CT 2012 : Rodney Smith Launches 2nd Web Series

Rodney Smith aims to make his second visit to the CaribbeanTales Film Festival in 2012 a more memorable experience than the first. The Barbados-born writer and director will be bringing along The Accidental Time Traveller, a 30-minute sci-fi film which will be making its world premiere on September 15 at the Studio Theatre in Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. The multi-cultural flick was filmed entirely in Toronto and will serve two purposes. It will be entered into film festivals worldwide as a stand-alone film, and it will also serve as the pilot episode for the upcoming web-based series Out of Time.

“It’s an exciting new project and I’m glad to be able to have the first public screening in Toronto,” Smith said. “We’ve been looking forward to this next step since it is really about controlling our distribution, and I’m glad to be able to get it started in Canada.” Smith previously co-created, co-wrote, was the cinematographer, editor, director and producer of the Dominion web-series.

At Smith’s role at CaribbeanTales 2012 won’t be limited to screening his latest work. This year he takes on the additional role of mentor/producer in the highly touted Incubator Program for up-and-coming Caribbean filmmakers. “Rodney Smith is one of the most innovative and skilled filmmakers from our region and we are delighted to be able to support his most recent project,” said CaribbeanTales founder and director Frances-Anne Solomon.

The Incubator Program will wrap up just as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off in order to allow the participants some valuable exposure to TIFF.