Jamaica’s film industry gets boost from government funding and co-production initiative

Black River film festival invited US, European and African producers and directors to explore partnerships with local film-makers

A film festival has brought US, European and African producers and directors to Jamaica to explore collaborations with local film-makers, who are set to benefit from several million US dollars-worth of government investment to boost the domestic industry.

Held on a beach in Black River, in Jamaica's south-western parish of St Elizabeth, the Black River film festival over the weekend gave Jamaican actors and film-makers a rare opportunity to screen their films to experienced movie makers such as the Netflix producer and director Samad Davis, the Atlanta-based executive movie producer Dolapo Erinkitola, and Cedric Pierre-Louis, the programming director of Nollywood TV, ROK and Zacu TV (Canal+).