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SAVANT turns 10 this year!

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 by SAVANT

      SAVANT is delighted to announce its 10 year anniversary as an independent creative and video production company!  We have thoroughly enjoyed telling stories about our culture and … Read more…

Categories NewsTags Caribbean, documentary, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, Savant, Smallman, The Insatiable Season, The Solitary Alchemist

Watch two of our films online!

February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 by SAVANT

  Now you can watch two of our films, wherever in the world you are!  Through our distributor, Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution, both The Solitary Alchemist and The Insatiable Season … Read more…

Categories News, ScreeningsTags Caribbean, Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution, documentary, Mariel Brown, SAVANT Ltd, The Insatiable Season, The Solitary Alchemist

On designing the titles for Smallman

January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 by SAVANT

Designer Kriston Chen writes about his process for making the titles for Smallman.   Question, what do Trinidadian, J.K. Rawlins and architect Richard Neutra have in common? … Last September, I had … Read more…

Categories Clips, NewsTags Caribbean, design, documentary, Kriston Chen, Mariel Brown, SAVANT Ltd, Smallman, titles, Toys, typography

Buy Inward Hunger for your School or Institution

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 by SAVANT

Our educational sales drive for Inward Hunger: The Story of Eric Williams, is really getting go now, with some wonderful universities acquiring copies for their libraries, including Boston University, Northwestern University … Read more…

Categories NewsTags documentary, Eric Williams, independence, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, Savant, Trinidad and Tobago

Smallman in ‘Filmmaker Magazine’!

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 by SAVANT

  You could have knocked us down with a feather when we realised that Smallman had been written about in Filmmaker Magazine!  Here’s an extract of Lauren Wissot’s piece on Arthouse … Read more…

Categories News, ScreeningsTags Caribbean, documentary, Mariel Brown, Richard Mark Rawlins, Sean Edghill, Smallman, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

Great premiere at TTFF!

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 by SAVANT

  Our first ever screening of Smallman went so well!  The film, which screened at the Little Carib Theatre in Trinidad, was really warmly received by an enthusiastic audience of … Read more…

Categories News, ScreeningsTags Caribbean, documentary, Mariel Brown, Richard Mark Rawlins, SAVANT Ltd, Sean Edghill, Smallman, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

Smallman screenings

September 1, 2013September 1, 2013 by SAVANT

So we’ve got our copy of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival guide, and can share the screening times for our short, Smallman, which is having its world premiere at … Read more…

Categories News, ScreeningsTags Caribbean, documentary, Mariel Brown, model-making, Richard Mark Rawlins, Savant, Smallman, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

Smallman for the TTFF!

August 14, 2013 by SAVANT

It’s official, our first ever short, Smallman, the story of an ordinary man with an extraordinary passion, has been selected for this year’s Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival and we’re … Read more…

Categories NewsTags Caribbean, documentary, Mariel Brown, Richard Mark Rawlins, SAVANT Ltd, Sean Edghill, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

We’re fundraising on Indiegogo

May 14, 2013May 14, 2013 by SAVANT

We’ve just launched a new campaign on indiegogo.com to raise production funds for our documentary, Kingston Shottas!  Our goal is to raise US$16,000, but we’re secretly hoping to be able … Read more…

Categories Clips, NewsTags Caribbean, contemporary art, documentary, Ebony G Patterson, Mariel Brown, Marlon James, Marvin Bartley, Savant

Inward Hunger is Reviewed in Wasafiri

April 29, 2013April 29, 2013 by SAVANT

  SAVANT’s production, “Inward Hunger: The Story of Eric Williams” has been reviewed in issue 74 of the contemporary journal, Wasafiri, by Louis James. “The film gives new insights into … Read more…

Categories NewsTags Caribbean, documentary, Eric Williams, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, Savant, Trinidad and Tobago, Wasafiri

The Insatiable Season to Screen at the ROM!

January 27, 2013 by SAVANT

We’re thrilled to have been invited to screen The Insatiable Season at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), as part of their programme for an upcoming carnival symposium. When: Sunday February … Read more…

Categories News, ScreeningsTags carnival, documentary, Mriel Brown, ROM, Royal Ontario Museum, Savant, screening, Sean Edghill, The Insatiable Season, Trinidad and Tobago

We’re Winners!

October 24, 2012November 17, 2012 by SAVANT

SAVANT’s Mariel Brown won the coveted Best Local Feature Film prize at the recently concluded Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival 2012, for her documentary, “Inward Hunger: The Story of Eric … Read more…

Categories NewsTags documentary, Eric Williams, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, SAVANT Ltd, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

Inward Hunger screenings at the TTFF

September 5, 2012November 17, 2012 by SAVANT

            Here’s specific information on where and when Inward Hunger will be screened at this year’s Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival: Sun 23 Sept, 8.30pm, … Read more…

Categories News, ScreeningsTags Caribbean, documentary, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, politics, Savant, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

“Small Man”, a new short film we’re working on

August 6, 2012November 17, 2012 by SAVANT

We’ve recently started working on a documentary short, loosely based on on the e-book, “Small Man: The World My Father Made” written, photographed and designed by Richard Mark Rawlins. Produced … Read more…

Categories NewsTags documentary, Mariel Brown, model-making, Richard Mark Rawlins, Savant, Trinidad and Tobago

We’ve got DVDs!

June 26, 2012August 17, 2012 by SAVANT

We’ve got DVDs of a few of SAVANT’s documentary films: Inward Hunger: The Story of Eric Williams, The Solitary Alchemist and The Insatiable Season.  Do drop us a line at … Read more…

Categories NewsTags documentary, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, Savant, The Insatiable Season, The Solitary Alchemist, Trinidad and Tobago

Inward Hunger at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

June 22, 2012November 17, 2012 by SAVANT

We’ve just had word that our production, “Inward Hunger: The Story of Eric Williams” has been accepted at the 2012 installment of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, and we’re … Read more…

Categories ScreeningsTags documentary, film Festival, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, Trinidad and Tobago

Independence for Trinidad

May 30, 2012August 17, 2012 by SAVANT

In 2011, we produced a three-part documentary on Trinidad and Tobago’s first prime minister, Eric Williams.  Inward Hunger: The Story of Eric Williams was, in many ways, a pioneering film, … Read more…

Categories ClipsTags documentary, independence, Inward Hunger, Mariel Brown, Trinidad and Tobago
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