THE Caribbean Film Academy (CaFA), an organisation based in Brooklyn, New York, is aiming to promote Caribbean folklore through its new Studio Anansi Films.

Guyanese Romola Lucas, who co-founded CaFA in 2012, told the Sunday Observer that Studio Anansi Films will expose short and feature-length dramas as well as animated films and documentaries using the fledgling Video-On-Demand (VOD) medium.

VOD is CaFA’s latest venture. The company currently shows Caribbean productions on its CineCaribés film blog and through its monthly CaFA Film Nights screenings in Brooklyn.

“One of the organisation’s goals is to provide exposure for film-makers and an outlet through which their work could be shared within the region as well as worldwide,” Lucas said.

Some of the films CaFA has shown to date are: Better Mus’ Come (Jamaica), WAR Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney (Guyana), The Coming of Org (St Lucia), Hoghole (St Vincent), Auntie (Barbados) and Noka out of Trinidad and Tobago.

Lucas said film interests from Dominica, St Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad, Carriacou, Guyana, and St Vincent and the Grenadines have signed on with Studio Anansi Films.

She hopes the site will spur demand for Caribbean films and help make the region’s industry financially viable.

“With the growth of sites like Netflix, Hulu and the number of films on iTunes, it is evident people, including those in the Caribbean, are consuming more and more content online. We hope the platform will be a convenient way for viewers to access Caribbean film content while online,” she said.