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Newsday reporter
3 hours ago
The Folklore Film Festival (FFF) has partnered with Digicel to bring this year’s edition to the phones and homes of many.
The third batch of this annual festival is completely virtual in accordance with covid19 public health restrictions, to ensure everyone’s safety.
Digicel, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in April, makes it easy to stream movies, updates, and events across multiple platforms, including the Digicel PlayGo app, BiP Messenger, and Digicel + On Demand.
The annual festival invites people to experience a unique and interactive experience by telling folk tales through music, the spoken word, art, language, food, and movies. Although covid19 may have stopped personal events, the FFF, thanks to its partnership with Digicel, features more than 100 stories from truly creative filmmakers from around the world, including Argentina, Belgium, France, India, and TT, all focused on this theme of the anus. Our stories, reported in a press release.
The festival also includes a series of exciting virtual events such as the Folk Fiesta comedy show, Streetlight Stories, and traditional cuisine.
Digicel CEO Abraham Smith said in the statement: “Through our partnership with the FFF, Digicel provides everyone in the country free 24/7 access to this year’s featured films on the PlayGo app. and view behind-the-scenes updates and schedules paid for by BiP Messenger. In addition, more than 100,000 Digicel + customers and their families will enjoy free access to FFF content through the Digicel + Video on Demand feature.
“Trinidad and Tobago has an incredible wealth of world-class creative talent, and Digicel is passionate about helping them realize their full potential. As a digital operator, we have invested heavily to bring the best digital applications and experiences to TT, and we are truly excited to be working with the FFF team to help pass these stories on. To the rest of the world.
Commenting on the collaboration with Digicel, festival director Donelle Wills said: “This partnership was born out of a mutual passion for the culture, folklore and traditions of TT. We are happy to work with Digicel to make sure everyone has access to all the exciting content from the festival. has to offer and has a lot to offer.
“The FFF family works hard to share our stories, as well as those of many filmmakers around the world. We are grateful to Digicel for the support and the way to disseminate the festival content to the public in a safe, reliable and easy way.
“We encourage everyone to download the PlayGo app, check-in on Digicel + and subscribe to our channel on BiP Messenger to access festival information and film content.”
The festival takes place from May 27 to 31.
for more information:
www.filmfolklorefestival.com
, Facebook, Instagram pages: filmfolklorefestival, and subscribe to the channel on BiP Messenger: https://channels.bip.ai/join/filmfolklorefestival.
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