbox programmes: Princess Donelan with her documentary...
ttff/22 Highlights!
—Published on 14th Nov, 2022.
We had so much fun being back in person for this year’s trinidad+tobago film festival, from mixers and special events, to th...
Call for EFM Doc and Fiction Toolbox Applications
—Published on 28th Oct, 2022.
FILMCO in partnership with EFM (European Film Market), is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2023 EFM Doc + Fiction Toolbox...
CONTRACTS AND CLEARANCES KNOW-HOW WITH DR JUSTIN KOO
—Published on 25th Oct, 2022.
Back by popular demand! Dr Justin Koo, co-founder of Clover Consultancy, will breakdown the legal practices necessary to avoid any mishaps d...
Call For New Members!
—Published on 29th Jun, 2022.
Become a FILMCO member now and save BIG! From 01–31 July, new members will receive a 20% discount for signing up with FILMCO. Member benef...
MAKE A FILM AND WIN A STARTER CAMERA KIT!
—Published on 24th Jun, 2022.
love in the 21st century smartphone filmmaking competition presented with the support of idb FILMCO in partnership with IDB announces o...
Building a Pitch Deck Weeknight Workshop with award-winning Director/Producer Lara Stolman
—Published on 9th May, 2022.
You’ve got your script and your synopsis; you have a sense of who is going to be on your production team, and, if you’re making a narrat...
12 Questions with Mariel Brown
—Published on 21st Apr, 2022.
Mariel Brown is a documentary filmmaker and co-founder of FILMCO. In this interview, she talks about her passion for filmmaking and the chal...
12 Questions with Dion Boucaud
—Published on 13th Apr, 2022.
Dion Boucaud has a broad range of experience having worked with television stations and production companies in Trinidad and Tobago and St....
Emmy Award-winning producer Carolyn Hepburn to lead FILMCO’s Film Budgeting Workshop
—Published on 11th Apr, 2022.
You have your script in hand, you have a creative vision for your film and you’re on your way to bringing your vision to life. What’s mi...
Notes from The European Film Market
—Published on 31st Mar, 2022.
The European Film Market (EFM) is one of the top three meeting places for the international film and media industries. Around 10,000 represe...
Announcing the theatrical premiere of new Ian Alleyne doc, ‘Party Done’
—Published on 3rd Mar, 2022.
With the incredible popularity of the television series, “Crime Watch”, Ian Alleyne has become a household name in Trinidad and Tobago....
Weeknight Workshop: Visual Marketing 101
—Published on 1st Mar, 2022.
Let’s face it, when we’re choosing a movie to watch on Netflix, a bad poster or production image can be a major deterrent in a sea of be...
12 Questions with Perry Polar
—Published on 22nd Feb, 2022.
Perry Polar has worked in many areas including agriculture, history and the urban sector but has always had a love for acting. He has conduc...
Titles, Loglines & Taglines + Writing an impactful short synopsis
—Published on 31st Jan, 2022.
Your film’s title, logline and tagline are often among the first things audiences will learn about your film, which is why getting them ri...
T+T and Barbados filmmakers for EFM Toolbox
—Published on 13th Jan, 2022.
We’re delighted to announce the selected filmmakers for the EFM Doc and Fiction Toolbox programmes: Vonley Smith (Barbados) with his film...
12 Questions with Triston Wallace
—Published on 10th Jan, 2022.
Triston Wallace is a passionate creative and a fighter for the creative industry in Trinidad and Tobago. He is the founder of the Trinidad...
call for efm fiction toolbox applications
—Published on 24th Nov, 2021.
FILMCO and ttff, in partnership with EFM (European Film Market), are pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2022 EFM Fictio...
efm doc toolbox call for applications!
—Published on 12th Nov, 2021.
FILMCO, in partnership with EFM (European Film Market) and the trinidad+tobago film festival, is pleased to announce a call for applicatio...
INFO SESSION: HOW TO SURVIVE A MOVE TO HOLLYWOOD
—Published on 1st Nov, 2021.
Caribbean filmmakers are often looking for ways to expand their career into international waters but producing a film in the US has its diff...
Job Opportunity: Social Media Coordinator
—Published on 30th Sep, 2021.
Position type: Part-time/ contract, minimum of 24 hrs/ week Duration: 3 Months (in the first instance; possibility for increasing duration):...
12 Questions with Amanda Sans Pantling
—Published on 7th Sep, 2021.
12 Questions with Amanda Sans Pantling Multi-awarded, British-Spanish documentary filmmaker, Amanda Sans Pantling always knew she was...
Apply for Free “Work From Home” Tech Hampers!
—Published on 17th Aug, 2021.
Call for applications! Creative/Cultural stakeholders with an idea for a project or currently working on one from home are invited to regist...
12 Questions with Israel Ramjohn
—Published on 10th Aug, 2021.
From a young age, Israel Ramjohn was given exposure to the arts by his mother who encouraged him to read, sew and explore other forms of exp...
Weeknight Workshop: How to Audition & Direct Actors (Learning from the Actor’s POV)
—Published on 4th Aug, 2021.
Are you a director interested in learning how to get the best performance out of your actors? Are you an actor interested in shaking off tha...
12 Questions with Tracy Farrag
—Published on 22nd Jul, 2021.
For an award-winning producer, Tracy Farrag didn’t get her start in the film industry like most others. After dabbling in radio, she first...
Derwin Howell appointed as Chairman of FILMCO BoD
—Published on 12th Jul, 2021.
Port of Spain, Tuesday 13th July, 2021: FILMCO: The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, is proud to announce the appointment of...
Weeknight Workshop: The Art of Location Management
—Published on 9th Jul, 2021.
You’ve embarked on your next project; your location scout has wrapped. But given the size of your film’s budget, you tell your t...
Info Session: The Value of Film Festivals
—Published on 8th Jul, 2021.
According to an article posted on the website Screen Daily, “Film festivals are a vital link in the chain of global film culture.” Raind...
12 Questions with Maria Govan
—Published on 24th Jun, 2021.
Maria Govan fell in love with “set life” when she was just 15 years old. The passionate and award-winning director from the Bahamas knew...
FILMCO and PAVILION+ team up to bring Caribbean shows to the diaspora on Roku!
—Published on 17th Jun, 2021.
Los Angeles, 14th June 2021: Just in time for Caribbean American Heritage Month, Caribbean movies and TV shows are now more accessible than...
Weeknight Workshop: Assistant Directing 101
—Published on 3rd Jun, 2021.
The assistant director- the AD- is one of the most critical crew positions on a production. If you’ve ever been on a set or have eagerly w...
Job opportunity at FILMCO
—Published on 2nd Jun, 2021.
FILMCO is currently seeking to employ a part-time (24-32 hrs/ week) membership and education programme coordinator for, in the first instanc...
12 Questions With Akkel ‘Lee’ Charles
—Published on 26th May, 2021.
Akkel ‘Lee’ Charles is a young, bright light in our Trinidad & Tobago film industry. Calling his home community of Laventille his ...
Info Session: Exploring The Grant Application Process
—Published on 18th May, 2021.
When it comes to filmmaking and the business of financing, there are many different ways to get films funded. From grants to corporate spons...
Weeknight Workshop: Crafting The Commercial
—Published on 6th May, 2021.
The commercial world: an unfamiliar universe for many emerging filmmakers. But here in Trinidad & Tobago as elsewhere in the Caribbean,...
12 Questions with Lesley-Anne Macfarlane
—Published on 20th Apr, 2021.
Producer Lesley-Anne Macfarlane is one of the founding members of FILMCO. Determined to change the ecosystem for film and television practit...
“Hannibal” and Marvel’s “The Punisher” writer leads FILMCO TV writing workshop
—Published on 7th Apr, 2021.
Writing for television? Well that’s just like writing for film once you know three-act structure… Oh let us stop you right there friend....
FILMCO announces new board appointee
—Published on 15th Mar, 2021.
Port of Spain, Monday 15th March 2021: FILMCO: The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, welcomes our newest board member, mediat...
Weeknight Workshop: Line Producing 101
—Published on 4th Mar, 2021.
Producer. Executive producer. Co-producer. Associate producer. The list of producers on a project can go on and on. But what about line prod...
12 Questions with Ryan C. Khan
—Published on 24th Feb, 2021.
Trinidadian director/producer/editor Ryan C. Khan is a true advocate for the telling of our Caribbean stories. A young industry veteran, hav...
Info Session: Distribution with FILMCO
—Published on 8th Feb, 2021.
For filmmakers, securing distribution for their films is a wonderful achievement that can help to further their projects. Producers must thi...
Weeknight Workshop: Makeup for Film
—Published on 3rd Feb, 2021.
Makeup in film. Done well, it is one of the most important filmmaking elements that transports an audience into your story. It is an art don...
FILMCO Welcomes Our Newest Board Member
—Published on 25th Jan, 2021.
Port of Spain, Monday 25th January 2021: FILMCO, The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, welcomes social enterprise expert, Saf...
FILMCO Announces Our First Board Appointment
—Published on 15th Dec, 2020.
The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad & Tobago (FILMCO) welcomes Gian Franco to the organisation’s board. He brings with him years...
12 Questions with Sonja Dumas
—Published on 30th Nov, 2020.
Trinidadian filmmaker, choreographer and dancer Sonja Dumas is passionate about, and driven to tell, the beautiful and rich stories of our C...
Learn the fundamentals of production design
—Published on 24th Nov, 2020.
Our next offering in our FILMCO Weeknight Workshop series is an exciting, two-part introductory course on the craft of production design., p...
Call For New Members!
—Published on 16th Nov, 2020.
It’s that time of year for the joy of gathering (COVID-style of course) with family, dear friends, and savouring the mouth-watering deligh...
Screening Your Rough Cut at FILMCO
—Published on 11th Nov, 2020.
Screening the rough cut of your film to an audience before embarking on that final cut is a step in the filmmaking process that filmmakers s...
Auditions at FILMCO
—Published on 11th Nov, 2020.
“And ACTION!” The word every producer, director and actor is eager to hear. “Action!” signals that your production is finally underw...
FILMCO Members At The 2020 Green Screen Environmental Film Festival!
—Published on 28th Oct, 2020.
Three FILMCO members have films being featured in the 2020 Green Screen Environmental Film Festival! Green Screen is the only film festival...
WW: Beginner’s Guide to Video Editing
—Published on 13th Oct, 2020.
UPDATE: REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED Video editing: the process through which one takes all the various pieces of video and audio that have been...
FILMCO Members Shine At ttff/20!
—Published on 24th Sep, 2020.
The 2020 trinidad+tobago film festival just wrapped on another successful year, and seven FILMCO members had their films screened at the ttf...
12 Questions with Miquel Galofré
—Published on 17th Sep, 2020.
Our featured filmmaker for September recently won the awards for Best Documentary, medium length and Best Trinidad & Tobago Film at the...
FILMCO Info Session: Understanding IP
—Published on 14th Aug, 2020.
IP– two letters whose significance should never be underestimated by creators for their work.Intellectual Property, or IP as we’...
WW: Making The Documentary
—Published on 29th Jul, 2020.
“In documentary we deal with the actual, and in one sense with the real. But the really real, if I may use that phrase, is something deepe...
WW: Storytelling in the Edit Suite
—Published on 14th Jul, 2020.
FILMCO is pleased to present another multi-session workshop as part of our Weeknight Workshop series. Join us online for an intensive 3-part...
12 QUESTIONS with MARIETTE MONPIERRE
—Published on 6th Jul, 2020.
Our July featured filmmaker was born in Guadeloupe, grew up in Paris, and lives in New York, USA. Mariette Monpierre’s diverse background...
FILMCO welcomes new appointments at TTT and FilmTT
—Published on 18th Jun, 2020.
Port of Spain, Thursday 18th June 2020: FILMCO: The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad and Tobago, welcomes the news that vital state fund...
12 QUESTIONS WITH PATRICIA MOHAMMED
—Published on 10th Jun, 2020.
We welcome the month of June with scholar, writer and filmmaker, Patricia Mohammed. Apart from heading the Institute for Gender and Developm...
RECAP: Info Session on Gov’t Support Schemes
—Published on 27th May, 2020.
On Tuesday May 12th 2020, FILMCO hosted an Info Session for self-employed and contract workers within the audio-visual industry who might ne...
Financing your Project: From Script to Screen with Kareem Mortimer
—Published on 27th May, 2020.
Now that you have your script and your project is ready to go, what’s the next logical step? Finding the capital to produce your work,...
BUILD YOUR FILM’s WEBSITE for NEXT-TO-NOTHING!
—Published on 21st May, 2020.
A TWO-PART COURSE ON USING WORDPRESS, BOOK ONLINE NOW! Websites have become an essential tool in a film’s promotional kit. Websites br...
Info Session with FilmTT
—Published on 5th May, 2020.
Accessing Government Support Schemes Related to COVID-19 On Tuesday May 12th at 5:30PM, FILMCO will host another Info Session, which will fe...
trinidad+tobago film festival and FILMCO present: Quiz Night!
—Published on 4th May, 2020.
Are you a boss at trivia? Do you have what it takes to be the next game show champion? Here’s your chance to prove it! Join us for an even...
12 Questions with Cinematographer and Director, Oliver Milne
—Published on 4th May, 2020.
Our May Twelve Questions features independent filmmaker, director, and cinematographer, Oliver Milne. Milne always had a passion for filmmak...
Acting On-Camera and Self-Taping with Paul Pryce
—Published on 23rd Apr, 2020.
This three-part acting workshop will explore the fundamentals of acting on camera, and finding imaginative and creative expression in the mo...
Screenwriting 102: General Guide to Completing a Screenplay
—Published on 22nd Apr, 2020.
Trinbagonian, award-winning screenwriter, Teneille Newallo, reminds us that writing a successful screenplay is almost a science. Most of the...
RECAP: ARTT Info Session
—Published on 16th Apr, 2020.
On April 7th 2020, FILMCO hosted our first ever Info Session with specially invited guests from the Artist Registry of Trinidad and Tobago (...
COVID-19 SOCIAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING
—Published on 15th Apr, 2020.
IN OUR EFFORTS to offer as much tangible support to our members during this time of Covid-19, we’re writing to let you know about recentl...
12 Questions with Actor, Writer and Producer, Paul Pryce
—Published on 3rd Apr, 2020.
THIS MONTH’S TWELVE QUESTIONS INTERVIEW features actor, writer and producer, Paul Pryce. As a professionally trained actor, Pryce’s...
Crowdfunding 101/ Weeknight Workshop
—Published on 1st Apr, 2020.
LEARN THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING FOR YOUR FILM OR TELEVISION PROJECT A TWO-PART COURSE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Fundraising for a film...
SCREENWRITING 101/ Six-week course
—Published on 3rd Mar, 2020.
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Writing a successful screenplay is almost a science. Most of the stories that succeed are the ones that engage an audi...
12 Questions with Documentary Filmmaker Dhano McNicol
—Published on 2nd Mar, 2020.
It’s March, and our Twelve Questions interview features documentary filmmaker and founder of “A Big Box of Crayons”, Dhano McNicol. Si...
FILMCO Info Session with ARTT
—Published on 2nd Mar, 2020.
The Artist Registry of Trinidad and Tobago is a government funded initiative which helps to facilitate the development of a database al...
Eighty producers and directors benefit from local content deal with TTT
—Published on 19th Feb, 2020.
Port of Spain, Wednesday 19th February 2020: One year on from signing an historic local content deal with Trinidad and Tobago Television, th...
Carnival Meet & Mingle!
—Published on 29th Jan, 2020.
Join us on February 11th for our Pre-Carnival Meet & Mingle. This will be the first after-work lime at our new Belmont location and we...
12 questions with filmmaker Maya Cozier
—Published on 27th Jan, 2020.
This month we feature an interview with FILMCO member Maya Cozier, who is a film and music video director from Trinidad and Tobago. Her shor...
WW: Creating Story Arcs for TV
—Published on 7th Jan, 2020.
Story arcs are the overall shape of rising and falling action, tension or emotion within a story, created via plot and character development...
12 Questions with Christopher Laird
—Published on 7th Jan, 2020.
Christopher Laird is a prolific Trinidadian filmmaker who, over the past 40 years, has produced over 300 documentaries, dramas and other vid...
12 Questions with Rhonda Chan Soo
—Published on 7th Dec, 2019.
FILMCO: What initially drew you to filmmaking?RCS: Growing up, filmmaking never crossed my mind as a career option. I actually wasn’t sure...
12 Questions with Juliette McCawley
—Published on 2nd Oct, 2019.
FILMCO: How did you get into filmmaking/ become a director? JM: I moved to the US when I was 24 and acted in a variety of theatrical product...
