Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

The Cayo Film Festival was this weekend, and it was another impressive cultural event at the Cayo Welcome Center.  They screened the documentaries from the Belize Documentary Film Field Course, along with Kurse a di Ixtabi, it's documentary, Creative Kaos, and many more. 

"Check this out!  First ever CAYO FILM Festival.  Great job Daniel Velazquez!  Short films from Richard and Carol Farneti Foster and Ilana Lapid's NMSU's Creative Media students are being shown - as well as other films like Charles Britt and Roni Martinez' Scarlet Six project, Isabelle Paquet-Durand's wildlife medicine clinic, and Matt's feature-length "Curse of the Ixtabi".  So...incredibly...cool. "

The Cayo Film Festival will be this Saturday and Sunday, April 26th and 27th, at the Cayo Welcome Center.  Many films will be screened, including over a dozen documentaries filmed in and around Cayo.  

http://www.bestofcayo.com/calendar/

The Cayo Film Festival is tomorrow and Sunday at the Cayo Welcome Center.  They've been uploading stills from the interviews that took place last Summer from the Belize Documentary Field Film Course, where most of the documentaries came from.

Albums include:

Mr. Canto Maya Shaman

San Antonio Women's Coop

Maria Garcia

The Cayo Film Festival is happening on April 26th and 27th.  Films will be shown at the Cayo Welcome Center and the Soul Project.  They've uploaded some cool pictures of old projectors that were used in the Cayo movie theater(the Court's building).  Can't wait for the festival.

"Our mission is to provide the Cayo region with a major educational and cultural film festival that will enrich the lives of its citizens and contribute to the economy.  In a relaxed and stimulating atmosphere, we will project films relating to our country and diaspora.  Our films are selected to entertain, educate and provoke discussion among Belizeans and tourists alike, with a focus on developing a home-grown film industry based around sustainable environmental practices."

Cayo is getting its own International Film Festival.  About time!  It'll be April 28th and 29th, and will be held at the Cayo Welcome Center, with the after parties being at the Soul Project.