Flow and CaribbeanTales Present World Premiere of Caribbean Television Pilots at CaribbeanTales International Film Festival 2017

MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - Sep 6, 2017) - Three new, original Caribbean TV pilots will have their world premiere screenings at the 12th CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF)¹ in Toronto, Canada, this September. BattleDream Chronicles², HEAT³, and CaribbeanGrlNYC⁴ are the result of an ongoing partnership between the CaribbeanTales Media Group, the world's largest distributor of Caribbean audio-visual content, and Flow, the Caribbean's leading telecoms and media content provider.

Produced by CaribbeanTales for Flow, the three pilots will air exclusively on the Company's flagship entertainment network, Flow 1, later this year across the Caribbean. The pilots focus on Caribbean themed content: BattleDream Chronicles is the Region's first Afro-futurist Animation series created by director, producer and writer Alain Bidard; HEAT³ is a steamy Bajan drama written and directed by internationally acclaimed Barbadian/British director and writer Menelik Shabazz; while CaribbeanGrlNYC⁴ by Guadeloupean creator and director Mariette Monpierre, -- best known for her award-winning 2011 film, Elza -- is a female-driven sitcom set in the Big Apple.

All three directors are alumni of the renowned CaribbeanTales Incubator Program (CTI), which is now in its eighth year. From its inception, the CTI has been a training and development platform and launch pad for over eighty Caribbean-themed projects and producers. And since last year, the CTI has partnered with Flow to produce three (3) original series Pilots a year and develop homegrown content for Caribbean audiences.

"We are rewriting the script on support for local and regional content," said John Reid, CEO of Cable & Wireless, operator of Flow and lead sponsor of the CTFF and CTI. "The Caribbean has always had talented filmmakers; what it has lacked is a support system that enables skills development, assistance in production and distribution, and ultimately the opportunity to monetize content. Through our partnership with CaribbeanTales, we are changing this, helping to transform the Caribbean film industry and showcase its talent to the world," he said.