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<p>Cinemas in Canada and the United Kingdom are next on the
serving plate for a taste of Jamaican feature film, <em>Sprinter</em>, director Storm Saulter has indicated.</p>
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<p>Saulter, in an interview with<strong><em> Buzz Jamaica</em></strong>, said he
was confident the film would keep its positive momentum into the summer months.</p>
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<p>“I do feel that this film has enough legs and can build
enough momentum to really keep pushing across the world,” he explained.</p>
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<p>“We’ve been open in the US [and] we will continue in
theatres in the US throughout the summer. We’re opening in Canada [the] first
week in August and opening in the UK, like, the third week or so in August,”
Saulter told <strong><em>Buzz Entertainment</em></strong>.</p>
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<p>“I feel like the word about Sprinter is really starting to
gain traction; there’s a large section of independent cinema that’s aware of
the film so it’s exciting,” Saulter, the brain behind <em>Sprinter</em> added.</p>
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<p>The Negril, Westmoreland filmmaker hinted that if <em>Sprinter</em> augurs as well as projected,
plans to hit streaming platforms in the fall would have to be fast-tracked.</p>
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<p>The future of feature films in Jamaica is bright, according
to Saulter, who told Buzz that the renaissance of and interest in
cinematography was long overdue and imminent.</p>
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<p>“It’s an exciting time and space to be in. A lot of people
have projects in the works, both locally and internationally; a lot of people
trying to come here to do projects – a lot of big companies have been here
shooting projects as you know,” Saulter said.</p>
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<p>“So Jamaica, as a creative space, is alive and thriving
right now. For me, it is exciting times. I think good, quality work is gonna
keep hitting, keep connecting – that’s really [what’s] going to create a
renaissance. It’s not quantity that’s going to get us there, it’s quality,” he
told <strong><em>Buzz
Entertainment</em></strong>.</p>
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<p>After a successful tour in 20 states and across 50 cities in
the US, <em>Sprinter</em> made its first
domestic screening on Wednesday, July 3 in cinemas across Jamaica.</p>
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<p>Sprinter, Storm’s second feature film after the critically
acclaimed Better Mus’ Come, swept the 2018 American Black Film Festival winning
<em>Best Director, Best Narrative Feature</em>
and the <em>Audience Award</em>.</p>
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<p>Most recently, the film has gone on to win the <em>New Vision Award</em> at the Bahamas International
Film Festival, as well as <em>Best Narrative
Feature</em> at the 2019 staging of the Pan African Film Festival in Los
Angeles.</p>
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<p>See part two of <strong><em>Buzz Entertainment</em></strong>’s tell-all interview with Storm Saulter below:</p>
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</div><figcaption>Part 2 of Buzz Entertainment's interview with Storm Saulter, the mind behind Jamaican feature film, Sprinter. (Video by Don Waysome)</figcaption></figure>
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