SHE PARADISE

2019

She Paradise was featured on Short of the Week and premiered at BAM's 5th Caribbean Film Series. It has screened at Cambridge University for black history month and the USC School of Cinematic Arts Caribbean showcase.

SHORT DROP

2016

Written and Directed by Maya Cozier 

“Short Drop” won the New York Women in Film award at the Dusty Film Festival and

the Best Short Film award at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival. It was broadcast on Magic Johnson's Aspire TV. It has exhibited

internationally at Third Horizon Film Festival, Cascadia International Women’s Film

Festival, Big Apple Film Festival New York, Bahamas International Film Festival, Action

on Film Film Festival, Martinique International Film Festival, Pune International Film

Festival, el Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Traveling Caribbean

Film Show in Havana, Caribbean Tales Film Festival, Carifesta, Timehri Film Festival and Hairouna Film Festival. 

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FOR THOSE WHO MISPRONOUNCE MY NAME

2018

Directed by Maya Cozier
I was commissioned to create a short film on Kayo Chingonyi's poem 'For Those Who Mispronounce my Name' as a part of the Moving Pictures and Borders Project. The project was done in collaboration with the Bristish council and the Bocas Lit Festival. It has screened at Open Book in Cape Town, the Dhaka Lit Fest in Bangladesh, the Mile End Poetry Festival in Montreal, Word Alive in Sheffield.

IN CHARGE BY KRANIUM

HUMAN FORM

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AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Tribeca Film Festival 2020

New York Women in Film award at the Dusty Film Festival 2016

Best Short Film at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival 2017

Best Caribbean Short Film at Curacao Film Festival 2018

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Third Horizon Film Festival, Cascadia International Women’s Film

Festival, Big Apple Film Festival New York, Bahamas International Film Festival, Action

on Film Film Festival, Martinique International Film Festival, Pune International Film

Festival, el Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Traveling Caribbean

Film Show in Havana, Caribbean Tales Film Festival, Carifesta 2017, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Morelia International Film Festival, Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent film, Nova Frontier Film Festival, Portland Maine Film Festival, Barbados Pride Film Festival, Timehri Film Festival and Hairouna Film Festival. 

CONTACT ME

1-868-701-2274

PRESS

I-D Vice
She Paradise explores sisterhood and sexuality via Trinidad's soca scene

Short of The Week

A young girl struggles to fit into a crew of Soca dancers who present her with an opportunity for friendship.

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Complex 
Kranium drops video for 'In Charge'

Caribbean Beat Magazine 
25 acheivers under 25

Mass Appeal

Premier Dash Machete "Be Nice" Video

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Guardian
Meet Maya Cozier: T&T's top filmmaker

Guardian 

Short Drop Carries Cozier to Festival Prize 

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Designer Island
The Art of Film. Our chat with filmmaker Maya Cozier

Global Voices

Fashion Trends in Trinidad's Capital

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Screen Daily
The Caribbean Shorts Award for this year went to Short Drop, by Maya Cozier of Trinidad & Tobago.

SAFIA ELENA 
Q&A with Maya Cozier

Big Box of Crayons 

Behind the Lens 

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LoopTT
Award-winning director Maya Cozier looks to Indiegogo to complete film

Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam 
CIFFR presents 7th edition award winners

Pitch Magazine

Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival

Short Drop by Kirk Bhajan 

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Newsday
Short Drop Touches on TT Issues

CAFA (Caribbean film Academy)
CAFA Q&A with Maya Cozier

Rakeem Parpit 
Short Drop - a local must watch

Rakeem Parpit 
Caribbean Music Duo Shakes Industry With a Powerful Message: Human Form

Repeating Islands 
Behind the lens: Maya Cozier, Filmmaker

Newsday
Welcome to She Paradise

The Source 

Dash Machete just might kill you with kindness 

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British Linkz
Kranium drops 'In Charge' video

Carifesta 
Winners of Take One grant Announced