Producer and director of Cameroonian origin, Joel Ayuk has been living in Saint-Martin for sixteen years where he founded in 2016 the local channel Cani TV. Since last year, he has also been the director of the SIFF (Saint-Martin International Film Festival), an international film festival he has created. At the moment, he is also working for a major American production: the film Black Coffee 2. It will soon be filmed on the island but also in Guadeloupe and Atlanta.
The first edition of SIFF took place on May 26 and 27 in Simpson Bay and consisted of training workshops in the various film professions (from screenwriting to production, directing, editing, etc. ). More than 120 people from both sides of the island but also from those around them attended the master classes led by American director Mark Harris, actor Simeon Henderson and Joel Ayuk. During this festival, the successful romantic comedy Black Coffee, directed by Mark Harris, was screened in the Emilio's restaurant (Dutch Cul de Sac).
From this workshop was born the idea of shooting in part the second part of Black Coffee in the Caribbean, a product written and directed by Mark Harris. Joel Ayuk and his Guadeloupe accomplice Eric Alexis, supported by the Guadeloupe Film Commission, hope to give a place to Caribbean cinema and in a pan-Africanist spirit to create links between the United States, the Caribbean and Africa. Filming is scheduled to start in April. “In 2020, my goal is to make the Saint-Martin festival the Cannes of the Caribbean” finds himself dreaming Joel Ayuk. Until then, the next edition of SIFF in May 2019 promises new workshops and renowned guests.
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