Better Mus' Come for Toronto International Film Festival

Storm Saulter's 2010 film Better Mus' Come, continues to make the rounds.

The film will make its Canadian premier at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on February 4 and 5 as part of a special screening series entitled : Music, Magic, Clash: New Voices in the African Diaspora. This has come together as a result of a partnership between TIFF and The CaribbeanTales Youth Film Festival (CTYFF) to celebrate Black History Month and the 50th Independence anniversaries of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

"TIFF's Black History Month programme seeks to showcase some of the African Diaspora's most engaging new filmmaking voices," said Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. "Through our partnership with CaribbeanTales Youth Film Festival, we can bring one of the region's most celebrated new films to an even wider Toronto audience."

"We are excited to work with TIFF to grow and diversify Canadian audiences and help bring great Caribbean and Diaspora films to the world stage" says Frances-Anne Solomon, founder and CEO of CaribbeanTales.

Set within the politically turbulent turf wars of 1970's Kingston, Jamaica, Saulter's film tells the story of the Green Bay Massacre, a landmark in Jamaica's political history, and a young gang leader who must choose between fighting for his gang and making a better life for his five-year old son.

Better Mus' Come is currently on a festival tour winning the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at both the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival and the Bahamas International Film Festival.

Writer/Director Storm Saulter is excited that Better Mus' Come has been building such momentum and looks forward to seeing the film on the big screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox, saying "It is a beautiful thing when we as Caribbean people have the opportunity to tell our stories from our own unique point of view, and to have a Canadian audience experience Better Mus' Come in such a prestigious setting is a real blessing. The recognition from TIFF means a lot," Saulter adds that in addition to TIFF, the Better Mus' Come is also making stops at the Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angeles, California, as well as New York's prestigious Lincoln Centre on February 16 alongside the gripping African film, Kinyarwanda — the winner of the World Cinema Award in the drama category at the Sundance Film Festival.

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