10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

When Morning Comes

Kelly Fyffe-Marshall | Jamaica, Canada | 2022 | 91 min | English | n.s.

Ten-year-old Jamal (Djamari Roberts) has just been suspended from school, but his protestations of innocence fall on deaf ears, and his mother (Shaquana Wilson) decides to send him to live with his grandmother in Canada. The premise for Kelly Fyffe-Marshall´s feature is simple, but it offers scope for a rich, sensitive examination of life in Jamaica for a single mother and her young son living on the poverty line.
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The movie is shot almost exclusively from Jamal´s perspective. Unhappy with and confused by his mother´s decision he runs away from home, and the fluid camera follows him on an immersive, soulful journey into the heart of his small Jamaican beach-side community. The movie´s tight focus, coupled with a strong performance from the young actor, gives it a powerful emotional resonance. As Jamal´s fate is sealed, these moments become a love letter to his childhood and to a country already fading into memory.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 11 

Time: 13:30 

Duration:91min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12 

Time: 13:00 

Duration:91min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13 

Time: 14:45 

Duration:91min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 14 

Time: 20:00 

Duration:91min

Year in
Festival

2024

Director

Kelly Fyffe-Marshall

Country

Jamaica, Canada

Language

English 

Length

91

Year of Production

2022