Nassau, Bahamas -
In what has
turned out to be a phenomenal year for writer/director Storm Saulter, his debut
feature film
Better
Mus
‘
Come not only secured its place as the only feature film
representing Jamaica this year at the prestigious Bahamas International Film
Festival, but ended up winning the
BIFF Audience Award for best narrative film. The 1970's based
political thriller “
Better
Mus’
Come” was one of only two feature films from the
Caribbean in this year's BIFF roster.
Since its
opening in Jamaica, “
Better
Mus’
Come” has been making waves across the region
and the international community, with the most recent conquest being the
highly coveted Viewer's Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature Film at the
recently concluded Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.
Hailed
by Jamaica’s leading national newspaper,
The Gleaner, to be “the new
benchmark for Jamaican films”, and by
BillBoard
Magazine as “…a riveting account of Jamaica’s deadly late 1970’s political
tribalism”.
The filmmaker, Storm Saulter, was in attendance to
introduce the film and engaged in question and answer sessions with the
audience. Saulter was recently awarded the Jamaica Gleaner Honour Award in
Entertainment for his work in developing the Jamaican film industry, and was
also nominated for the Gleaner's "Man of the year" award. Saulter was
by far the youngest of the nominees, which included The Commissioner of Police,
and other leaders in Business, Academia, and Medical Fields.
On his recent awards and the continued success of
BETTER
MUS’
COME, Saulter says: “As far as I’m concerned, the Caribbean is the most
exciting place in the world to be making film right now. There are so many
untold stories, which is an ideal environment for storytellers. This new wave
of Caribbean filmmakers are now in a position to define the cinematic landscape
of the Caribbean”.
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