CARIBBEAN-CENTRIC AND LOCAL BREVARD COUNTY FILMS!

The Palm Bay Caribe Film Festival is a first of its kind on Florida's Space Coast, home to  large communities of people of varying Caribbean heritage and cultures who have integrated with others to make Palm Bay a true cultural melting pot. The festival, which will showcase the work of Caribbean, International  and local Brevard filmmakers is hosted by the The Brevard Caribbean American Sports & Cultural Association (BCASCA), an organization committed to preserving Caribbean culture.

The festival is open to all films and filmmakers with a connection to the Caribbean as well as local Brevard County filmmakers.

Created as a cultural exchange between the Diaspora and Filmmakers whose work reflects their experiences, Palm Bay Caribe Film Festival invites:
- Filmmakers who are Caribbean nationals or of Caribbean heritage
- Films shot in Caribbean locations
- Films about the Caribbean
- Films featuring Caribbean actors or of Caribbean descent
- Filmmakers who reside in Brevard County, Florida

FAMILY FRIENDLY
Although all films are welcome, preference will be given to family friendly films. FILMS WITH EXCESSIVE VIOLENCE, PROFANITY, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, MISOGYNY OR IMAGES DEEMED DEEPLY DISTURBING TO THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

WHAT TO EXPECT
The three-day festival begins with a RED CARPET welcome party and continues on with screenings of short films, feature films and documentaries from around the world, that tell Caribbean stories, were filmed in the Caribbean, produced by Caribbean nationals or descendants and/or star Caribbean actors.

On Awards Night, we will have winners in all categories plus a special award for Best Female Director/Filmmaker.

Categories are: Mini, Short, Middy, Feature, Documentary and Animation.

THE PRODUCERS
The festival is produced by BarriVision Films, producer of the successful Inspired Faith Film Festival, award-winning films and television shows.

Awards will be given in the following categories:
Best Feature Film
Best Documentary
Best Short Film
Best of the Fest, Female director/producer/filmmaker
Excellence Awards
Best Cinematography
People's Choice Awards

All Films MUST have a Caribbean connection or be produced by a local Brevard County filmmaker. This includes:
- films about the Caribbean
- Films made in the Caribbean
- Filmmakers, cast, Director, Writer and/or Producer is of Caribbean heritage
- Films with a Caribbean theme - culture, history, folklore
- films made in communities with large Caribbean populations such as New York, South Florida, London, that include Caribbean nationals and/or speak to the Caribbean Experience
- Films about Brevard County or made by residents of Brevard County

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Taromi Lourdes

    Very well organized, encouraging and close knit community.

    September 2019
  • Friendly and helpful staff and well worth it

    July 2019
  • Simon Betancourt

    My goodness. What can I say? I was a little shy at the beginning, not really knowing what to expect, but they made me feel right at home from the very beginning. Made some connections, some of what I could call friends already and from which one project and some potential collaboration came up. I WILL BE BACK!!! For sure. Thanks a lot to the Palm Bay Caribe Film Festival and to the BCASCA people.

    June 2019
  • Kevin Jackson

    The organizers are very friendly. Very accomodating. The live stream of the awards made it easy for people like myself who could not attend to enjoy the experience. It was a nice cozy looking event. Looking forward to next year.

    July 2018
    Caribe ff logo recovered
    Response from festival:

    Thanks Kevin for sharing your wonderful film with us. Our audiences were definitely thrilled which is of curse, the objective of a thriller. Looking forward to sharing more of your work.

  • Wonderful, upcoming, and friendly film festival dedicated to Caribbean roots. We could not attend the event, but the communication was fabulous. We had the honor of winning an award for our documentary "La Boquilla, Mi Paraiso". They were kind enough to have sent the award by mail :)

    June 2018
    Caribe ff logo recovered
    Response from festival:

    Thanks Danny for allowing us to screen your film. In a world where most of the films we receive are from the English speaking Caribbean, it was a breath of fresh air to have your film. Everyone enjoyed it.