#8 - Creating a successful film festival and promoting sustainability in the Caribbean with Carver Bacchus

Today I welcome Carver Bacchus, a fellow Caribbean filmmaker and festival organizer to Film & Impact! Carver has over fifteen years’ experience in the areas of Communication and Film Production. He has worked as a communications consultant since 2008 and has directed and produced documentaries, animations and corporate videos for a wide range of clients including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme, The German Embassy (Port of Spain), The University of the West Indies and the Institute of Marine Affairs (Trinidad and Tobago).

Carver is the Founder and Managing Director of Sustain T&T, a not-for-profit focussed on environmental and economic sustainability education. He is also the Founder and Festival Director of Green Screen the Environmental Film Festival, the only environmental and sustainability themed film festival in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Carver served on the Board of Directors of the Asa Wright Nature Centre (Trinidad) from 2012 to 2015.

He is also a member of the NextGen Board, constituted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Trinidad and Tobago office in 2018. A first of its kind for the IADB, this group of cross-sectoral change-makers was assembled to take action on the sustainable development agenda in Trinidad and Tobago. NextGen focuses on creating solutions through partnerships to address some of the most pressing challenges T&T faces - Crime, Transportation, Mental Health and Environmental concerns.

Carver holds a BSc in Communications and other specialist training including a Diploma in Motion Picture Directing and a Certificate in Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioral Impact in Health and Social Development (COMBI).

In today’s episode, we talk about creating and running a successful film festival in Trinidad, changing mindsets and shifting towards a future of sustainability in the Caribbean, “doing more” and bringing more of “us” to the big screen.

Visit the Green Screen Film Festival:

Website: https://www.greenscreenfest.com/

Connect with Carver:

• Instagram @carver.bacchus

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