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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas International Film Festival
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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