European Film Festival 2024

Welcome to the European Film Festival 2024!

Join us at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society for a cinematic journey through Europe, with a Caribbean spin.

Immerse yourself in a 2 captivating European films that will transport you to different cultures and perspectives right here in Barbados. At the same time, don't miss the unique opportunity to support aspiring Caribbean filmmakers from the University of West Indies that will be presenting 3 short films and join us to take your questions after the screenings.

Admission FREE

Come early to grab your complimentary popcorn, special European drinks, and fingerfood, including Spanish and French drinks and delicacies (with thanks to the Embassy and Consulate of Spain and the Consulate of France in Barbados)!

Programme:

Sat 11 May 2024

‘Un Triomphe’

France | 2020 | Comedy | Rated R

Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive. Each date is a new success and a unique relationship grows between this ad hoc group of actors and their director. But soon comes the final performance in Paris. Will their last night together be the biggest hit of them all?

Watch the trailer

‘Mrs Clarke's Brown House’

by Keisha Dowridge

Short | Caribbean | Rated G

‘Mrs. Clarke's Brown House’ is an enchanting and heart-warming tale that follows the remarkable journey of Mrs. Marggie Clarke, a retired school meal server, as she embarks on a truly unique and unexpected venture - selling 'sucka-bubbies' to the living while providing tender care for the departed.

Sun 12 May 2024

‘RAMONA’

Spain | 2022 | Romantic Comedy | Rated R

Ramona has just moved to Madrid with her boyfriend Nico, and wants to start from scratch: she wants to be an actress, she wants to be a mother, she wants to live in Lavapiés. The day before her first audition she meets Bruno, with whom she has an instant and strong connection. Ramona runs off, scared of her own feelings but, as fate would have it, the next day she discovers that Bruno is the director she was supposed to meet!

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‘One More Time’

by Romario Hunte

Short | Caribbean | Rated R

‘One More Time’ explores the delicate interplay of friendship and consequence when estranged friends, Amanda and Fiona, reunite, haunted by a shared history of illicit adventures. Tensions heighten as Fiona proposes a risky dress heist, reigniting buried passions and prompting a soul-searching journey of living life on one’s own terms.

‘Shattered Bonds’

by Alexander Newton

Short | Caribbean | Rated PG

This film explores a toxic relationship with recurrent breakdowns in communication between a romantic couple. Consistently failing to see each other at eye level forces a disconnect between two artists, who have completely different views of the world and approaches to art.

Enjoy the show!