The UNICEF/JAFTA Spotlight Shorts JA Premiere saw specially invited guests and local filmmakers out in their numbers at Carib 5 on Sunday, to support the premieres of two new local films, We Need to Talk About Consent and Not by Will. Since 2020,.
Understanding all too well the impact films can have on difficult conversations, the Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA) two years ago embarked upon a partnership with the Spotlight Initiative through UNICEF Jamaica to explore the issue.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - With a keen focus on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, UNICEF in collaboration with the Jamaica Film & Television Association (JAFTA) created the Spotl.
The short film project We Need to Talk About Consent (WNTTAC), written by local film-maker and Vice-President of Women in Film and Television – Jamaica, Mezan Ayoka, has emerged as one of the two official selections of Spotlight Shorts Jamaica.