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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,...
Jamaica Film and Television Association (Jafta), Unicef Jamaica, and the Spotlight Initiative — as part of the celebrations of International Human Rights Day (December 10) — premiered two new film...
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...
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...
Explore the thorny and pertinent issues faced by young people around consent. Hear from Scottish novelist and playwright Alan Bissett about his new book, Lads: A Guide to Respect and Consent; Screenwriter Emma Dennis-Edwards, who has written episodes of Casualty, EastEnders, and most recently factual drama Consent, based on hundreds of testimonies of young people; and bestselling author Holly Bourne, who shares exclusive details from her new novel, You Could Be So Pretty. Chaired by poet and performer Leyla Josephine